Piranesi's drawings show different architectural styles side by side, and it was this coexistence that urged Ribeiro to investigate what has changed in Rome and Tivoli since their conception. The project, officially dubbed "Piranesi Project (In search of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Rome, 1720-177...
Scribes turned to the last page of a nearby book to jot short sentences of doodle little drawings to see if the nib’s cut was in order. Interestingly, some of these trials seem to combine testing the pen and trying out decorative elements. A good example of this is the page shown in...
The vast majority of medieval seafarers are undocumented as individuals, but it is possible to reconstruct a good deal of the social, economic, and religious worlds inhabited by seamen in different parts of Europe (seeMiller 2003,Mollat du Jourdin 1983,Runyan 1975, andWard 2009). In studying ...
This is a couple of hundred years earlier than the conventional chronology which has tended to place the origin of Pictish symbols in the sixth century, long after the end of Roman rule in northern Europe, rather than in a period when the Empire still flourished. Assigning precise dates to ...
Copper-alloys were a significant part of the material culture of Late Medieval North-Western Europe, as evidenced by archaeological, written and iconographic sources [1]. A greater demand for these objects, particularly for the table, kitchen and dress, and an increase in production occurred from...
NickelHeinrich L., Medieval Architecture in Eastern Europe. Trans. JaffaAlisa. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1983. Pp. 209; 81 drawings, 206 black-and-white and color photographs. $47.50. First published in 1981 as Osteuropische Baukunst des Mittelalters by Edition Leipzig. ...
Crewel Embroidery by Erica Wilson-Stitch diagrams are good and easy to follow with black and white photographs of extant examples. Does not include French knot or Colonial Knot. 18th Century Embroidery Techniques by Gail Marsh-Color photography, line drawings and stitch diagrams, good basics in His...
The Ottoman Empire was a vast, rich, powerful empire that at its peak spanned three continents, including much of southern Europe, western Asia and north Africa. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in what is now Turkey, and lasted until 1922. Its early coinage consisted primari...
This is a town where the past remains intertwined with the present. Once the largest and richest city in medieval Europe, Rouen was the seat of the Dukes of Normandy, whose rulers governed not only the French province ofNormandybut England as well!
Always wanted to know what medieval hygiene was really like? And whether medieval movies are actually accurate? And what's up with all those weird drawings of knights fighting snails in old manuscripts? Read on to find out, and vote up the most enlightening answers....