In October, November and December 2017 I am having three lectures for Seniors at various Third Age Universities. The plan is following: On Monday October 23rd: a lecture on the Women in the Middle Ages at the Monday Senior’s Club in Wieliczka. On Monday November 20th: a lecture on art, regional customs and…
do not hurt a fly
However strange that may sound, the fact is that at the dawn of Renaissance the artists had a strange habit of painting… flies! Both in Italy and in the Northern Europe we may find various examples of a trompe-l’œil depictions of a fly. In most cases it is assumed that it…