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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: The Swaggering Francois I & His Curious Dragon-Headed Artichoke Caduceus
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans. Thursday, June 4, 2015. The Swaggering Francois I and His Curious Dragon-Headed Artichoke Caduceus. Francois I and Eleanor (artist unknown, Royal Collection). Meet King Francois I and Queen Eleanor, a not-very-happy royal couple. The swaggering Francois agreed to be married as a political gesture, but he made a point of posing for two hours in front of a public window with his consort on the day his bride-to-be arrived in France. July 28, 2015 at 3:27 PM. This blog...
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Take the Bard to the Beach! | Shakes-Query
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To be, or not to be is not the only question! An open-minded exploration into everything, and anything, Shakespeare. Take the Bard to the Beach! July 28, 2015. Looking for a midsummer’s read? A break from the ordinary? A book that you won’t find on HuffPo’s “Beach Reads” list nor the NY Times’s “Cool Books for Hot Summer Days? To me, summer is the best time to escape the everyday – to abandon inhibitions and expand horizons. Make this the summer you explore the Shakespeare Authorship Question! 8220;This ...
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: The "Unseemly" Snake-Doctored Portrait of a Two-Faced Queen Elizabeth I
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans. Wednesday, December 19, 2012. The "Unseemly" Snake-Doctored Portrait of a Two-Faced Queen Elizabeth I. NPG 200 Queen Elizabeth I. No book has ever been written on the subject of Elizabethan overpaint; yet, when pressed, any competent art historian will admit th e. Tied by authority.” W. E also know that Elizabeth I's p. Ouncil passed specific laws banning "unseemly portraits" of their Q. How many portraits wer e subsequently overpainted? Conc eit. And t. Of the por...
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indirect effect: March 2010
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A heaven wish is mixed in with the breath-death wish. About 5 years ago I gave my opinion. On whether the West has a death-wish. I had been spurred on by a Frank Rich. About the coverage of the then-recent death of the Pope, Rich said:. What's unsettling is the nastier agenda that lies far less than six feet under the surface. Once the culture of death at its most virulent intersects with politicians in power, it starts to inflict damage on the living. Rich went on to reference CSI. And the Terri Schiavo.
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: The Prospero Portrait of William Shakespeare
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans. Thursday, November 6, 2014. The Prospero Portrait of William Shakespeare. And this would-be magician not only looked like William Shakespeare but was also wearing the identical rabato collar that Shakespeare famously wears in the authenticated 1623 Droeshout Engraving. Above: NPG 2035 Called Phineas Pett. NPG 2035 and the 1623 Droeshout Engraving. This curious portrait, NPG 2035. But is that an accurate description of this painting? Or is it a shipwreck? Illustrati...
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"Shakespeare" By Another Name by Mark Anderson
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8220;Shakespeare” By Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, The Man Who Was Shakespeare. By Mark Anderson, foreword by Sir Derek Jacobi. Gotham Books. 2005 cloth [ISBN 1592401031]; Aug. 2006 paper [ISBN 1592402151]. Audiobook edition published by Highbridge Audio and read by Simon Prebble [ISBN 1565119940]. Audio and Video Center. Some of the following audio/video files are in RealPlayer format. RealPlayer can be downloaded for free here. Eight minute (audio) interview.
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: Edward de Vere or Sir Walter Raleigh?: Peake's Mysterious Man in White
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans. Monday, December 17, 2012. Edward de Vere or Sir Walter Raleigh? Peake's Mysterious Man in White. This is o ne of. My favorite Elizabethan portraits, and yet, because it is privately owned, I know nothing about its history or pr ovenance. Here we have a courtier, in ruffleted sleeves and French cartwheel collar (c.1570's), standing in what appears to. Be the Tower of London with Queen Elizabeth I lurking. Behind him ,. Edward de Vere and Sir Walter R aleigh,. Be de...
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans: A Curiously Pompous Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney
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Curious Portraits of Dead Elizabethans. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. A Curiously Pompous Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney. Above: the Bolton Museum portrait of Sir Philip Sidney. The Bolton Museum portrait of Sir Philip Sidney. Is attributed to either Thomas de Critz or his son John. It is one of three similar port. Belonging to Knebworth House and Penshurst P. As a younger man, Sidney had attended, along with the E. Arls of Southampton, Essex, and Oxford, and even the gnomish Robert Cecil, the outstanding sc...
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