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![Welcome to Pilgrim to the Past!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_70833eeadf114f89904048db9d57f8f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_70833eeadf114f89904048db9d57f8f8~mv2.webp)
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![The Bronze Doors of San Zeno: Poisoned Beauty](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_84eddd4ccea1453f88a1040c22eb048a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_84eddd4ccea1453f88a1040c22eb048a~mv2.webp)
- Jul 7
- 14 min
The Bronze Doors of San Zeno: Poisoned Beauty
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!["But I really want to do horses...": The Master Carvers of Fidenza](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_d8d4340b2cd54e2ab060749b9e8b03a2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_d8d4340b2cd54e2ab060749b9e8b03a2~mv2.webp)
- Jun 9
- 11 min
"But I really want to do horses...": The Master Carvers of Fidenza
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![Santa Sabina & The Complicated Past](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_fbc50fa5cb93412c8a3be76eb926567c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_fbc50fa5cb93412c8a3be76eb926567c~mv2.webp)
- Mar 18
- 12 min
Santa Sabina & The Complicated Past
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![Welcome to the Working Week...Demons and their Jobs in Medieval Art](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_42ce11d437e14652913c074975f292e6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_42ce11d437e14652913c074975f292e6~mv2.webp)
- Feb 7
- 11 min
Welcome to the Working Week...Demons and their Jobs in Medieval Art
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![Devil's Gonna Get You!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_f7e7dad20dae49f49daefa5ca7e98b8c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_f7e7dad20dae49f49daefa5ca7e98b8c~mv2.webp)
- Feb 3
- 5 min
Devil's Gonna Get You!
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![Angels We Have Seen On High](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_21c4a3ea258140b39f3a8cb30f5e46ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_21c4a3ea258140b39f3a8cb30f5e46ba~mv2.webp)
- Dec 28, 2023
- 9 min
Angels We Have Seen On High
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![Art Nouveau Heaven--the Watts Cemetery Chapel Interior](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_e525ed7475274a3f95815d4a3006f1b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_e525ed7475274a3f95815d4a3006f1b3~mv2.webp)
- Dec 10, 2023
- 8 min
Art Nouveau Heaven--the Watts Cemetery Chapel Interior
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![Everything Old is New Again: The Watts Memorial Chapel](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_511e1e684db7484fb9afbc3f02424234~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_511e1e684db7484fb9afbc3f02424234~mv2.webp)
- Nov 27, 2023
- 10 min
Everything Old is New Again: The Watts Memorial Chapel
![The Anti-David: St. Bartholomew by Marco D'Adrate, 1562](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_39cfbd6c7c584d65aed444f7b419de1d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/9c104a_39cfbd6c7c584d65aed444f7b419de1d~mv2.webp)
- Oct 16, 2023
- 6 min
The Anti-David: St. Bartholomew by Marco D'Adrate, 1562
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![Victory for the Vase Painters!](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_b893e92653d74e3b89ea99552c8811e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_b893e92653d74e3b89ea99552c8811e3~mv2.webp)
- Sep 26, 2023
- 4 min
Victory for the Vase Painters!
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![The "Three Living Meet Three Dead" Fresco by Buonamico Buffalmacco, 1336](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_6945399da48d4c249a4ca452d99c94f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_363,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_6945399da48d4c249a4ca452d99c94f3~mv2.webp)
- Sep 5, 2023
- 5 min
The "Three Living Meet Three Dead" Fresco by Buonamico Buffalmacco, 1336
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![What Becomes a Martyr Most? Part 3 of the di Balduccio Monument of Milan](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_f8cb475162424a7581ac88bc5c1b8dc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_f8cb475162424a7581ac88bc5c1b8dc6~mv2.webp)
- Aug 10, 2023
- 9 min
What Becomes a Martyr Most? Part 3 of the di Balduccio Monument of Milan
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- Jul 18, 2023
- 7 min
di Balduccio Monument--The Christian Virtues
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![The di Balduccio Tomb--the Pagan Virtues](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_b59d82e3ec214f459063c235648a1607~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_b59d82e3ec214f459063c235648a1607~mv2.webp)
- Jul 9, 2023
- 6 min
The di Balduccio Tomb--the Pagan Virtues
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![Works and Days (a hymn, but not to Hesiod)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_3572536405ff485480d8b85b9774d1d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_3572536405ff485480d8b85b9774d1d7~mv2.webp)
- Mar 19, 2023
- 6 min
Works and Days (a hymn, but not to Hesiod)
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![Origins of Sirens](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_05eee9bced3e437292273e9bd0924ebd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_05eee9bced3e437292273e9bd0924ebd~mv2.webp)
- Nov 6, 2022
- 2 min
Origins of Sirens
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![Time Travel through the French Monuments Museum in Paris](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_b59522d6aad34c00befa8a808dc54c69~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_b59522d6aad34c00befa8a808dc54c69~mv2.webp)
- Aug 16, 2022
- 5 min
Time Travel through the French Monuments Museum in Paris
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![The Gods of Industry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_5837960a10264bf8b65dd62d4b316aff~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_5837960a10264bf8b65dd62d4b316aff~mv2.webp)
- Apr 7, 2022
- 8 min
The Gods of Industry
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![What Child is *This*?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9c104a_63b1208175df42bb90c9e46e08c63741~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_470,h_353,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9c104a_63b1208175df42bb90c9e46e08c63741~mv2.webp)
- Dec 26, 2021
- 6 min
What Child is *This*?