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Shakespeare's 'original classroom' revealed

Edit BBC News 22 Apr 2016
The original classroom where William Shakespeare is believed to have studied and seen his first plays opens to the public for the first time this weekend ... The guild was closed in the Reformation in the 1540s, but Prof Mulryne says it seemed to have "morphed" seamlessly into the new town council, based in the same building, with much the same people and keeping its upstairs school ... "It builds a picture of how his mind was formed." ... ....

Maniera. Pontormo, Bronzino and Medici Florence (Städel Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Jan 2016
(Source. Städel Museum). Starting on 24 February 2016, the Städel Museum will present the large-scale exhibition 'Maniera. Pontormo, Bronzino and Medici Florence' ... A Tour of the Exhibition ... The prelude to the second floor of the show will be devoted to the so-called 'paragone' - the rivalry for pride of place between the media of painting and sculpture that was a topic of lively discussion in the Florentine art scene of the 1540s ... Maniera....

Wondering what to pack for university? A guitar, perhaps, for the “refresshynge of the witte”? ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Sep 2015
(Source. University of Cambridge) Wondering what to pack for university? A guitar, perhaps, for the "refresshynge of the witte"? ... In the 1540s it was regarded as "strange", derived from the French meaning 'foreign' ... In the Paris of the 1540s (far more fashionable than London) lovelorn serenaders did "nightly walke the streates before their louers gates, tearing the poor strings of their instruments"....

Why Palladio is the world's favourite 16th-century architect

Edit The Guardian 11 Sep 2015
The Italian’s stately ideas have shaped buildings for 400 years. A new show traces how Palladian design took over the world. @ollywainwright ... the 16th-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio ... The proliferation of Palladianism can be seen in two books, which both celebrate their 300th anniversary this year ... Twitter ... a drawing for Villa Valmarana from the 1540s was the direct source for a house in Indiana built in the 1990s ... Twitter ... ....

Palladio: The architect who inspired our love of columns

Edit BBC News 10 Sep 2015
Image copyright Library of Congress Image caption Design for US Capitol, Washington DC - by William Thornton, 1793-1800. Andrea Palladio - an Italian who lived 500 years ago - is the only architect whose style is recognised with a suffix in English. As a new exhibition opens in London, we explore the enduring popularity of "Palladianism" ... Image copyright Riba Image caption Design for a palace - by Andrea Palladio, circa 1540s ... Features ... ....

Portland Castle lead thieves target Henry VIII's fort

Edit BBC News 18 Aug 2015
18 August 2015 ... English Heritage, which manages the attraction, said the seaside fort was built in the early 1540s to protect against French and Spanish invasion ... ....

Ancient unicorn tapestries recreated at Stirling Castle

Edit BBC News 23 Jun 2015
23 June 2015. From the section Tayside and Central Scotland. The seventh tapestry is the final piece in a 14-year project ... The project was commissioned by Historic Scotland in 2001 as part of a wider effort to restore the king's palace to its 1540s style ... Visitors can now see all seven tapestries together for the first time. In the 1540s, the palace was home to James V's wife, Mary of Guise, and their young daughter, Mary Queen of Scots ... ....

Footprints: The ties that bind

Edit Dawn 03 Apr 2015
ON March 23, 2015, Pakistan Day, Kumari Padmini Singh Rathore set her dainty feet on Pakistani soil to make it her home ... There have been others like her before and there will be others walking in her footsteps later as well ... During the 1540s, Humayun, fleeing from Sher Shah Suri to Persia, ended up here to find asylum under Rana Parshad Sodha, the then ruler of Amarkot,” Vikram Singh narrates a bit of relevant history ... Apple Store ... ....

Arbiters Of TasteChinese Art From The Scholar's Studio 20 Feb 2015 (Bonhams 1793 Ltd)

Edit noodls 26 Feb 2015
(Source. Bonhams 1793 Ltd). Bonhams will present a curated auction of 165 lots entitled 'Chinese Art From the Scholar's Studio' on 16 March in New York ... Although undated, it is most likely that the artist composed the scroll in the 1540s, a period during which his style had matured and he enjoyed widespread acclaim for his talent with the brush ... The pre-sale estimate for the work is $40,000-$60,000 ... NOTES FOR EDITORS ... (noodl....

Ganges river cruise: Among the ghats and gods

Edit The Daily Telegraph 13 Feb 2015
On the only cruise ship built to navigate the shallow Ganges, Bob Maddams sails from the heart of the Raj to the holy city of Varanasi, soul of modern-day India. By Bob Maddams. 11.43AM GMT 13 Feb 2015. Comments ... Interactive. ... Related Content. 20 destinations for 2015. Chettinadu, South India ... Alamy) ... We ate well ... At Sasaram we visited the imposing fortress-like tomb of the Pathan emperor Sher Shah Suri, who defeated the Mughals in the 1540s ... ....

500-year-skeleton that of young European male

Edit The Times of India 07 Feb 2015
KOCHI ... This was confirmed following an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) test conducted at the Delhi office of US-based Beta Analytic. Archaeologists believe the skeleton to be that of a Portuguese man buried in the 1540s ... In 1790's Tippu Sultan seized the fort and destroyed it ... ....

Royal Collection: Henry VIII's garden book on display

Edit Belfast Telegraph 24 Jan 2015
He is known as one of history's most ruthless rulers but an item from his library poses the question of whether Henry VIII enjoyed a spot of gardening to take the edge off in between deadly divorces and religious upheaval ... In the 1540s Henry created the Great Garden at Whitehall, but it was destroyed by fire in 1698. COMMENT RULES ... We may also close comments on articles which are being targeted for abuse ... Powered by Livefyre ... Latest News....

World’s oldest gardening manual to go on display

Edit The Guardian 23 Jan 2015
14th-century Ruralia commoda is believed to have influenced lost garden of Whitehall Palace glimpsed in Henry VIII portrait ... Photograph. Jonathan Brady/PA. Caroline Davies ... It was in the mid-1540s that the king completed the Great Garden at Whitehall Palace, which was originally called York Place and home to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who expanded it to such an extent that only Lambeth Palace rivalled it in London ... Topics. related content ... ....
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