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#16thcentury #Swiss writer affirms in #German #verse that no #play could be without its #fool - reflecting a high point in the presence of stage #clowns & #fools: https://t.co/VTIAOLplQL #theatre #Narren #jesters #foolsareeverywhere

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

FoolsAreEverywhere wishes you a #happy #AprilFoolsDay, no fooling! The spirit of the #fool encapsulated in this #quote: https://t.co/vWIFIrQrLE #AprilFoolsDay2023 #AprilFools #jesters #humour #humor #mockery

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

Invite you to join lively 1 hour #webinar on #fools & #jesters in #art, presented by @ottobeatrice, #author of award-winning Fools Are Everywhere, Sunday 2 April 2023 at 19.00 CET, details & register here: https://t.co/FLzg5qjIab #arthistory #painting #portraits #history #foolery

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

Antonio da Trento, #Italian #jester at the court of #Mantova, got in trouble more than once for mocking #church prelates; here he dresses up as a #bishop: https://t.co/15zD90m2B4 #fools #jesters #irreverence #16thcentury #Italy #buffoni #giuliari #history

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

A touching #portrait of the historical #jester Thomas Killigrew while still in mourning for his wife, by #vanDyck: https://t.co/IatOsuKR99 - See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1sX91 #art #painting #foolsareeverywhere #arthistory #fool #fools #jesters

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

The goddess of #folly steps down from her pulpit after praising herself to the skies, from #Erasmus exuberant #classic of #fool #literature: https://t.co/xGFp3uLsyg See our celebration of the #book: https://t.co/HMBqQNoltY #art #drawing #arthistory #fools #jesters #humour #humor

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

In 1291 the Council of Salzburg prohibited clerics from acting as #jesters or #buffoons, one aspect of the complex relationship between #fools and #religion: https://t.co/gqSgezZuPn #foolsareeverywhere #church #christianity #history #quotes #quote

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

A possible double #portrait of historical #jesters, or perhaps just allegorical - deploying a common #fools trick of implying that you / we might be the third #fool: https://t.co/jjwWzc8lYW - See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1sX91 #art #painting #arthistory

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

#Vidusaka is a #jester-like stock character in #Indian #drama - in this #play by #Kalidasa he cracks a joke when the #king is caught out by the queen, typical of his #irreverent #humour: https://t.co/JDVHTGSXhd #theatre #India #jesters #fools #humor

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

A curious & charming #16thcentury #ceramic pot handle from #NyaLödöse in #Sweden, featuring a #jester head: https://t.co/dxwyTcZDxC See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1sX91 #pottery #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #archaeology @goteborgcom

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A merry 17th century #quest for the biggest #fool in England concludes that #poets take the biscuit - echoing the occasional overlap between court #poet and #courtjester: https://t.co/1B1WUrzCuS #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #quote #quotes

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A #play about the #jester Will Somers has him engage in a verse-capping contest with Henry VIII - one of many examples of such ditty exchanges between #fool & king: https://t.co/4hM1HlToCA #foolsareeverywhere #courtjester #verse #theatre #drama #tudor #wordplay

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

This #engraving is a #portrait of the #English #jester Will Somers who served Henry VIII - although done after his death, it is consistent with contemporary #portraits of him: https://t.co/blRQxf5TOw #foolsareeverywhere #fool #arthistory #art #tudors

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

These wood-carved #jester heads were said to have been used as #apothecary #signs before streets had regular addresses and everyone could read: https://t.co/geRGPxItOa See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1sX91 #art #arthistory #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #wood

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

Ghelderode's #play #Escurial is a classic of #jester-king role reversal, culminating in the king regretting the loss of the #fool: https://t.co/6sp8rpaSXu #theatre #drama #courtjester #quote #quotes #literature

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#Xenophon's #Symposium tells us of a self-appointed #jester who fails to make his audience #laugh until he weeps at their po-faced reactions: https://t.co/4glxLCX97T #humour #humor #ancientGreece #classics

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

Today a #portrait of the #Danish #jester Otto Kyhl: https://t.co/nOGLZHp48g See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1tuYz #art #arthistory #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #painting #history #Denmark #courtjester

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

#French #jester Thony had not one but two guardians - such carers could be assigned to #fools in #Europe & are mentioned in court & state #records: https://t.co/ocR2nsUA9i #foolsareeverywhere #courtjester #history #France #fouduroi #hofnarr #hofnar #buffon

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A #jester to #ElizabethI is asked to talk her out of riding in the rain, using a #joke to dissuade the #monarch: https://t.co/phiGb6GyDA #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #courtjester #persuasion #humor #humour #history #Tudor #Tudors

[foolsareeverywhere @desfouspartout]

Wonderful #Chinese tomb #fresco featuring #banquet #jugglers & other #entertainers: https://t.co/Sg9RuB015Y See also the Fooleum: https://t.co/S2JNe1tuYz #art #China #arthistory #mural #musicians #jesters #foolsareeverywhere #fools #history #juggling