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Tag Archives: Eugene Delacroix
falcons: separating the emperor from the kings
Thirteenth-century monarchs were not expected to be accomplished writers, much less scientists, so it is fairly extraordinary that Frederick the Great himself wrote the book that is regarded as the first work of modern zoology: Of the Art of Hunting … Continue reading
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Tagged beniamino inserra, carlo trabia, casey a. wood, Eugene Delacroix, eugene fromentin, f. marjorie fyfe, falconry, frederick II, Frederick the Great, h.t. ryall engraver, james howe art, malcolm fleming esq., michael scott astrologer, Oliver Cromwell, Sir Edwin Landseer, W.B. Yeats
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tendencies that ought to be conflicting
In Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, the snobbish Mme de Cambremer at one point exclaims, ” In heaven’s name, after a painter like Monet, who is an absolute genius, don’t go an mention an old hack without a vestige … Continue reading
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Tagged Corot, Eugene Delacroix, French Literature. Marcel Proust Remembrance of Things Past, Georges Rouault, Jacques Lemercier, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, John Constable, Marcel Proust, Nicolas Poussin, Paul Scarron, Peter Paul Rubens, Piet Mondrian, Raphael, Rembrandt, Simon Vouet
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animal farm: all animals are equal but some are more equal…
Is tyranny the fate of our society in collective? An eternal recurrence of Jasmine springs? Like Sisyphus reaching the summit, the earth with all its Gaddafi’s can never be pitched into the abyss; it rolls down the mountain ensuring the … Continue reading
Sand and Chopin….. etudes of the muse or the ballade of the…vampire
George Sand is often cast as the villain of the piece, though actually, she did wonders for Frederic Chopin by shielding him from the buffetings of the world. Chopin’s connection with Madame Dudevant, the French novelist, better known as “George … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Mickiewicz, Alexandre Dumas, Alfred de Musset, Andre Gide, August Clesinger, Chopin, Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Sand, Goethe, Handel, Heinrich Heine, Honore Daumier, Honore de Balzac, Janka Wohl, Michael Lunts, Oscar Wilde, Paganini, Victor Hugo
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liberated from foursquare classical rhythms
His life was brilliant and brief, much like his masterpieces on the piano. This segment tracks Frederic Chopin in Paris. He had left Poland to spend eight inhospitable months in Vienna before making his way to Paris at he time … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred de Musset, Andre Gide, Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, George Sand, Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Henryk Siemieradzki, Honore Daumier, Jean Louis Bezard, Michael Lunts, William Heath, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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