#Renaissance

Greg Jenner

greg_jenner

Lovely metaphor, not remotely true history. This photo is from Paris Match/Daily Mail, 1958. The Algerian donkey was starving to death, so a soldier from the 13th brigade of the

Penemue

gregstevens

If you’re stressed about COVID plague & mass stupidity leading to reckless behavior, just remember: The Black Death caused the renaissance, baby! (Well...sort of) So here’s to hoping! (CW:

ahjummas anonymous

ahjummasanon

one of the best parts of 2019 was aoa’s renaissancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hGcCt0NuU I had SO much fun with this one. i still remember the choreo and will interrupt my own workouts to

Jay Ambadi

jay_ambadi

This is a thread on the suggestions made by the Opposition Leader of Kerala, @chennithala to the state Govt. Equally applicable to most state Govts, in these testing times! 1/n

Nelly Tells

NellyTells

Is lockdown justified? The question is, is this really a once in a lifetime event? World flu deaths on average are estimated at 389,000 & we are currently at 134,682

Chris Fredericks

tvfchris

Some thoughts on the future of capitalism...In spite of some significant trade offs, free market capitalism has been THE primary force that has reduced human suffering to it's lowest point

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy

glasgow_sugar

The similarities between Bristol, Liverpool and Glasgow are quite striking. All minor ports in 1660s, underwent rapid growth whilst connections with Atlantic world increased up to 1700. Different specialisms in

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

1/ A Thread on MarketsIt is the year 1500 and you enter a market in Renaissance-era Italy.There are buyers and there are sellers. Prices of the various goods are determined

Ryan

meta_jedi

I haven't expanded upon this yet since I'm going through a lot of changes and need to focus on my life/practice, but one trend I've talked about with twitter dharma

Saurabh

sbh_kc

Uhh Sorry, No not at all. Kolkata was a hub of creativity, trade, & culture a century ago.This looks like a remanant of a bygone city now left to its

Association Française du Féminisme

FeminismeAsso

Entre invisibilisation et représentations stéréotypéesQuelle place pour les femmes dans la culture ? Un autre sujet possible pour le #FéminismeCamp du 21/11 ?Avez-vous d’autres sources à nous proposer ou axes

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

Not a Christian myself, but I doubt any single day has inspired as much beautiful art as Good Friday. Here are some Renaissance favorites to brighten(?) your timeline.Matthias Grunewald, The

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Unbelievable. Absolute disregard of qualitative methods of analysis, historical and art historical expertise. This is peddling bad science.This is dangerously bad. Others have commented on the art history failings but

Garrett M. Graff

vermontgmg

Watch this video and think how *boring* this man would be as president! We could go entire HOURS without thinking of him, without worrying what he was saying, without fearing

Orkney Library

OrkneyLibrary

In one of our archive strong rooms there is a shelf. The shelf does not contain the most exciting or interesting item in the archive but it does contain something

RC deWinter

RCdeWinter

I'm going to tweet photos of some of the people who support @realDonaldTrump and the rest of this #IllegitimateRegime. Just to let the world know the company his oh-so-Christian and