That's So Renaissance

Now is the time of spruceness

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Erdem, Resort 2014. Bold patterns and nods to ruffs. 

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Sealed coffin found near Richard III grave site in Leicester

Scientists and bone experts intend to open coffin under carefully controlled conditions over the coming winter

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Casually reading some medieval French erotic poetry, examples including 'Trollops and Troupers' and 'The Ring That Controlled Erections' #nojoke #somedieval

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Proof: Anna Karenina is a beach read #profoundexperiencesinart @annaroserussell (at Rome Point Beach)

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The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore #SoRenaissance #WaltersArtMuseum (at Walters Art Museum)

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Solo date night at @philadelphiashakespearecompany #PhillyShakes #Othello (at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre)

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Thesis: Anna Karenina is a beach read. @annaroserussell, we shall see! #profoundexperiencesinart #thatssorussian

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Saint Michael #somedieval #metmuseum (at The Cloisters)

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The medieval garden at The Cloisters #SoMedieval #metmuseum (at The Cloisters)

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82nd & Fifth from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

82nd & Fifth is the Met's address in New York City. It is also the intersection of art and ideas. We've invited curators from across the Museum to talk about works of art that changed the way they see the world: one work, one curator, two minutes at a time.

Alison Manges Nogueira discusses Giovanni Bellini's Madonna and Child, Italian ca. 1470

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That's So... Jacobean

The Globe in London plans to open an indoor winter theater called the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. In true 17th century fashion, the Playhouse will be lit exclusively by candles. John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (1612-13) will open the theater's season and will be directed by The Globe's artistic director, Dominic Droomgole. Following Webster the theater will show The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont and John Marston's The Malcontent. 

In true Renaissance spirit, the theater will have a permanent troupe of players -- all between then ages of 12 and 16. (It is this group that will put on The Malcontent.) 

The 360-seat theater is set to open next January... which gives me a fair amount of time to start planning my trip overseas!

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Reading List.

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Unique filigree inlay // Kokon To Zai See the full image gallery on The Diary: http://bit.ly/15B99Sm

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If Henry VIII had sunglasses.

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Cesare Vecellio at Princeton Art Museum #sorenaissance @lucykmcl (at Princeton University Art Museum)

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Dreams. 

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This recently authenticated portrait of Queen Elizabeth I is one of the few images which depicts her in her old age. Always one to carefully control her image, here we catch a rare glimpse of the Virgin Queen in her later years.