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3. The Years with Madame de Staël (1804-1817)
1August Wilhelm Schlegel and Caroline were formally divorced in the summer of 1803.1 Herder, before he died in 1803, had had to give his approval as superintendent-general of the Lutheran church and the ducal consistory in Saxe‑Weimar, and Goethe used his good offices with Voigt the minister to see the matter to its conclusion. In their petition to the duke, the divorcing couple cited as grounds ‘diverging aims in life, forced on the undersigned [him] by the pursuit of his literary avocation and [her] by the state of her health, [that] make it impossible for them to live in one and the same place’. If there was more to it than that, and the duke would have been in the know, nobody let on. From now on, Caroline and Schlegel used the formal ‘Sie’ in their letters, but the tone remained friendly. She was now free to marry Schelling, who in 1803 joined the great exodus from Jena, that saw him, Paulus, both Hufelands and others move to universities elsewhere. His career took him first to Würzburg, now the premier Bavarian university, then to Munich as secretary of the Academy of Sciences. Schlegel was to see Caroline again only twice, once in Würzburg in 1804 and once in Munich early in 1808, and on both occasions he was in the
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Art History 1700 Notes
Nanni Di Banco, Quaternary Crowned Matyrs (1409-17)
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Villa Palagonia (Bagheria) - The Villa of Monsters (Villa dei Mostri)
All photos unless otherwise stated: Per-Erik Skramstad © Wondersofsicily.com
Villa Palagonia, often referred to as the “Villa of Monsters”, is a Baroque masterpiece nestled in Bagheria. Constructed in 1715 under the direction of architect Tommaso Napoli (with contributions by Agatino Daidone), this villa embodies a unique blend of architectural elegance and bizarre creativity. Originally commissioned by Francesco Gravina, Prince of Palagonia, it later gained fame—or infamy—through the eccentric additions of his grandson, Ferdinando II Gravina.
Ferdinando’s vision transformed Villa Palagonia into an emblem of grotesque artistry. Starting in 1749, he adorned its walls and gardens with fantastical statues depicting a surreal assortment of crazy figures: mythological monsters, distorted dwarves, animals, and caricatures of contemporary figures. The villa’s reputation as a peculiar landmark grew, attracting both admiration and criticism.
The villa has captivated visitors for centuries, including notable figures of the Grand Tour tradition. Patrick Brydone, a Scottish traveler, wrote about his visit in 1770 in his widely read book, A Tour through Sicily and Malta (1773). His vivid des