elise schmit

Walter Faber

Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’ The Scottish author on a masterclass from Toni Morrison, the brilliance of Simone de Beauvoir and the trim novel by Tove Jansson containing everything that really matters

Ali Smith: ‘Henry James had me running down the garden path shouting out loud’

Big fishes eat small fishes

Big fishes eat small fishes https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/big-fishes-eat-small-fishes-1556

2/2 Older & wiser: miniature self-portrait of the great Giulio Clovio, with his genius whispering behind him, in 1573.

The Painter and the Art Lover

The Painter and the Art Lover https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/the-painter-and-the-art-lover-1565

The Procession to Calvary

The Procession to Calvary https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/christ-carrying-the-cross-1564

The Fall of Icarus. Here, everybody stops to watch -“these must be Gods!”- as Ovid says. Not like Bruegel’s revision! By Hans Bol, born OTD 1534.

View of Tivoli

View of Tivoli https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/view-of-tivoli-1556

female martyr (saint wilgefortis), ca. 1400-1450
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museum hof van busleyden, mechelen

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/parable-of-the-sower-1557

Silberpokal mit eingefasster Kokosnuss, im Hintergrund ein großer Wandteppich mit einer Seeschlacht

pokal mit einer in silber eingefassten kokosnuss. 1. hälfte 16. jh. südliche niederlande.
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zu sehen im museum Hof van Busleyden in Mecheln.

#OTD in 1530, Margaret, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands, died at her grand Renaissance palace in Mechelen. She was a formidable woman who turned her court into one of Europe’s premier artistic, humanist and diplomatic hotspots.

Turkish tent captured by Polish forces during the Battle of Vienna Created c. 1683, made of linen and cotton, richly decorated

Netherlandish Proverbs

Netherlandish Proverbs https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/netherlandish-proverbs-1559

2/2 Sofonisba Anguissola's portrait of miniaturist Giulio Clovio,. In his hand, he's holding a small portrait. Is it of Sofonisba? You have to admit, it's pretty cool! Today is her day.

Died (alas!) on this day in 1625, the remarkable painter Sofonisba Anguissola. Here, self portrait as a young woman, showing off her talents in 1556.

Misanthrope

Misanthrope https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/misanthrope-1568

cover of the book “grand design. pieter coecke van aelst and renaissance tapestry”, showing a detail of eve hiding from god after the fall”

immer freue ich mich, wenn es so gute kataloge gibt. die wandteppiche u andere werke von pieter coecke van aelst.
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suche buchtipps, auch zu künstlerreisen im 16. jh.

Naval battle in the Gulf of Naples

Naval battle in the Gulf of Naples https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/naval-battle-in-the-gulf-of-naples-1562

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist

The Sermon of St. John the Baptist https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/the-sermon-of-st-john-the-baptist

Panel of wood (probably pine) with polychrome decoration in tempera, including an elephant
Spain, c. 1400

Cover des Buches Allgemeine Zweifel am weiteren Verlauf von Elise Schmit

bald geht’s los
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www.penguin.de/buecher/elis...

#OTD in 1555, Emperor Charles V abdicated as Lord of the Habsburg Netherlands, at the Great Hall, built for his great (2x) grandfather, Philip the Good, of the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels, one of the grandest palaces in Europe.

plum stone with st thomas, part of the Grassi coat of arms carved by Properzia de‘ Rossi (ca. 1490-1530)

plum stone with st thomas, part of the Grassi coat of arms
carved by Properzia de‘ Rossi (ca. 1490-1530)

cover of the book Women of the Renaissance by Margaret L. King

„by the end of the Renaissance centuries, women were excluded from high-level productive work“
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(Margaret L. King: ‚Women of the Renaissance.‘)

tl;dr

"Neu-vermehrter Curioser Meilen-Zeiger der vornehmsten Staedte in Europa besonders in Teutschland wie viel gemeine Teutsche Meilen solche voneinander entlegen..." (Nuremberg 1731). UB Erlangen (H61/2 GGR.C 33).

Europe was always more than just an idea. In the #earlymodern period, you could consult a distance guide/chart like this one. These charts were often in atlases included, provided information on the distances between European cities, and offering realms of experience on what Europe may be. 🗃️

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The Adoration of the Kings

The Adoration of the Kings https://www.wikiart.org/en/pieter-bruegel-the-elder/the-adoration-of-the-kings-1564

detail of the fair at hoboken by bruegel the elder. a fool accompanied by two children

die kirmes von hoboken. detail
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„In this configuration […] realism overrides allegory and empathy supplants irony.“
(Edward Snow, The Play of Images in Children‘s Games, 1997)