Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor

(c.4 BC-65 AD) Works: • Apocolocyntosis (English) • Minor Dialogues, and the Dialogue on Clemency (English) • Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency (English) • Octavia (English) • Octavia Praetexta (Latin) • On Benefits (English) • The…

David Garrick (1770)

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 Oil on canvas, 75.6 x 63.2 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Garrick, David (1717-1779)

David Garrick

(1717–1779) Garrick in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1760–1761 Private Collection     Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) David Garrick 1770 National Portrait Gallery, London   Born February 19 1717 Hereford (England) Died January 20 1779 London (England) Occupation Actor…

Albert Camus: Quotations

Albert Camus (1913-1960) “Il n’y a qu’un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c’est le suicide. Juger que la vie vaut ou ne vaut pas la peine d’être vécue, c’est répondre à la question fondamentale de la philosophie. Le reste, si…

Albert Camus

(1913–1960) Works: • Caligula (1938) • L’Étranger (1942) ◊ The Stranger (English) • La Chute (1956) ◊ The Fall (English) • La Peste (1947) ◊ The Plague (English) • Le Malentendu (1943) • Le Mythe de Sysiphe (1942) ◊ The Myth of…

Place de la Concorde (Paris)

Completed: 1772 Address: 75008 Paris, France Place de la Concorde in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Place de la Concord 1960 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg    …

Atlantic City (1980)

Director: Louis Malle Producer: Denis Héroux, John Kemeny Screenplay: John Guare Genre: Crime | Drama | Romantic Music: Michel Legrand Country: Canada | France Language: English, French Release date: 1980 Running time: 104 minutes Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) as Lou Pascal…