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‘The History of My Life’ by Giacomo Casanova
- June 19, 2017
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- Category: Casanova
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When we mentioned to people that we were putting together a graphic novel on Casanova there was a certain amount of wink winking and nudge nudging. Casanova the archetypal womaniser is what comes to most people’s minds. And it is true, he was a man who was fascinated by love and love-making. In terms of -
Surgery in the century before anaesthetics
- July 21, 2018
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- Category: Flashbacks
“Eighteenth-century surgeons prided themselves on fast amputations, as well as procedures such as removing bladder stones, cancers, and even cataracts from the eye.” Fillmore Randolph’s engrossing and informative account of surgery in the 1700s - here. Also, a fascinating Daniel Hahn article on John Hunter, the eighteenth-century Scotsman credited with being the father of -
Art in eighteenth-century Venice
- July 18, 2018
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- Category: Venice and Paris
The Met museum’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is a great resource for anyone interested in Venetian art in the eighteenth century. A central essay containing links allows you to explore a wide range of painters, themes and historical contexts – here. ‘The Prologue’, and chapters 1 to 8 of ‘Casanova in Paris: The -
Structure
- July 14, 2018
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- Category: Behind the Scenes
“In order to maximize the effect of the idea that you are trying to communicate it is preferable to give the story some form of defined shape so that it will have the right type of unity and sense of completeness to make a coherent and organised impression on the human mind.” So says Alan
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