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Jul 14, 2018 · Oxford medieval history professor George Garnett has counted 93 penises, human and equine, on the Bayeux Tapestry. The vast majority of them, 88 to be precise, are horse penises from the central panel where all the historic action takes place. The five human penises (plus one possible one) are only found in the top and bottom borders.
In an episode of the first season, the carnival, desperate for business, puts on a “fireball” show rife with midway scams. One of them is the famous “Man Eating Chicken,” revealed behind the curtain to be a man, eating a chicken dinner. As Felix, the talker, tells the disgruntled marks with a sly wink: sure, you’ve been had.
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The Tapestry Gallery is the longest room in Biltmore House, and was designed to showcase part of a set of tapestries known as The Triumph of the Seven Virtues. Woven from wool and silk in Flanders (now part of Belgium) between 1525–1535, these tapestries were intended to illustrate how the seven virtues−faith, prudence, charity, chastity, temperanc...
While multiple sets of these tapestries were created, very few of them survived through the centuries, and there are no examples of the Triumph of Temperancestill in existence. “There are three in Biltmore’s collection, arranged from left to right in the Tapestry Galley:The Triumph of Prudence, The Triumph of Faith, and The Triumph of Charity,” Lau...
Each virtue is illustrated through biblical stories and symbols that would have been familiar to people in 16th-century Europe. To more modern eyes, however, the meaning of the figures in the tapestries can be a bit mysterious.
“The tapestry in the center of the Tapestry Gallery is the Triumph of Faith, which is believed to be the only one still in existence,” said Lauren. At the top of the tapestry, the Latin inscription is “Holy Faith believes by the Divine Word and worships God through every dutiful practice.” Symbolism The virtue of Faith is depicted as a woman holdin...
Another beautiful tapestry in Biltmore’s collection is displayed in a frame at the first landing on the Grand Staircase. “This is a Franco-Flemish Renaissance biblical tapestry, created in the late 15thor early 16th century,” said Lauren. “It portrays the Christ child with his mother, the Madonna, and her mother Saint Anne. The three figures are se...
In a fitting tribute to George Vanderbilt’s lifelong passion for fine art, Italian Renaissance Aliveinvites you to enjoy some of the world’s best-known masterpieces in an entirely new way: immersed in the beauty and brilliance of one of the greatest artistic periods in history as it comes to life all around you. Accompanied by a powerful operatic s...
The golden age of the American circus coincided with the Gilded Age, and one Phineas Taylor Barnum (P.T. for short) was a living emblem of both: a New York City swindler who called himself the ...
May 18, 2023 · The Oddities & Curiosities Expo is bringing about 150 vendors selling gothic and dark-fantasy items, a “mad clown” museum, sideshow acts and a taxidermy class to Minneapolis on Saturday, May 20.
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