(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…
(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)…
(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 Testa di giovane ridente c.1582 Galleria Borghese, Roma Vergine orante c.1582–1585 Private collection La sacra Famiglia con san…
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)
(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…
(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…
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…
Construction started: 1059 Opened: 1128 Address: Piazza San Giovanni, 50122 Firenze FI, Italia Website: https://duomo.firenze.it/it/scopri/battistero-di-san-giovanni Works of Art: • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455): Porta del Paradiso (1425-52) The East Gate, with the crowning sculptures. See also: • Firenze (Italia)
Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta Construction started: 1196 Opened: 1215 Construction finished: 1370 Address: Piazza del Duomo, 8, 53100 Siena SI, Italia Website: https://operaduomo.siena.it/it/ Works of Art: • Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319): Maestà (1308-11) See also: • Cathedrals | Churches |…
(1313–1375) Works: • Alcesto e Acaten (Italian) • Amorosa visione (1342-1343) • Canto di Ameto (Italian) • Corbaccio (1354) • De mulieribus claris (1361) • Decameron (Italian) ◊ De Decamerone van Boccaccio (Dutch) ◊ Novelleja Decameronesta (Finnish) ◊ The Decameron…