Arantzazu Martinez
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Arantzazu Martinez
The Medieval Magazine
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But we can easily picture a world in which there are very few such things. What objects in the everyday life of an early medieval peasant allowed them to extend their minds? The parish Bible, a measuring stick or string, perhaps; the counting board in a shop, a dice game, a sundial. With such limited opportunities, it’s no surprise that this
... See moreRoland Allen • The Notebook
The Renaissance was not a popular movement; it was a movement of a small number of scholars and artists, encouraged by liberal patrons, especially the Medici and the humanist popes. But for these patrons, it might have had very much less success.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
The Middle Ages, at least as reimagined by the 1960s, offered a pre-capitalist, enchanted world of communes and troubadours. Although we now stereotype the Middle Ages aesthetic as a sort of grey porridge full of nuns, this isn’t accurate. Historian Jacques Le Goff describes “big jewels inserted into the boards of book-bindings, glowing gold... See more
How Fantasy Fuelled 60s Counterculture
Was the Renaissance Real?
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A city is where all dangers come together for human beings, where everything happens to human beings. I use “city” in a fairly metaphorical sense. A city is where culture comes together and flowers. A pueblo is a city.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)
Hasta el año 1870, dominaron los coches en las calles. Uno se veía aprisionado en las estrechas aceras, de modo que el flâneur se limitaba preferentemente a los pasajes, que ofrecían su amparo ante el tiempo y el tráfico.
Edmond Beaurepaire. Paris d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. La chronique des rues, París, 1900, p. 67. Cit. en Obra de los pasajes, A 1 a,... See more
Edmond Beaurepaire. Paris d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. La chronique des rues, París, 1900, p. 67. Cit. en Obra de los pasajes, A 1 a,... See more
La metrópoli como laberinto. De él en consecuencia forma parte la imagen del minotauro albergada en su centro. El hecho de que éste vaya a traer la muerte al individuo no es lo decisivo. Lo decisivo es la imagen de las fuerzas portadoras de la muerte a las que él mismo encarna. Pero esto también es algo nuevo para los habitantes de las grandes... See more