{"id":46444,"date":"2013-02-07T13:20:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=46444"},"modified":"2013-02-07T14:11:17","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T19:11:17","slug":"vanity-of-vanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/vanity-of-vanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanity of Vanities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 7, 1497, in the midst of carnival, the charismatic preacher Girolamo Savonarola inspired a <a href=\"http:\/\/lexloiz.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/17\/the-bonfire-of-the-vanities-%E2%80%93-the-amazing-story-of-savonarola\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>fal\u00f2 delle vanit\u00e0<\/i><\/a>, exhorting his followers to burn immoral objects in Florence\u2019s Piazza della Signoria. Tinder included cosmetics, mirrors, Boccacio\u2019s books, artwork, clothing, instruments, and playing cards. (Some say that Botticelli, a devotee, was moved to burn some of his work, but this is speculation.) While these bonfires were not uncommon, the scale of this one made it the most famous. Obviously, in memoriam, we bring you the trailer for the 1990 film adaptation of the 1987 Tom Wolfe novel. Also: <em>everyone<\/em> was in that movie! <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/runwp76j-dM?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/runwp76j-dM?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 7, 1497, in the midst of carnival, the charismatic preacher Girolamo Savonarola inspired a fal\u00f2 delle vanit\u00e0, exhorting his followers to burn immoral objects in Florence\u2019s Piazza della Signoria. Tinder included cosmetics, mirrors, Boccacio\u2019s books, artwork, clothing, instruments, and playing cards. 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