That's Interesting.

Here is something interesting about the Mona Lisa:

The smaller version from ArtInfo

The slightly larger one from the Telegraph

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The Making of a Circle

This story has been said of Giotto di Bondone & Michelangelo , it goes like this: A pope asks for a proof of skill, sending a servant to see an example of talent. The artist (Michelangelo or Giotto) then calmly draws a perfect circle freehand, sending it back with the servant. The result? Michelangelo did paint the Sistine Chapel.

I like this story for a number of reasons, but mainly for the fact that it shows how something as simple as a circle can be the making of an artist.

A Sketch of the Renaissance

I am going to outline the renaissance, by going into some depth in the lives of the people responsible for the major changes of that time, that and the people who are just plain interesting. This will include:

Dante
Petrarch
Giovanni Boccaccio
Chaucer
Joan of Arc
Albrecht Dürer
Columbus
Galileo
And hopefully much more