by | Jan 3, 2011 | Glossary
The ducato da camera was the largest gold coin in the sixteenth-century Rome, equivalent today to about fifty dollars.
by | Jan 3, 2011 | Glossary
The Sibyls were prophetic women who were resident at shrines or temples throughout the Classical World. The five depicted here are each said to have prophesied the birth of Christ. The Cumaean Sibyl, for example, is quoted by Virgil as declaring that “a new...
by | Jan 3, 2011 | Glossary
Genesis Ch. 1 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the...
by | Jan 3, 2011 | Glossary
Genesis 6:9-8:22 Michelangelo used this story of Noah and the Flood from the Old Testament as inspiration for the Sistine Chapel frescoes. 9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10And Noah...
by | Jan 3, 2011 | Glossary
Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco [afˈfresːko] which derives from the Latin word for “fresh”. Frescoes were often made during the Renaissance...
by | Dec 29, 2010 | Glossary
The braccio was the standard Florentine unit of measurement equivelent to 58.36 centimeters.
