In some late medieval manuscripts of French Chronicles we can find an interesting image: ladies and knights gathered in a chamber, observing dancing Wild Men, who are actually on fire. It is an illustration of an event that is known as “the Ball of the Burning Men” (Bal des Ardents)…
Receiving a stipend from Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage in a project “Culture on-line”, I am now producing short videos on selected art-pieces from Polish collections. Every movie will have English subtitles, and they will be published every two weeks on my channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/posztukiwania The first one is on…