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What? No one needs an expert in medieval studies?
by castillo157 14y ago
What? No one needs an expert in medieval studies?
- tzs 14y agoThere's a Nova episode about the effort to prove that a portrait was a lost da Vinci. An important part of the investigation was Elisabetta Gnignera, a costume historian and expert in renaissance hairdos, identifying the bound ponytail of the girl in the portrait as being a style that only ever became prominent in Milan, and only for a few years--the same years when da Vinci served the Milan ruling family as artist and engineer. I thought it was cool that there are people who are experts in renaissance hairdos--and that their knowledge can actually be put to practical use. (There is much more than the hairdo evidence to tie the painting to da Vinci. It's worth watching the Nova episode if they show it again. The combination of historical research and modern scientific analysis was quite intriguing).