Weekly Wikipedia Find: Young Woman with Unicorn
There is a painting by the famed Italian Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio, commonly known by the singular nom Raphael, painted circa 1506 which for the longest time was attributed to a contemporary and listed as St. Catherine until it was restored in 1935 and properly identified.
There is a vastly intriguing narrative and history contained within this Wikipedia entry. Just imagine, the young art history scholars and restorers in the 1930s cleaning this painting, only to discover what she holds within her arms. "You got to be shitting me?!" One exclaims. "Hey Larry, you gotta see this." One calls to another. "Fuckin' 'ell. Is that a unicorn?" High fives all around.
This has been the untold story of Portrait of Young Woman with Unicorn.
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There is a vastly intriguing narrative and history contained within this Wikipedia entry. Just imagine, the young art history scholars and restorers in the 1930s cleaning this painting, only to discover what she holds within her arms. "You got to be shitting me?!" One exclaims. "Hey Larry, you gotta see this." One calls to another. "Fuckin' 'ell. Is that a unicorn?" High fives all around.
This has been the untold story of Portrait of Young Woman with Unicorn.
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Week Forty-One: CosmicismWeek Forty: Prisoner's dilemma
Week Thirty-Nine: Demimonde
Week Thirty-Eight: Haemophilia in European royalty
Week Thirty-Seven: Library of America
Week Thirty-Six: Honeypot
Week Thirty-Five: Glasgow smile
Week Thirty-Four: Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel
Week Thirty-Three: Mono no aware
Week Thirty-Two: Royal intermarriage
Week Thirty-One: Amputee fetishism
Week Thirty: Turtles all the way down
Week Twenty-Nine: The Diogenes Club
Week Twenty-Eight: E pur si muove!
Week Twenty-Seven: Unico
Week Twenty-Six: Panopticon
Week Twenty-Five: Legendary
Week Twenty-Four: Ostern
Week Twenty-Three: Kilroy was here
Week Twenty-Two: Jack Parsons
Week Twenty-One: The Wold Newton Universe
Week Twenty: Anonymous
Week Nineteen: Monty Hall problem
Week Eighteen: Brown Booby
Week Seventeen: Dieter Dengler
Week Sixteen: New Jerusalem
Week Fifteen: Technological Singularity
Week Fourteen: Numbers Station
Week Thirteen: Culper Ring
Week Twelve: Mary Sue
Week Eleven: Byford dolphin diving bell accident
Week Ten: Deep-sea gigantism
Week Nine: Bloop
Week Eight: Rat king
Week Seven: Gustave Doré
Week Six: Tomorrow
Week Five: Borscht Belt
Week Four: Swampman
Week Three: Chinese room
Week Two: Ambrose Burnside
Week One: Lolita fashion
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