Tag: fall

Botzaris surprend le camp des Turcs (1860-1862)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Botzaris surprend le camp des Turcs (Botzaris Surprises the Turkish Camp and Falls Fatally Wounded) 1860–1862 Oil on canvas, 65.1 × 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo The sudden violence and confusion of a surprise attack is captured…

Conversione di san Paolo (c.1527-1528)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…

Eve, après la faute (1881)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve, après la faute (Eve, After the Fall) 1881 (cast executed 1913) Bronze, 172.72 x 53.34 x 63.5 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Auguste Rodin was deeply inspired by tradition, yet rebelled against idealized forms. He introduced…

Howard Hawks

(1896–1977) Howard Winchester Hawks Filmography as Director: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe   Born May 30 1896 Goshen, IN (USA) Died December 26 1977 Palm Springs, CA (USA) Cause of death Accident (fall) Occupation Film director…

La caduta degli dei (1969)

English title: The Damned Director: Luchino Visconti Producer: Ever Haggiag, Alfred Levy Screenplay: Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Nicola Badalucco Based on: La caduta degli dei (The Fall of the Gods) by Luchino Visconti Genre: Drama Music: Maurice Jarre Country: Italia,…

Spasimo di Sicilia (1515-1516)

Raffaello (1483-1520) & Workshop Spasimo di Sicilia, Andata al Calvario (Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary) 1515–1516 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 318 x 229 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: Jacopo Basilio commissioned this painting for the Monastery…

George Bernard Shaw

(1856–1950) Works: • Androcles and the Lion (1912) • Arms and the Man (1894) • Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-Life Farce (1916) • Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch (1921) • Candida (1898) • Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) • Fanny’s First Play (1911) • Heartbreak House (1913-1916)…