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Émile Zola
(1840–1902) Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola Works: • Au Bonheur des Dames (1883) • Contes à Ninon (1864) • Germinal (1885) • La Bête humaine (1890) • La Conquête de Plassans (1874) • La Curée (1871-1872) • La Débâcle (1892) ◊ The Downfall…
Zacharie Astruc
(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…
Marcellin Desboutin
(1823–1902) Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin The artist’s works: Portrait d’Édouard Manet c.1874 Musée du Louvre, Paris Autoportrait c.1875 Fogg Museum, Cambridge Degas 1875 National Gallery of Art, Washington Ernest Hoschedé c.1875 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris La conversation c.1875–1879 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago…
Emily Dickinson
(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…
William Shakespeare
(1564–1616) Works: • A Lover’s Complaint (1609) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-1596) • All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-1605) • Antony and Cleopatra (1606) • As You Like It (1599-1600) • Cardenio (lost) • Coriolanus (1608) • Cymbeline (1610) • Hamlet (1599-1601) • Henry IV, Part 1 (1596-1597) • Henry IV, Part…
Sappho
(7th–6th century BC) Σαπφώ Works: ◊ Poems (English) ◊ Poésies (French) ◊ Sappho: A New Rendering (English) Quotes: • Sappho: Quotations Sappho in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) Sapho, Phaon et l’Amour 1809…
Luis Rosales
(1910–1992) Luis Rosales Camacho Quotes: • Luis Rosales: Quotations Born May 31 1910 Granada (España) Died October 24 1992 Madrid (España) Friend Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) Occupation Poet Writer
Virgil
(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio 1619 Galleria Borghese, Roma…
Dante Alighieri
(1265–1321) Works: • De Monarchia (English) • Divina Commedia (Italian) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Cary’s Translation) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Longfellow’s Translation) • Il Convito (The Banquet) (English) • La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (English, Rossetti’s Translation) Quotes: • Dante Alighieri: Quotations Dante…