“According to writer Michael Feldberg, Ezekial and Encke had “a forty-five year homosexual relationship…that neither acknowledged publicly.”[8] About this relationship, Ezekial was always circumspect in his letters and memoirs, referring to Encke only as his “traveling companion” and “my dear friend.”[10]: 209 [29]
Biographer Peter Adam Nash, in The Life and Times of Moses Jacob Ezekiel, describes Ezekiel as homosexual, but Nash does not produce any direct evidence for this; Nash’s assumption is made from his research of Ezekiel’s papers and of their social and historical context.[30]”
The LGBTQWERTY+/- will be up in arms!..............well, maybe not ‘arms’..............
Word needs to get out fast. It might be the only way to save the monument/gravesite!
“Compared to Michelangelo in 1876,[10] Ezekiel’s fame has not stood the test of time. “Famous in his day, he is almost forgotten now” (1986).”
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“Michelangelo?”
The Innocents Abroad (1869) 🤔
“Arriving in Rome in 1874, he fell in love with the Eternal City, which he soon made his home. It was there that he completed the sculptures and paintings for which he is famous.”
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“He could not accept modern art”, and “rejected” Rodin, whom he considered “pretentious”.[10]
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I wonder if that is true. Modern homos read letters written in the prose of 160-200 years ago and make perverted conclusions about close friendships and social situations that were common then and seem odd today.
Sharing a bed or blanket is an example. Who can imagine traveling and stopping for the night, and the hotel manager having you share a bed with two or even three other men?
Another think they like to point out is a man having a hard time finding a wife. Back then, women were hard to find, and a man had to bring something extra to the table. He had to be established, have a cabin to take her to live, and a way to support her.
But that was the way of the world in that hard era. People just wanted to get some sleep and not freeze, or be out in the rain.
Modern perverts love to spin a tale.