Author Archives: theroguearthistorian

Cesare Vecellio

A small post in the form of an artist’s biography as a teaser for the main post I will be releasing towards the end of this month! Spotlighting an artist who, in my opinion, is underrated in the canon of Italian Renaissance Art – Cesare Vecellio. One of the most famous attributes of Cesare VecellioContinue reading “Cesare Vecellio”

New series: Object biography

The professor of a museum studies class I took during my Master’s taught us we can “ask” the same kinds of questions about objects as we would if we were interviewing people, and this can be a good way to discover the history of an object and how its use, perception, and significance has changedContinue reading “New series: Object biography”

Sumptuary laws and research rabbit holes

I know I’m not the only one who has come across an interesting bit of information while doing research. And even if you would love to dig deeper into this new topic, it’s just not related to your current research enough to make it worth diving down that rabbit hole. So instead, I thought I’dContinue reading “Sumptuary laws and research rabbit holes”