Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) Births: • Bonham Carter, Helena (1966) • Brochet, Anne (1966) • Cassel, Vincent (1966) • Denicourt, Marianne (1966) • Diego, Gabino (1966) • Doody, Alison…
Month: June 2012
Gino Severini
(1883–1966) The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1909 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Il gatto nero 1910–1911 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa La Modiste 1910–1911 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Souvenirs de Voyage 1911 Private collection Le Nord-Sud 1912 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Metropolitana di…
Umberto Boccioni
(1882–1916) Boccioni’s tombstone in the Monumental Cemetery of Verona. The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1905 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mia madre che lavora 1907 National Gallery of Art, Washington Autoritratto 1908 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Autoritratto, verso 1908? Pinacoteca di…
Lisboa (Portugal)
Museums: • Museu Calouste Gulbenkian: Av. de Berna 45A, 1067-001 Lisboa Births: • Camões, Luís de (c.1524-1580) • Lamont, Duncan (1918-1978) Deaths: • Camões, Luís de (c.1524-1580) • Duarte, Filipe (1973-2020) • Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) • Juana la Beltraneja (1462-1530) See…
Friedrich Nietzsche: Quotations
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Twilight of the Idols “A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.” The…
Röcken (Germany)
Weimar (Germany)
Deaths: • Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) • Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844-1900) • Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805) See also: • Cities | Germany
Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844–1900) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Works: • Also sprach Zarathustra (German) ◊ Thus Spoke Zarathustra (English) ◊ Ainsi Parlait Zarathoustra (French) ◊ The Antichrist (English) ◊ The Case of Wagner (English) • Die Geburt der Tragödie (German) • Ecce Homo (German) • Götzen-Dämmerung (German) ◊ Homer…
1989
Rulers: • Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022) • Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (1981-1989) • George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989-1993) Events: • Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale opened in Pisa. Deaths: • Andrews, Harry (1911-1989) • Blier, Bernard…
1904
Rulers: • Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) • Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1901-1910) • Edward VII, Emperor of India (1901-1910) Events: • Bode Museum opened in Berlin. • Hispanic Society of America founded in New York. • Laing Art Gallery opened in Newcastle upon Tyne. • Museum Mayer van…