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The Mandrake - Theater - Review - New York Times
NY Times review from January 24, 2008 of a play by Machiavelli staged in NYC
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Machiavelli, the Italian philosopher whose famous name has become a popular
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Applying some of his ruthlessly pragmatic ideas about gaining and keeping power
to the high-stakes arena of romance, Machiavelli, who wrote this play as well as
his classic treatise “The Prince” after a forced retirement when the Medicis
regained power, laced his frothy plot with satirical pokes at religious
hypocrisy and conventional morality.
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PULSE; Men of Yore in Black - New York Times
Brief "Style" article in NY Times from 1997 about Baldassare Castiglione's advice that courtiers should wear black. Brief article also covers some of Castiglione's other advice to courtiers.
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ART VIEW; And She Also Knew How To Paint - New York Times
NY Times article on women artists which mentions Baldassare Castiglione's advice that women learn how to draw and paint.
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In Provence, Honoring a Poet at 6,263 Feet - New York Times
NY Times "Travel" article in which the author recounts a hike of Mont Ventoux in honor of Petrarch's climb of the same mountain in 1336
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Famed Roman statue 'not ancient'
BBC article on carbon-dating results of tests performed on Lupa Capitolina which show that the statue was manufactured in the 13th Century. The small human figures had earlier been shown to have been added to the wolf figure in the 15th Century (during the Renaissance.)
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Art Review - Lustrous Visions, Cut From Stone - Review - NYTimes.com
NY Times article concerning an exhibit of pietre dure at the Metropolitan Museum of art entitled “Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure From the Palaces of Europe”
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