Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus) c.1500 Oil on wood, 63.2 × 49.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The heroine of Donizetti’s opera, Caterina Cornaro was not born to the crown. The Venetian patrician…
(1454–1510) Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο Catarina Corner Queen Consort of Cyprus (1472–1473) Queen of Cyprus (1474–1489) Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia Caterina Cornaro in Art: Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro c.1500 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Born November 25…
(1922–2011) Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης, Michalis Kakogiannis Filmography as Director: Electra 1962 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis Zorba the Greek 1964 Director: Michael Cacoyannis Starring: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates The Trojan Women 1971 Director: Michael Cacoyannis…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nascita di Venere (Birth of Venus) c.1485 Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Known as the “Birth of Venus”, the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the…
