Tag: Latin

Madonna dell’Umiltà (1423-1424)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) 1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 105.6 x 54.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a nude baby boy sits on a blue patterned pillow on the floor in front of a…

Terence

(c.195 BC-c.159 BC) Publius Terentius Afer Works: • The Comedies of Terence (English) Codex Vaticanus Latinus (9th century) with the portrait of Terence. Terence in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida 1614 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp   Born c.195…

Plautus

(c.254 BC-184 BC) Titus Maccius Plautus Works: • Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi (Latin) • Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives (English) • The Captivi and the Mostellaria (English) Born c.254 BC…

Sallust

(86 BC-34/35 BC) Gaius Sallustius Crispus Works: • Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War (English) • De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino (English) • De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino (Latin) • Jugurtha (Finnish) Born 86 BC Amiternum (Italia) Died 34/35…

Livy

(59 BC-17 AD) Titus Livius Works: • Roman History, Books I-III (English) • The History of Rome, Books 1 to 8 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 9 to 26 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 27 to…

Tibullus

(c.54 BC-c.19 BC) Albius Tibullus Works: • The Elegies of Tibullus (English) Tibullus in Art: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 De Morgan Collection   Born c.54 BC Died c.19 BC Roma (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer

Propertius

(c.50 BC-c.15 BC) Sextus Propertius Works: • Sexti Properti Elegiarvm: Liber Primvs (Latin) Born c.50 BC Assisi (Italia) Died c.15 BC Roma (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer

Ovid

(43 BC-17/18 AD) Publius Ovidius Naso Works: • Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love (English) • Fasti (Latin) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 1 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 2 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 3 (Spanish) •…

Catullus

(c.84 BC-c.54 BC) Gaius Valerius Catullus Works: • Catulli Carmina (Latin) • The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (English) • The Poems and Fragments of Catullus (English) Catullus in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Bacco e Arianna 1520–1523 National Gallery, London   Born c.84…

Persius

(34 AD-62 AD) Aulus Persius Flaccus Works: • The Satires of A. Persius Flaccus (Latin) • The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius (English) Born December 4 34 AD Volterra (Italia) Died November 24 62 AD Roma (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer