(1600–1681) Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño Works: • Eight Dramas of Calderon (English) • Life Is a Dream (English) • Teatro selecto, tomo 1 (Spanish) • Teatro selecto, tomo 2…
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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Francisco de Quevedo: Quotations
Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) “Cuando decimos que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor, condenamos el porvenir sin conocerlo.” (When we say that all past times were better, we condemn the future without knowing it.) “Donde hay poca justicia, es un peligro…
Villanueva de los Infantes (España)
Francisco de Quevedo
(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…
Luis de Góngora y Argote (1622)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 40.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Velázquez‘s abilities as both painter and observer make him one of the great portraitists of Western painting; this early work is…
Córdoba (España)
Córdoba in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Street of the Great Captain, Córdoba 1910 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Births: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus minor (c.4 BC-65 AD) Deaths: • Góngora, Luis de (1561-1627) See also: • Andalucía |…
Luis de Góngora
(1561–1627) Luis de Góngora y Argote, born Luis de Argote y Góngora Góngora in Art: Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Luis de Góngora y Argote 1622 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Born July 11 1561 Córdoba (España) Died May 23 1627 Córdoba (España)…
Venere, Adone e Cupido (c.1590)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…
Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (1599-1600)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (1604-1605)
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (Saint Didacus saves the sleeping boy in the oven) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the…