Medieval History
If you want the corporate take on why Starbucks recently deleted the green ring from its logo?and, in fact, the word Starbucks?you can listen to Howard Schultz, the company?s CEO, soberly explain, in a promotional video, why the ?essence of the Starbucks experience? in the 21st century is better reflected by ? an unadorned mermaid-siren.
But not long ago, before the branding rethink, the author of the blog Got Medieval, a graduate student in medieval studies at Yale, detected ?something fishy? about the mermaid, specifically about the stories Starbucks was spinning about her.
Click here to read this article from the Wall Street Journal
Click here to go to the blog Got Medieval
- Public Can Now Walk The York Jewish History Trail
The York Jewish History Trail was launched on Friday, giving the public the chance to explore hundreds of years of Jewish history in England. Created by the University of York?s Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past launched the trail, and...
- Scary Stories Of The Ancient Greeks And Romans
Centuries before movie and television audiences thrilled to tales of werewolves, vampires and wizards and Halloween became the second biggest celebration of the year, the ancient Greeks and Romans were spinning scary stories about monsters, ghosts and...
- A Little Help And Discussion......
Over on another blog, in response to a list of journals in various fields by the AHRC, an early medievalist commented about not knowing where to publish: "EME (Early Medieval Europe)" was given an "A", but all else was "B" or less in that author's...
- Mermaids
Roman book of hours, whole page, folio 186r. End of fifteenth century, made in Venice or Padua. Historiated initial (D)omine with the Holy Spirit above. Floral border with mermaid and dolphin. Pendant of a mermaid, German. 1580-1590, enameled gold,...
- French Review Of Hungarian Art History Books
As I wrote on this blog before, a number of books were published on Hungarian medieval wall-painting in recent years. A French researcher of medieval Hungarian painting, Marie Lionnet wrote a detailed and knowledgeable review of some of these publications,...
Medieval History
Medieval Scholar Hot on Trail of Starbucks Logo Cover-Up
If you want the corporate take on why Starbucks recently deleted the green ring from its logo?and, in fact, the word Starbucks?you can listen to Howard Schultz, the company?s CEO, soberly explain, in a promotional video, why the ?essence of the Starbucks experience? in the 21st century is better reflected by ? an unadorned mermaid-siren.
But not long ago, before the branding rethink, the author of the blog Got Medieval, a graduate student in medieval studies at Yale, detected ?something fishy? about the mermaid, specifically about the stories Starbucks was spinning about her.
Click here to read this article from the Wall Street Journal
Click here to go to the blog Got Medieval
- Public Can Now Walk The York Jewish History Trail
The York Jewish History Trail was launched on Friday, giving the public the chance to explore hundreds of years of Jewish history in England. Created by the University of York?s Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past launched the trail, and...
- Scary Stories Of The Ancient Greeks And Romans
Centuries before movie and television audiences thrilled to tales of werewolves, vampires and wizards and Halloween became the second biggest celebration of the year, the ancient Greeks and Romans were spinning scary stories about monsters, ghosts and...
- A Little Help And Discussion......
Over on another blog, in response to a list of journals in various fields by the AHRC, an early medievalist commented about not knowing where to publish: "EME (Early Medieval Europe)" was given an "A", but all else was "B" or less in that author's...
- Mermaids
Roman book of hours, whole page, folio 186r. End of fifteenth century, made in Venice or Padua. Historiated initial (D)omine with the Holy Spirit above. Floral border with mermaid and dolphin. Pendant of a mermaid, German. 1580-1590, enameled gold,...
- French Review Of Hungarian Art History Books
As I wrote on this blog before, a number of books were published on Hungarian medieval wall-painting in recent years. A French researcher of medieval Hungarian painting, Marie Lionnet wrote a detailed and knowledgeable review of some of these publications,...