Tag: Knight

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…

Peter Paul Rubens

(1577–1640) Sir Peter Paul Rubens The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man 1597 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Galleria Borghese, Roma Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary…

Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Engraving, 24.6 × 18.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Petit Palais, Paris    

Excalibur (1981)

Director: John Boorman Producer: John Boorman Screenplay: Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman Based on: Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Epic | Fantasy | Romantic Music: Trevor Jones Country: United States Language: English Studio:…

Maximilian I of Mexico

(1832–1867) Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen Emperor of Mexico (1864–1867) Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that executed Emperor Maximilian I, commanded by Colonel Palacios (right). Maximilian…

Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban

(1561–1626) Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban also known as Lord Verulam Works: • Bacon’s Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients (English) • Filosofiset mietelmät (Finnish) • Novum Organum (English) • Of Gardens (English) • The Advancement of Learning…

Alexandre Dumas, père

(1802–1870) Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie Works: • Acté (French) • Ali Pacha (English) • Amaury (Spanish) • Ange Pitou (Finnish) • Balsamo, the Magician (English) • Bastiljin valloitus (Finnish) • Bragelonnen varakreivi I (Finnish) • Bragelonnen varakreivi II (Finnish)…

John Hurt

(1940–2017) Sir John Vincent Hurt, CBE Filmography as Actor: A Man for All Seasons 1966 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller   Born January 22 1940 Chesterfield (England) Died January 25 2017 Cromer (England) Cause of death Cancer (pancreatic) Occupation Actor…

Alexander Korda

(1893–1956) Sir Alexander Korda, born Sándor László Kellner Filmography as Director: That Hamilton Woman 1941 Director: Alexander Korda Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier     Filmography as Producer: Anna Karenina 1948 Director: Julien Duvivier Starring: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson   Born September 16…

Ridley Scott

(1937) Sir Ridley Scott Filmography as Director: Thelma & Louise 1991 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis     Hannibal 2001 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore   Born November 30 1937 South Shields (England) Occupation Film Director Producer Awards BAFTA David…