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IMAGE: Richard III has been held responsible for the murder of his nephews for centuries view more
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King Richard III s involvement in one of the most notorious and emotive mysteries in English history may be a step closer to being confirmed following a new study by Professor Tim Thornton of the University of Huddersfield.
Richard has long been held responsible of the murder of his nephews King Edward V and his brother, Richard, duke of York - dubbed the Princes in the Tower - in a dispute about succession to the throne. The pair were held in the Tower of London, but disappeared from public view in 1483 with Richard taking the blame following his death two years later.
Life Sketch of John Donne
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Anti-Catholicism in England
John Donne was born to a wealthy Catholic family on June 19, 1572, at the time in world history when anti-Catholicism was gaining influence in England. John s father, John Donne, Sr., was a well-to-do ironworker. His mother was a relative of Sir Thomas More, and her father was John Heywood, the playwright. The future poet was only four years old when his father died in 1576, and his mother struggled to raise John and his two siblings by herself.
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and his younger brother, Henry, began school at Hart Hall at Oxford University. John was eleven years old at the time. John continued his studies at Hart Hall for the next three years, after which he enrolled at Cambridge University. John refused to vow to a supremacy oath declaring King Henry VIII the head of the church because such vows were considered blasphemous to devout Catholics. John was, therefore, not allowed to graduated because of that refusal
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.- There is every reason this year to have a world view, says Irvin Lippman, the Boca Raton Museum of Arts Executive Director, as South Florida boldly ushers in the new year with the national premiere of Glasstress 2021 Boca Raton. Three years in the making, with 2020 being such a challenging year to coordinate an international exhibition of this size and scope, the effort serves as an important reassurance that art is an essential and enduring part of humanity. This is also a tribute to the resilience of Venices surviving the floods and continuing to make art through the pandemic. Most of these works in glass have never been seen elsewhere, and were handpicked by Kathleen Goncharov, the Museums Senior Curator who traveled to Italy in 2019. The new exhibition runs Jan. 27 through Sept. 5, 2021 and the Museum will feature online initiatives for virtual viewing. Watch the new video . More
Frick announces new and upcoming volumes in Diptych series
The Frick Diptych series is published by The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Ltd., London, sold online through the Museum Shop at www.frick.org/shop
NEW YORK, NY
.- The popular Frick Diptych series continues with books on masterpieces in the collection. Since 2018, five titles have been published, each illuminating a single work with an engaging, in-depth essay by a curator paired with a contribution from a contemporary cultural figure. Connecting the Old Masters with the voices of today, the series is designed to foster critical engagement appealing to the specialist and non-specialist alike. Comments Ian Wardropper, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Director, These fresh takes on our holdings have often included close inspections and deeply personal reflections. We are delighted with the response to the first group of books, which focuses on Holbeins Sir Thomas More, Vermeers Mistress and Maid, and Rembran
Sixty-two international personalities contributed to the anthology, The Sleeve Should Be Illegal & Other Reflections on Art At The Frick. Photo: Handout
What do Victoria Beckham, George Condo and Jenny Saville have in common? The answer is that they all share a love of Old Masters like Rembrandt, Jean Siméon Chardin and Antoine van Dyck.
The artistes, writers and cultural figures talk about what draws them to these European painters in a new art book, published Jan 26 by The Frick Collection.
While the renewed interest in Old Masters has been significant in recent years, the works of these artists have always been central to The Frick Collection. Now, the New York museum has invited over 60 international personalities to talk about an artwork in its collection that has moved, challenged, puzzled, or inspired them.