Month: September 2020

Georges Danton

(1759–1794) Georges Jacques Danton, dit aussi d’Anton Works: • Discours Civiques de Danton (French) Danton in Film: Danton 1983 Director: Andrzej Wajda Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak   Born October 26 1759 Arcis-sur-Aube (France) Died April 5 1794 Paris (France) Cause of death Execution…

Voltaire

(1694–1778) François-Marie Arouet Works: • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 2 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 4 (English) • A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (English) •…

Denis Diderot

(1713–1784) Works: • Ceci n’est pas un conte (French) • Entretien d’un père avec ses enfants (French) • L’oiseau blanc: conte bleu (French) • Jacques le fataliste et son maître (French) • La religieuse (French) • Le neveu de Rameau…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

(1712–1778) Works: • A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (English) • Emile (English) • Émile eli Kasvatuksesta (Finnish) • Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire (French) • Quotes and Images From The Confessions (English)…

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

Founded: 1934 Address: Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, España Website: https://www.museunacional.cat/es Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Testa di giovane ridente (c.1585)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Testa di giovane ridente (Head of a Laughing Youth) c.1585 Oil on paper on canvas, 44.5 × 29.5 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting, mentioned as ‘Buffoon laughing’, has been part of the Borghese collection since 1693 and…