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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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Vasari – Lives Of The Artists - Cimabue

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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Book Review - Vasari The Lives Of The Artists – Introduction

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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polymaths

irensiren @irensiren (5) • Kingston, Jamaica 27 Oct 15

i just discovered that i'm a polymath.. what are the most exciting jobs for a polymath?

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Mylot Member Stats

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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Was I meant to be born in this time period?

banksxo @banksxo (1) • Phoenix, Arizona 4 Aug 14

Do I even belong in this era? Honestly I feel like I never even fit anywhere. I like horseback riding I love everything and anything medieval, I love Shakespeare. WTF is twerking? WHYYYYYYY! Why can't we just dance by the fire or...

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Favorite Time In History To Study?

kel1483 @kel1483 (986) • United States 13 Dec 11

What is your favorite time or event in history to study in school? I always enjoyed studying history in school. One of my favorite times to study was during the US Civil War. I found it so fascinating. Just seeing how this...

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Rubble in the marble.

arlerambabu @arlerambabu (1079) • India 3 Sep 11

Once Michel Angelo, the celebrated painter and sculptor of renaissance, refused to admit that he’s a sculptor. “The form is there already in the marble. The form is surrounded by ruble around it. What all I have done is just...

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The Renaissance Festival

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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Intellectual People

gunjanpri @gunjanpri (603) • India 18 Nov 09

How do you define intellectuals? At the time of renaissance, Leonardo the vinci was a great intellectual. So I guess any genius of his or her time is considered as an intellectual. Is Obama an intellectual or just a politician?...

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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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Favourite Shakespeare play?

init_towinit @init_towinit (53) • United States 2 Oct 08

There are so many to choose from but I would have to say Hamlet. Nothing like a good story about revenge. No. Seriously. The story is captivating. You can relate to his struggles with himself. Julius Caesar I really liked and...

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Member of "Puke n' Snot" comedy team dies

jtr115 @jtr115 (722) • United States 12 Aug 08

I just read that Joe Kudla, who performed at the Colorado Renaissance Festival as part of the "Puke n' Snot" comedy duo, died Monday. Kudla was "Thomas Snot." Depending on when his birthday was, he was either 56 or 57 years old. I...

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Sign of the times @ RenFest

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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Dance & Music @ RenFest

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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Jousting @ The RenFest

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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My Renaissance Festival Visit

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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Renaissance--great visuals, great story!

russelcrowe @russelcrowe (279) • China 4 Sep 07

I just came back from a pre-release viewing of this excellent sci-fi film noire. It's style is definitively unique and very well made. It is filmed with actual actors, but transformed into a black and white comic-strip style...

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Minnesota Renaissance Festival

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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Anybody who knows about renaissance art!

Tarrish @Tarrish (562) • United States 16 May 07

I have to write a paper, and part of it is making a list of the similarities and differences between Northern Renaissance (Flemish) art and Souther Renaissance (Italian) art. So far I have found good contrasts but it's the similar...

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