http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/06/devil-found-in-the-details-of-a-giotto-fresco-in-italys-assisi/ Religion, faith and ethics Wed, 22 May 2013 07:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/06/devil-found-in-the-details-of-a-giotto-fresco-in-italys-assisi/comment-page-1/#comment-31855 alfonsofrigerio Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:26:14 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=23604#comment-31855 As it is usual in art history, the interpretation is questionable, although the observation in itself is interesting. I wish to make a point though on why American or English reports, even from such renowned sources as Reuters (yet I may name almost any major newspaper in the UK or the USA), constantly mis-spell Italian Family names. The main person in your report is the historian who revealed the hidden head. She is a well-known professor, the Author of a number of important historical essays, and her name is Chiara Frugoni (final "i", not "e"). I am an Italian who daily reads both Italian and English or American papers, and I can testify that this kind of mistake is quite rare in our papers, when foreign characters are concerned. As it is usual in art history, the interpretation is questionable, although the observation in itself is interesting.
I wish to make a point though on why American or English reports, even from such renowned sources as Reuters (yet I may name almost any major newspaper in the UK or the USA), constantly mis-spell Italian Family names. The main person in your report is the historian who revealed the hidden head. She is a well-known professor, the Author of a number of important historical essays, and her name is Chiara Frugoni (final “i”, not “e”). I am an Italian who daily reads both Italian and English or American papers, and I can testify that this kind of mistake is quite rare in our papers, when foreign characters are concerned.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/06/devil-found-in-the-details-of-a-giotto-fresco-in-italys-assisi/comment-page-1/#comment-31852 mankp Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:04:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=23604#comment-31852 There are 2. I will show you if you need me to. There are 2. I will show you if you need me to.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2011/11/06/devil-found-in-the-details-of-a-giotto-fresco-in-italys-assisi/comment-page-1/#comment-31851 mgeorge09 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:46:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/?p=23604#comment-31851 Why is it assumed to be a devil? We are to operate under this assumption because that is what the people who found it think it to be and that would make the work somehow subversive? Why is it assumed to be a devil? We are to operate under this assumption because that is what the people who found it think it to be and that would make the work somehow subversive?

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