Tag Archives: jean fouquet

dark ages and rages and sages

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dave

A thousand years ago the “dark ages” were dark, but maybe not as dark as we imagine today. Certainly, our forebears themselves did not think so, and they were only half wrong… …In Latin, only a few love songs and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Edward Gibbon, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Hatto I Archbishop of Mainz, Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, Hucbald monk of St.-Amand, jean fouquet, King Alfred ninth century, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Saint Dinstan famous organ, The Dark Ages, Umberto Eco | Leave a comment

collecting is only humanist

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dave

The great books of Greece and Rome were written down between 800 B.C. and A.D. 450. They were first printed and disseminated only after A.D. 1450. Once printed, they were likely to survive only because they were so good or … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bibliothea Corviniana, Flavius Josephus, Froissart Chronicles, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Homer Iliad, Janos Vitez, Janus Pannonius, jean fouquet, Jean Froissart Chronicles, King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King Matthias of Hungary, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Niccolo Niccoli, Ottoman Empire European Wars, Petrarca Trionfi, poggio bracciolini | Leave a comment

all fall down

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave

Down the labyrinth with no idea how to get out. Seven ways to the center but only one route out. And at that center is a dichotomy; either a minoutaur lying in wait at the end of the journey or … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Franz Kafka, Icarus, jean fouquet, Joshua and Jericho, Joshua and the fall of Jericho, Moses Cordovero, myth of daedalus, myth of Daedelus, Pablo Picasso, Salvador dali, salvador dali and picasso, Salvador Dali Vermeer | Leave a comment

book of hours of the times

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Dave

He can be seen both as climactic figure of the Middle Ages and as a herald of the Renaissance. The first great realist in French art, he painted with magical perfection in a time of change and disarray. In his … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Claus Sluter, erik inglis, etienne chevalier, filippo lippi, Giorgio Vasari, Jan van Eyck, jean fouquet, Joan of Arc, Rogier van der Weyden, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sir arthur conan doyle sir nigel, The Book of Hours | Leave a comment

hazing rituals: carrying mother’s little helper

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Dave

It was a covert operation. The woman friend was checking out the book section and faced with time to kill, he spotted a – on the christmas display- a translation of Hitler’s Mein Kampf. In a furtive gesture, the figure … Continue reading →