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December 14, 2009
4 Old White Guys Did the Renaissance. You're Out of Luck If You Expect Another Anytime Soon
"Our research indicates that da Vinci, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, and Galileo basically hoisted the entire intellectual transformation of mankind onto their shoulders while everyone else just sat around being superstitious nimrods," said Sue Viero of the Correr Museum of Art in Venice, Italy. "Here's da Vinci busting his ass to paint such masterpieces as The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa, while some loser like Albrecht Dürer is doing these dinky little woodcuts that are basically worthless." -- America's Finest News Source
Posted by Vanderleun at December 14, 2009 7:06 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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How come you never see any Reformation Faires?
Posted by: exurbanKevin at December 14, 2009 8:17 PM
Fibonacci beat them to it by a few centuries, even if his tower did lean.
Posted by: james wilson at December 15, 2009 8:30 AM
Somebody had an American education.
Posted by: Alan at December 15, 2009 6:43 PM