A Recurring Figure In Art, The Fool Has A Lot To Show About Power (And You Can See It All ...
From medieval psalters to the oils of Gustave Courbet, the Louvre has organized one of the most comprehensive surveys of a ...
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The Motley Fool Disclaimer
Motley Fool was founded in 1993 by brothers David and Tom Gardner. Our name derives from Elizabethan drama, where only the court jester (the "Fool") could tell the King the truth without getting ...
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The Fool Has Appeared in Art for Centuries. What Do These Portrayals of the Complex ...
“Fools came from all social strata ... In Jan Matejko’s 1862 depiction of Stańczyk, a famous Polish court jester, the figure sits slumped over in a chair, “having just discovered ...
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Putting the cart before the horse
In Act 1 of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," the court jester Fool tells Goneril, the scheming eldest daughter of Lear who wants to usurp her father's powers: "May not an ass know when the cart ...