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judging joan

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Dave

Those judgements of Joan.Her trial and execution were only the beginning. In the centuries since,the Maid has continued to provoke both anger and adoration, skepticism and awe. There have been many fluctuations in Joan’s fame… In 1429, when Joan so … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Benjamin West, Charles D'Orleans poems, Duke Philip the Good, Isabella of Bavaria, Jennifer Warnes, Joan of Arc, King Charles VI, Leonard Cohen, Madame Pickwick, Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sir arthur conan doyle sir nigel, The Hundred Years War | 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 →