Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm a religious movement of the 8th and 9th C. that denied the holiness of Icons and rejected icon veneration. Clerical opposition to the artistic depiction of sacred personages had its roots in late antiquity. In the 4th C. Eusebios of Caesarea, evidently drawing on the christology of Origen, denied the possibility of artistically delineating [...]
Medici Villas
The Medici family had a suite of fourteen villas near Florence, of which the most important were situated in Careggi, Castello, Fiesole, and Poggio a Caiano; in the sixteenth century the family also acquired a villa in Rome. The Villa Careggi, in what is now a northern suburb of Florence, is the creation of Cosimo [...]
Fêtes and Triumphs
Fêtes and Triumphs, elaborate festivals organized by or for royalty, incorporated many forms of entertainment, including dance. The triumphs, named for the triumphal arches erected for the occasion by townspeople, welcomed the monarch to their city as the royal entourage traveled the realm to assert the monarch’s authority; the festivities were organized at court to [...]
Van Gogh-the letters
My dear friends, I have just found one great database where you can find all letters that Van Gogh have written… Hope you will enjoy it… http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters.html
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