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Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
16 May 22
So this past weekend I took mom to her first Renaissance festival. Normally I like to plan these things out more so, but this I had just seen come up in my Facebook feed and we went all spur of the moment like. It was one of the...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Apr 16
The first artist biography in Vasari’s biographical series is the artist seen as the father of the Renaissance, of who there are few surviving records outside of Vasari’s detailed little essay. Cimabue was sent to university by...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Apr 16
We tend to think of great art as eternal and immortal, but at the height of the Renaissance (a label he created), art-scholar Vasari lamented that many artists were already being forgotten and many great paintings, sculptures and...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Sep 15
The statistics given for members in the left hand column can be interesting and informative. They show us how much posting and interaction everybody is doing, though not on what timescale. The stats include members who were here...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
27 Aug 10
Yes it's that time again.
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival has started.
I'll be going with my neice, her bf, and her kids as well.
I am hoping to get my wife to finally go to it.
She'd love all the shops of home made...
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Anora_Eldorath
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
2 Sep 09
This is by far my favorite time of year. This part of the year for me starts with the Lammas, followed by Mabon, and ends with our New Year celebration Samhain. We celebrate this portion of the year by attending our Renaissance...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
4 Sep 07
I'll be attatching photos of some of the various signs from the Minnesota Renaissance festival I had attended Saturday. This one attatched caight my eye right away. Can you imagine why? Hahahaha!! It was a court jesters act that...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
4 Sep 07
There were plenty of acts all throughout the Renaissance Festival in the pubs, walking the streets, at the Queens Court etc. But the best is the finale unplanned concert so to say. The festival closes at 7 p.m. every night as...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
4 Sep 07
I have quite a few photos of this event. It had ceremonial festivities of introducing the King, Queen, and of course the Princess whose hand was offered in marriage to the wiiner. Then the introduction of a few loyal Knights of...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
4 Sep 07
Okay I have about 200 photos from this. I went there with my niece and her boyfriend. They drove 200 miles and offered to pay for me to go so I could be the sober cab as they wanted to drink etc. Every Renaissance has lots of...
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webeishere
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
11 Aug 07
This is a great festival held every year near me. Well about 50 miles away but near enough and fun enough to travel to see. My niece called Saturday asking if I'd go with her this year. I agreed but not a date set yet. This is a...
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