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May 18th, 2017, 01:34 PM
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#31 | | Lecturer
Joined: Apr 2017 From: the coast Posts: 482 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Feinman  Here is a description from Columbus about the Taino hairstyle:
"Their hair is not kinky, but straight, and coarse like horsehair. They wear it short over the eyebrows, but they have a long hank in the back that they never cut..." | Thanks for that, can I ask where you found it?
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May 18th, 2017, 03:42 PM
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#33 | | Lecturer
Joined: Apr 2017 From: the coast Posts: 482 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd Feinman | Thanks!
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May 18th, 2017, 05:59 PM
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#34 | | Citizen
Joined: Aug 2016 From: Oregon Posts: 32 |
These are not necessarily great or important paintings, but they have stayed in my mind since I was young.
John Singer Sargent -- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 
Also by Sargent -- Lady Agnew 
William Shakespeare Burton -- The Wounded Cavalier 
Montague Dawson -- Crescent Moon 
Ive seen this next one in person, and it is surprisingly small
Johannes Vermeer -- The Lace Maker 
Franz Hals' The Laughing Cavalier was shown earlier, absolutely marvelous.
The Claude Monet works from Giverny are just glorious 
These are some of the paintings I adore.
Stephie
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May 18th, 2017, 06:11 PM
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#35 | | the governed self
Joined: Jan 2007 From: Nebraska Posts: 16,292 |
The Hireling Shepherd by William Holman Hunt  | | | |
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May 20th, 2017, 11:36 AM
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#36 | | Historian
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,407 | 
A representation of the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus by artist Jean-Paul Laurens.
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Last edited by Commodus; May 20th, 2017 at 11:38 AM.
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May 20th, 2017, 12:07 PM
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#37 | | Lecturer
Joined: Apr 2017 From: the coast Posts: 482 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Commodus A representation of the posthumous trial of Pope Formosus by artist Jean-Paul Laurens.
| They put a dead guy on trial? As in actually had his corpse sitting in a chair in the courtroom?  | | | |
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May 20th, 2017, 12:14 PM
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#38 | | Historian
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,407 | Quote:
Originally Posted by hama They put a dead guy on trial? As in actually had his corpse sitting in a chair in the courtroom? | Yes. Though it was a trial in name only. Mostly, it consisted of Pope Stephen VI screaming accusations at a dead man, and taking his silence as an admission of guilt.
Poor Formosus was then stripped, dragged through the streets and thrown in a river.
Stephen was eventually imprisoned and strangled to death.
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May 20th, 2017, 12:21 PM
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#39 | | Lecturer
Joined: Apr 2017 From: the coast Posts: 482 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Commodus Yes. Though it was a trial in name only. Mostly, it consisted of Pope Stephen VI screaming accusations at a dead man, and taking his silence as an admission of guilt.
Poor Formosus was then stripped, dragged through the streets and thrown in a river.
Stephen was eventually imprisoned and strangled to death. | He sounds like he had some serious issues...
Well it's another weird piece of history I didn't know. Thanks for sharing.
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May 25th, 2017, 10:42 AM
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#40 | | Historian
Joined: Oct 2013 From: Planet Nine, Oregon Posts: 4,171 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephie These are not necessarily great or important paintings, but they have stayed in my mind since I was young.
John Singer Sargent -- Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
Also by Sargent -- Lady Agnew
William Shakespeare Burton -- The Wounded Cavalier
Montague Dawson -- Crescent Moon
Ive seen this next one in person, and it is surprisingly small
Johannes Vermeer -- The Lace Maker
Franz Hals' The Laughing Cavalier was shown earlier, absolutely marvelous.
The Claude Monet works from Giverny are just glorious
These are some of the paintings I adore.
Stephie | Nice choices, Stephie!
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