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Paul Delaroche | The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833
"I am assured that I shall, for losing of a mortal life, win an immortal life" - Lady Jane Grey, February 1554.Since its rediscovery in 1973 and first exhibition at the National Gallery two years...
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William Shakespeare | Sonetto 1 / Sonnet 1
Sonnet IFrom fairest creatures we desire increase,That thereby beauty's rose might never die,But as the riper should by time decease,His tender heir might bear his memory:But thou, contracted to thine...
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William Shakespeare | Quando quaranta inverni assedieranno la tua fronte..
When forty winters shall beseige thy brow | Sonnet IIWhen forty winters shall beseige thy brow,And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now,Will be a tatter'd...
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Titian | High Renaissance painter
Titian (Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, known in English as Titian, ca. 1485-1576) was the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice, and the first painter to have a mainly international clientele.During...
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Marc Chagall | Stained glass windows
One of Chagall's major contributions to art has been his work with stained glass. This medium allowed him further to express his desire to create intense and fresh colors and had the added benefit of...
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Fred Stead | Landscape / Genre painter
Frederick 'Fred' Stead (1863-1940) was born in Shipley, Yorkshire in August 1863.He studied initially at the Shipley School of Art before being awarded a scholarship to The Royal Cambrian Academy.Stead...
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Wislawa Szymborska | Because it was only love / Perché era amore solamente
Cademmo nell’abbraccio,ci separammo dal mondo,non sapevamo se eravamo due corpio due animeo un corpo e un’animao se semplicementenon eravamoJeff Rowland... Read more .. »
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Nel cortile dell'amore di Giulietta e Romeo
Giulietta: - "Oh! Come entrasti tu qui? Ed a qual fine? I muri che circondano questo giardino sono ardui, e pressoché inaccessibili; ed il luogo in cui stai ti sarà tomba, se alcuno de' miei ti...
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John Duncan | Pre-Raphaelite / Symbolist painter
John Duncan (1866-1945) was a Scottish painter. Duncan was born in the Hilltown area of Dundee on 19 July 1866, the son of a butcher and cattleman. John, however, had no interest in the family business...
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William Shakespeare | Guardati allo specchio e di’ al volto che vedi..
Look in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewest | Sonnet IIILook in thy glass, and tell the face thou viewestNow is the time that face should form another;Whose fresh repair if now thou not...
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Remzi Taskıran, 1961 | Portrait painter
Turkish painter Remzi Taşkıran, was born in Adiyaman. He Completed his high school and art education in Istanbul. He had obtained his art education from Saadettin Çağlarca, a painter.The artist, who...
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Anne Cotterill (1933-2010) | Flowers painter
Anne Cotterill was born in the Borders of Scotland, educated in Edinburgh and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1956 at the time when Sir William Gillies was head of painting.She was awarded a...
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"Zorba the Greek" composer Theodorakis dies at 96
Athens, Sept 2. -Reuters - Composer Mikis Theodorakis, whose music crossed international boundaries in his captivating score for the film "Zorba the Greek", died on Thursday, plunging Greece into...
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François Batet | Pittore della Belle Époque
François Batet (1921-2015) pseudonimo di Francisco Batet Pellejero fu un pittore ed illustratore Spagnolo, noto soprattutto per il suo lavoro di illustratore della letteratura per l'infanzia e la...
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François Habert (French, 17th Century)
These sumptuous still lifes are the work of the rare artist François Habert, active in France between 1643 and 1652, one of the most important still life painters of 17th Century France.... Read more .. »
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Claude Monet | The River, 1881 | Museum Barberini
Claude Monet depicted an evening on the river using a reduced formal vocabulary. The impulsive play of lines seems to be rapidly set down, as if the painter had wanted to complete the composition just...
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Nicholas St. John Rosse, 1960
Cornish artist Nicholas St.John Rosse has a traditional artistic background, honing his skill over the years. Draftsmanship and realism are central to his painting.He focuses on the human figure, often...
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Vittorio Sgarbi: Roberto Ferri, un accademico appassionato
Vittorio Sgarbi: Roberto Ferri, un accademico appassionatoRoberto Ferri accende il mio orgoglio. Non ebbi dubbi sulla qualità della sua pittura, intesa anche come proprietà di esecuzione, quando, non...
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Christine de Pizan | The first professional woman writer
Christine de Pizan or Pisan, born Cristina da Pizzano (1364 - c. 1430), was a poet and author at the court of King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.Venetian by birth, Christine served as a...
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Franz Skarbina | Impressionist painter
Franz Skarbina (1849-1910) was a German impressionist painter, draftsman, etcher and illustrator.Born in Berlin, he was the son of a goldsmith from Zagreb. From 1865-1869, he studied at the Prussian...
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