Tag: St. Valentine
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05 Works, February 14th, is Lupercalia/ Saint Valentine’s Day, With Footnotes – #45
In a refined contrast with a material background, the delicate and idealized line of Maria Rachele Branca , which distinguishes her style in the lyricism of a mythologized folklore, suspends the scene in the allusion to the invasive sound of the flute which bewitches the nymph sitting on it next to. And precisely in underlining its…
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05 Works, Today, February 14th, is Lupercalia/ Valentine’s Day, With Footnotes – #45
Lupercalia was an ancient pastoral annual festival observed in the city of Rome between February 13 and February 15, to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. At the Lupercal altar, a male goat and a dog were sacrificed by one or another of the Luperci, under the supervision of the Flamen…
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05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 14th, is Lupercalia Day, With Footnotes – 45 Please follow link to full post
Lupercalia was an ancient pastoral annual festival observed in the city of Rome between February 13 and February 15, to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. At the Lupercal altar, a male goat and a dog were sacrificed by one or another of the Luperci, under the supervision of the Flamen…
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