This past weekend I traveled to Toronto. I went there for two reasons: to see the exhibit called “Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century” at the Bata Shoe Museum, and to meet my friend … Read More
Renaissance painter Baccio della Porta ( d. 1517) changed his name to Fra Bartolommeo (Brother Bartholomew) when he became a friar. When the fiery sermons of Savonarola demanded burning of “vanities,” Bartolommeo tossed all his paintings of nudes into the flames.