Fake Monks and False Envoys: To Live and Lie in the Khan’s Court

It may come as some surprise that a Mongol khan’s encampment was a pretty international place to be. When the Flemish Franciscan, William of Rubruck, arrived at Mongke Khan’s court ...

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It is the weather, not the work, that wears out sails. ~ Thomas Fleming Day (A Sailing Ship by Ivan Aivazovsky)

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Painting at Bedtime.
Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Johannes Vermeer.

A painting everyone knows. Strictly speaking it is not a portrait but a genre piece, known as a tronie (a 'type'), in portrait form. Tronies were particularly popular in Dutch/ Flemish art in the 17th century.

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WHAT ISABELLA WANTED received a starred review!

★ “Sibert Medalist Candace Fleming . . . boldly succeeds in creating another winning nonfiction picture book.”


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James Bond fans, you won't want to miss this play, coming to us on 15 Oct at 7.30pm.

Ian Fleming, creator of Secret Agent 007, stands before the audience. Bond is with us too; the alter ego, an icon of class & everything Fleming aspired to..

Tickets here https://t.co/wwMme5yXfr

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Pieter van Lint (10.10.1609–1690) was a Flemish painter,Adoration of the Magi

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[Art] I’ve decided to draw my way (slowly) through the Monster Manual. Here’s a pair of aarakocra, named Fleming and Hensley. via /r/DnD https://t.co/skgx6O8lUT

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with Joanne Fleming dress from my Valentine's Day post!

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I've been watching Knight Rider and like its Bad but also I'm obsessed with KITT's vibes

KITT catboy-ification in the first one is because his headlights remind me of cat ears

dialog in the second one is from a Chris Fleming tiktok

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Christ and St. John with Angels, 1620

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fdgsz on DA ripped this for me so I'll finally be able to get better refs for my sausage Fleming art lmao.

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19th century saw a revival of European styles (usually Gothic & Greek) & Flemish influence, main 19th century Edinburgh architects (like George Washington Browne) used its features in buildings.

So next time you walk in Scotland & see building that looks Dutch - now you know!

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