(1649–1713) Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo Works: Anatomia Humani Corporis 1690 National Library of Medicine, Bethesda Born March 12 1649 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Died March 30 1713 Leiden (Netherlands) Occupation Anatomist Physician Occupation Playwright 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…
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(1890–1982) Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE Filmography as Actor: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison Born…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…
(1880–1918) Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki Works: • Alcools (1913) • L’hérésiarque et Cie (1910) • L’oeuvre du divin Arétin (1910) • Les trois Don Juan (1914) • (Méditations esthétiques) Les Peintres cubistes (1913) Quotes: • Guillaume Apollinaire: Quotations Apollinaire in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Le chevalier…
(1833–1907) The artist’s works: Paysage avec chariot et meules de foin c.1869–1870 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Honoré de Balzac 1882 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Fleurs blanches dans un vase c.1884–1904 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Roses négligemment jetées sur un vase…
(1830–1886) Emily Elizabeth Dickinson Works: • Poems (English) Emily Dickinson in Film: A Quiet Passion 2016 Director: Terence Davies Starring: Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle Quotes: • Emily Dickinson: Quotations Born December 10 1830 Amherst, MA (USA) Died May 15…