Daniel Rabel’s “Grotesque” Depictions of Ballet
The Royal Ballet of the the Dowager of Bilbao’ Grand Ball, by Daniel Rabel (1626) Photo credit: Grand Ballet de la douairière de Billebahaut (2;1626), Wikipedia (under Daniel Rabel) Daniel Rabel,...
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Renart and Tiécelin the Crow* *Photo credit: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Le Roman de Renart In branch III of the Roman de Renart, the goupil — foxes used to be called goupils — Renart is hungry...
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Livre d’images de madame Marie Hainaut, vers 1285-1290 Paris, BnF, Naf 16251, fol. 22v. La naissance du Christ est annoncée aux bergers, aux humbles. “Et voici qu’un ange du seigneur leur apparut [.]....
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Le Roman de Renard The animals at Noble’s court Noble the lion is king Renart is the Fox Ysengrin is the Wolf Brun (Bruin) is the Bear the rape of Dame Hersent, Ysengrin’s wife Aarne-Thomson...
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