Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938) “Quisiera esta tarde divina de octubre pasear por la orilla lejana del mar; que la arena de oro, y las aguas verdes, y los cielos puros me vieran pasar. Ser alta, soberbia, perfecta, quisiera, como una romana, para…
Sappho (7th-6th century BC) “Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, Atop on the topmost twig, which the pluckers forgot, somehow, Forget it not, nay; but got it not, for none could get it till now.” (Translated by…
Luis Rosales (1910-1992) “Como el náufrago metódico que contase las olas que le quedan para morir; y las contase, y las volviese a contar, para evitar errores, hasta la última hasta aquella que tiene la estatura de un niño y le…
(1855–1943) Georges Rivière in Art: Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Bal du moulin de la Galette 1876 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Georges Rivière et Marguerite Legrand 1876–1877 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Georges Rivière 1877 National Gallery of…
(1841–1906) Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, dit Eugène Murer The artist’s works: Trilogy of Months, state II s.d. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Eugène Murer in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Eugène Murer 1877 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Eugène Murer…
(1466–1536) Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Works: • Against War (English) • Colloquies, Volume I (English) • Dialoge or communication of two persons (English) • Education of Children (English) • Encomium artis medicae (Latin) • In Praise of Folly (English) • Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews…
(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…
(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…
(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…
(1511–1574) The artist’s works: Ritratto di Lorenzo il Magnifico c.1533–1534 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Tentazioni di San Gerolamo 1541 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Sei poeti toscani 1543–1544 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo 1544 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sacra…