(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
(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…
Jacques-Louis David
(1748–1825) The artist’s works: La mort de Sénèque 1773 Petit Palais, Paris La mort de Socrate 1787 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La mort de Socrate after 1787 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Marat Assassiné 1793 Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels Portrait…
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…
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)…
Annibale Carracci
(1560–1609) The artist’s works: Autoritratto c.1580 Private collection Piccola macelleria c.1582 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Ragazzo che beve 1582–1583 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Vergine orante c.1582–1585 Private collection La sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino e santa Elisabetta c.1583 Musée d’Arts, Nantes…
La Rábida
Monasterio de Santa María de La Rábida La Rábida in Art: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Christophe Colomb et son fils à La Rábida 1838 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Abbeys | Palos de la Frontera (España)
Cristoforo Colombo
(1451–1506) Christophorus Columbus Works: • La lettera dell’isole che ha trovato nuovamente el Re di Spagna (1495) • Lettera ai Reali di Spagna (1493) • Lettere autografe edite ed inedite di Cristoforo Colombo (Italian) • The authentic letters of Columbus…
Sarah Bernhardt
(1844–1923) Henriette-Rosine Bernard The artist’s works: Le Fou et la Mort 1877 Petit Palais, Paris Louise Abbéma 1878 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait en chimère c.1880 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala c.1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dague: Algues…
Notre-Dame de Paris
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Construction started: 1163 Opened: 1345 Address: 6 Parvis Notre-Dame, Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Notre-Dame in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité 1889 National Museum Wales, Cardiff Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Detroit…