Medici Semper !

Obsessed with Renaissance Florence and its Lords Medieval and Renaissance Studies & Art History Major

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walks through my neighbourhood featuring my neighbour's cat

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The Crown Jewels, 1887 by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (French, 1830–1901)

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Reblog if you’re a papist, Protestants do not interact

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Would people be interested in a Medieval/Renaissance (or history broadly) discord? @saintcirce and I are considering making one but want to gauge interest...

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Update: Please join us at the Castle Aargh ! a new discord server for all things Medieval and Renaissance

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New, unexpiring link to join

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Madonna and Child by Carlo Crivelli, European Paintings

The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Tempera and gold on wood

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436052

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The Virgin from The Virgin and Child with Saint John and an Angel, 1490, Sandro Botticelli

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Would people be interested in a Medieval/Renaissance (or history broadly) discord? @saintcirce and I are considering making one but want to gauge interest...

[therepublicofletters]

Update: Please join us at the Castle Aargh ! a new discord server for all things Medieval and Renaissance

[therepublicofletters]

New, unexpiring link to join

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Would people be interested in a Medieval/Renaissance (or history broadly) discord? @saintcirce and I are considering making one but want to gauge interest...

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Draft for a book sign lion, 1513, Albrecht Durer

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Does anyone have recommendations for articles or books on medieval and early modern Britain?

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I’ve been meaning to make a masterpost with a list of books and articles for people interested in the Italian Renaissance - so, behold!  These are taken mostly from my own bookshelf, syllabi of classes I’ve taken, and bibliographies I’ve compiled for papers I’ve written.  I’ve tried to provide a broader overview of the Renaissance with more general topics, and not to give books that are too incredibly specific and not relevant unless you’re working specifically in topic.  I’ve also tried  to find PDFs or links for anything that you can access online.

I hope this is useful for anyone who’s interested in this period, and I will always be happy to answer questions or try to provide sources for more specific topics!

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[artist-angelico]

The Sermon of St. Stephen, 1449, Fra Angelico

Medium: fresco,wall

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For anyone who’s interested, the Medici Archive Project is doing a free online lecture series, The Medici and Their Archives: Artistic Patronage and Diplomacy, with talks focusing on letters and other documents in the archives and how they related to the patronage of the Medici, as well as discussions of the various types of private archives in Tuscany - check it out and sign up here!

[therepublicofletters]

I’ve been meaning to make a masterpost with a list of books and articles for people interested in the Italian Renaissance - so, behold!  These are taken mostly from my own bookshelf, syllabi of classes I’ve taken, and bibliographies I’ve compiled for papers I’ve written.  I’ve tried to provide a broader overview of the Renaissance with more general topics, and not to give books that are too incredibly specific and not relevant unless you’re working specifically in topic.  I’ve also tried  to find PDFs or links for anything that you can access online.

I hope this is useful for anyone who’s interested in this period, and I will always be happy to answer questions or try to provide sources for more specific topics!

** indicates a primary source

Keep reading

[therepublicofletters]

I’ve been meaning to make a masterpost with a list of books and articles for people interested in the Italian Renaissance - so, behold!  These are taken mostly from my own bookshelf, syllabi of classes I’ve taken, and bibliographies I’ve compiled for papers I’ve written.  I’ve tried to provide a broader overview of the Renaissance with more general topics, and not to give books that are too incredibly specific and not relevant unless you’re working specifically in topic.  I’ve also tried  to find PDFs or links for anything that you can access online.

I hope this is useful for anyone who’s interested in this period, and I will always be happy to answer questions or try to provide sources for more specific topics!

** indicates a primary source

Keep reading

[artist-raphael]

Self Portrait, 1499, Raphael

Medium: chalk