WHEN ALBRECHT Dürer painted one of his artworks at the order of the Emperor Maximilian I, the ruler so esteemed the artist that he kept the ladder that Dürer used for himself, said curator Ivan ...
“What could be more precious to a king than an armor that will safeguard his body in combat?” Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519) As a royal in a “nondemocratic political system,” Maximilian had a ...
In 1519, at age 59, the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I died. Years earlier, he had been called “a wise, prudent, God-fearing prince, a just ruler” by his Florentine contemporary, the shrewd political ...
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Reviewed Work: Emperor Maximilian I and the Age of Dürer by Eva Michel, Maria Luise Sternath, Manfred Holleger, Friedrich Polleroß, Thomas Schauerte, Andrea Scheichl, Manfred Schreiner, Larry Silver, ...
Before I continue my article on my tour of Europe, I’d like to say a few things about the Shang Cineplex. A couple of days ago, I took my sisters to watch the animated flick Madagascar with one of my ...
The tomb of Austrian Emperor Maximilian I is seen in 2017 inside St. George's Cathedral, a basilica located within the national military academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. A new tomb has since been ...
In 1498, Emperor Maximilian I ordered his court officials to hire a singing master and a group of young male vocalists to ...
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