Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) “Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice ne la miseria.” (There is no greater sorrow Than to recall a happy time In misery.) Divina Commedia, Inferno, V “Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona, mi prese del…
(1466–1536) Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Works: • Against War (English) • Colloquies, Volume I (English) • Dialoge or communication of two persons (English) • Education of Children (English) • Encomium artis medicae (Latin) • In Praise of Folly (English) • Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews…
(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…
(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…
(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…
(1609–1666) Jeremias de Decker in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremias de Decker 1666 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Born 1609 Dordrecht (Netherlands) Died 1666 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Poet Writer
(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…
(1304–1374) Works: • Fifteen sonnets (English) • Letters to Classical Authors (English) • Three Dialogues Between Petrarch and S. Augustine (English) • The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems (English) Petrarca in Art: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di giovane donna con…
(1835–1894) Celia Laighton Thaxter Celia Thaxter in 1899. Celia Celia Thaxter in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Celia Thaxter in Her Garden 1892 Smithsonian American…
(1888–1963) Ramón Gómez de la Serna Puig Ramón Gómez de la Serna in Art: Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) El Rastro 1915 Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna 1915 Museo de Arte…