Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Tomorrow is last day to see the Bronzino exhibit at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi Agnolo di Cosimo, aka Bronzino, 1540
Friday, January 21, 2011
Upcoming Exhibition at the Meadows Museum in Dallas
upcoming exhibition at the Meadows Museum in Dallas The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel beginning January 23
Dr. Roger S. Wieck, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, The Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum is scheduled to present a lecture at the Meadows Museum on 4/5/11 entitled Folia Fugitiva: The Pursuit of the Illuminated Manuscript Leaf
more information
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Rutgers University reunites Nazi-looted Hans Baldung Grien Portrait of a Young Man with victimized family
(from N.J.com)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Snowflake Study
Snow Crystal photo by Wilson Bentley 1890
first heard of this on NPR today
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
A carpet page from the Lindisfarne gospelbook circa 700 ce
located in the British Library image from wikipedia
British Library Launches Treasures App (from intomobile)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tower of London 15th-century
Tower of London turns to science for help in solving the puzzle of a recently discovered medieval wall painting
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Hidden Treasures:Illuminated Manuscripts from Midwestern Collections at the Chazen Museum of Art
through February 27,2011
through February 27,2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Beasts on Parchment:Picturing Animals in the Medieval World
through February 6th 2011 Walters Art Museum
through February 6th 2011 Walters Art Museum
for the birds
Ancient Roman fresco from the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, Italy
photo by Stefano Bolognini
Bird Concert Melchior d' Hondecoeter 1670
Stork drawing Pisanello 15th century
Codex Manesse
Pisanello 15thc
Flight of birds Leonardo da Vinci
Pieter Bruegel 16th c
Francesco del Cossa
Monday, January 3, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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