Monday, March 12, 2012

MARCH MADNESS

In Art history land, March is the month of midterms. Which is awful, so between setting up art shows, writing my thesis, and staring blankly at the Madonna of the Stairs by Michelangelo, I've... well been crocheting a table cloth.

But medieval people didn't crochet. Crochet is a net-making technique that had been used in Scandinavia for centuries, and was only introduced into western Europe in the late 18th century, and WABOOM, everyone thought it was the cats meow in the twentieth century.

And now, here i am, making a pineapple table cloth.

So what did medieval people do in March? Well, remember march was alot nicer back then due to the wonderful medieval warming period. They grew all sorts of things we wouldn't imagine growing them, like vineyards in england! Who knew? Yeah, they did.

Anyway, the medieval people loved to depict the labors of the months. Why? Because they liked scenes of everyday life. And probably because they could point and ask people why they were standing around in march.

So, because I should be sleeping/studying/doing something productive, I leave you with the month of March from the tres riches heures du duc de Berry!

  Crap. March looked yucky back then too.