The bubonic plague is still a thing. It occurs naturally on all continents except Australia, and there have been 50,000 human cases during the last 20 years, causing the World Health Organization to classify it as a re-emerging disease. Lucky … Read More
Back in Baroque days there was a lot of bowing, and it wasn’t even called bowing, it was called ‘a reverence.’ How to Reverence http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/caroso/images.html In “Rules for Dancing” (or Nobilta di Dame) written by Fabritio Caroso in 1600, we … Read More
ARCHDUCHESS ELEONORE (1582-1620) AT THE AGE OF 5, HALF FIGURE Dated 1587, attributed to: Ottavio Zanuoli (?) https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/2370/?offset=0&lv=list Eleanor of Austria was born today in 1582… she had FOURTEEN brothers and sisters, and her parents were uncle and niece. There … Read More
What is The Baroque? Well its a period, in history… a cultural period. By Johannes VermeerPublic Domain, Link Simply put, it comes after the Renaissance. Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer were a thing in the art world, as was Vivaldi in … Read More
