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Knights of Art by Amy Steedman – 1. Giotto: Cautions

The three works of art selected for highlighting and illustration are, sadly, not actually by Giotto (d. 1337). The first, The Shepherd Sitting Under His Tent, is today in in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, while a copy adorns the exterior of the Campanile. More precisely titled, Jabal: L’invenzione della pastorizia (Jabel: The Invention of SheepContinue reading “Knights of Art by Amy Steedman – 1. Giotto: Cautions”

William Tell

Stories for Children Stories of William Tell and His Friends Told to the Children by Henrietta Marshall. Beacon Reader (1932). Heroes Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie (Doubleday, 1907). Legends of Switzerland Poetry William Tell by William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) William Tell by Friedrich von Schiller (1759–1805) These verses accompanied a copy of his play.Continue reading “William Tell”

Swiss Geography – Fribourg

Map Gruyère Ranz des Vaches Read in French of the “Origine du Ranz des Vaches.” Read the song in full, in Patois and French, and listen to it here. Morat (Murten) The Battle of Murten by Veit Weber (d. 1483) Veit Weber was assumed as a pseudonym for an 18th to 19th-century author, Leonhard Wächter, butContinue reading “Swiss Geography – Fribourg”