(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…
(1470–1520) Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Fiançailles de Raphaël 1813–1814 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto del Cardinale Bernardo Dovizi, il Bibbiena c.1516 Galleria Palatina, Firenze See also: • Bibbiena (Italia) |…
(1478–1529) Baldassare Castiglione in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Baldassarre Castiglione 1514–1515 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Diplomats | Humanists | Poets | Writers
(354–430) Works: • Confessiones (Latin) ◊ The Confessions (English) • Soliloquies (English) • The City of God, Volume I (English) • The City of God, Volume II (English) • Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy (English) Saint Augustine in Art: Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione c.1440…
(1470–1547) Pietro Bembo in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del Cardinale Pietro Bembo 1539–1540 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Bishops | Cardinals | Humanists | Philologists | Poets | Writers
(1513–1570) Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro Daniele Barbaro of Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Daniele Barbaro 1545 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro c.1545 Museo del Prado, Madrid Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro 1556–1562 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Occupation Ambassador…
(1890–1976) Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, née Miller, Lady Mallowan, DBE born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller Works: • The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) • The Secret Adversary (1922) Agatha Christie in Film: Agatha 1979 Director: Michael Apted Starring: Vanessa Redgrave,…
(1832–1888) Works: • A Garland for Girls (English) • A Modern Cinderella (English) • A Modern Mephistopheles (English) • A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School (English) • An Old-Fashioned Girl (English) • Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag, Volume…
(1949) Simon Phillip Hugh Callow, CBE Filmography as Actor: Amadeus 1984 Director: Miloš Forman Cast: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham A Room with a View 1985 Director: James Ivory Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden…
(1934) Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA Filmography as Actress: A Room with a View 1985 Director: James Ivory Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands Shakespeare in Love 1998 Director: John Madden Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes…