Lucrezia borgia painting

Lucrezia Borgia sits on the papal throne.

This paper argues that items designed for the bodily extremities such as hair-coverings, hats, fans and other accessories were valued for the ease with which they could be changed and adapted to express a range of different meanings: political, social and individual.

The Borgias..watching.....

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars detail, ca. 1483

Bianca Solderini is a Venetian courtesan who became the vampire fledgling and paramour of Marius de Romanus at the end of the fifteenth century. "That Botticelli hadn’t painted her was a mere accident. Indeed he might well have done so. She looked so very like his women that all other thoughts...

Bartolomeo Veneto (1470–1531) Idealized Portrait of a Courtesan as Flora (detail) 1520

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Portrait of a Woman (detail), c.1560, unknown artist

Rapunzel - And Other Fair Maidens in Very Tall Towers contains seven different versions of the 'Rapunzel' story from around the world.

Lucrezia Borgia by ravenfeahterart.deviantart.com on @deviantART

The Borgias - Lucrezia Borgia

Early sketch for the arrival of Lucrezia ( Dame Joan Sutherland) at the Venetian masked ball. Lucrezia Borgia, Covent Garden, 1980.

The Borgia Family by Dante Gabriel Rossetti,

Have you seen the Showtime series “The Borgias”? (I know it’s a few years old but I don’t care) It’s a wonderful series About the 15th century pop Alexander VI and it&…

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