Renaissance Re-creator Mugs

John Calvin

'Sire, your new fortress was fine for your nephew's fifth, but I fear it is set for a sterner test.'

Alien David statue

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Saint George and the Drag Queen

Theorbo

Joust Sharpener

"Not now, my love. I'm feeling preminstrel."

"We hardly ever intercept hard copy notes anymore, Stanley."

This man is an island.

'If we were in the Renaissance, we'd be painting nativity scenes right now.'

"He's writing a novel for the first time in decades. It has less to do with the urge to create or say something new, and more to do with the fact that all his previous books are now out of print."

"Hendrickje, I feel another self-portrait coming on. Bring in the funny hats."

'Do you know what I miss? - Chalk talks!'

"The British are coming. Just sayin'."

"When you tell your Father how you're dropping out of college to be a renaissance faire entertainer, the least you could do is break character."

Vitruvian Manatee

Michelangelo's David

Page from 'How to Draw' by Albrecht Durer

Galileo drops ball from Pisa and it goes up.

'Betsy Ross knitted it for me.'

"He had help. There were architecture specialists, costume specialists, angel specialists..."

Tintoretto

Visual gag (the real Mona Lisa behind the scenes).

'Great news Marcel! Proof that it's a genuine Leonardo!'

Adam with a selfie stick

'Wind in the Willies' - 'It's an Andrew Davies version of the old classic.'

George Washington

An angel spinning the Vitruvian Man

'One second - wo seconds - three seconds - four seconds -one hour...'

Gallery of Modern Art: Mona Listens

God and Adam's first date.

Painting Mona Lisa.

Jean Goujon

Early Photobomb