Victor Hugo. French novelist, poet and dramatist (1802–1885) Victor-Marie Hugo (French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo] ( listen); 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose. Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism serving in politics as both deputy and senator.
His work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism and his colossal literary achievement established him as a national hero. He was honoured by interment in the Panthéon. Early life[edit] Mars and venus painting. Mars god. Saturn god. Pluto painting god. Diana painting. Diana painting. Venus painting. Venus painting. Venus painting.
Andromeda Chained to the Rocks. Andromeda Chained to the Rocks (1630) is a 34 x 25 oil on panel painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt. It is now in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. Andromeda represents Rembrandt's first full length mythological female nude history painting and is taken from a story in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Mythology[edit] Damsel in distress[edit] This painting depicts a classic example of the damsel in distress. Depiction of beauty[edit] Other Depictions of Andromeda Perseus Freeing Andromeda by Rubens Notes[edit] ^ Ovid, book iv, myth ix.^ Clark, p. 11.
References[edit] Ovid, Translated by A.D. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. Rembrandt. 17th-century Dutch painter and printmaker Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (/ˈrɛmbrænt, -brɑːnt/;[2] Dutch: [ˈrɛmbrɑnt ˈɦɑrmə(n)soːn vɑn ˈrɛin] ( listen); July 15, 1606[1] – October 4, 1669) was a Dutch draughtsman, painter and printmaker. An innovative and prolific master in three media,[3] he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.[4] Unlike most Dutch masters of the 17th century, Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of style and subject matter, from portraits and self-portraits to landscapes, genre scenes, allegorical and historical scenes, biblical and mythological themes as well as animal studies.
Rembrandt never went abroad, but he was considerably influenced by the work of the Italian masters and Netherlandish artists who had studied in Italy, like Pieter Lastman, the Utrecht Caravaggists, and Flemish Baroque Peter Paul Rubens. Life[edit] As a boy he attended Latin school. Works[edit] Etchings[edit] Beelzebub. "Baalzebub" redirects here. For the genus of spider, see Ray spider. "Beelzebub and them that are with him shoot arrows" from John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678) Beelzebub or Beel-Zebub (/biːˈɛlzɨbʌb/ bee-EL-zə-bub or /ˈbiːlzɨbʌb/ BEEL-zə-bub; Hebrew: בַּעַל זְבוּב, Baʿal Zəvûv; Arabic: بعل الذباب, Ba‘al adh-Dhubāb) is a contemporary name for the devil. In later[when?] Christian and Biblical sources, he is referred to as another name for the devil.[1] In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic views on Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".
Hebrew Bible[edit] The source for the name Beelzebub is in 2 Kings 1:2-3, 6, 16. Testament of Solomon[edit] New Testament[edit] Belzebuth şi naşul săŭ ("Beelzebub and His Nemesis"), cartoon published on the cover of Furnica magazine. In Arabic,[where?] Gnostic tradition[edit] Christian tradition[edit] Judaism[edit] See also[edit] "La Chevelure" de Charles Baudelaire. Proserpina. Ancient Roman goddess Each of these three deities occupied their own cella at the temple. Their cults were served or supervised by a male public priesthood.
Ceres was by far the senior of the three, one of the dii consentes, Rome's approximate equivalent to the Greek Twelve Olympians. She was identified with Greek Demeter and Liber was identified with Bacchus and Dionysus. Libera is sometimes described as a female version of Liber Pater, concerned with female fertility. Otherwise she is given no clear identity or mythology by Roman sources, and no Greek equivalent.
Nothing is known of her native iconography: her name translates as a feminine form of Liber, "the free one". Proserpina was imported from southern Italy as part of an official religious strategy, towards the end of the second Punic war, when antagonism between Rome's lower and upper social classes, crop failures and intermittent famine were thought to be signs of divine wrath, provoked by Roman impiety. Cult and myths[edit] Mermaid. Angel. Supernatural being in religions and mythologies In various theistic religious traditions, an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Etymology[edit] The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a hard g) and the Old French angele.[7] Both of these derive from Late Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from Late Greek ἄγγελος angelos (literally "messenger").[8] Τhe word's earliest form is Mycenaean a-ke-ro, attested in Linear B syllabic script.[9] According to the Dutch linguist R. S. The rendering of "ángelos" is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term malʼākh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. Background[edit] The notion of angels was first introduced in the Zoroastrianism faith.
In the traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the separation between God and humanity is believed to have occurred due to the sin and fall of mankind. Zoroastrianism[edit] Abrahamic religions[edit] Judaism[edit] Mermaid. Proserpina. Chapter 103 Bwv 201 – The Cantatas of Johan Sebastian Bach. Download in Microsoft Word format Hurry, whirling winds: The contest between Phoebus and Pan. Chorus–recit (bass/sop)–aria (sop)–recit (alto/bass)–aria (bass)–recit (sop/bass)–aria (bass)–recit (alto/tenor)–aria (tenor)–recit (bass/tenor)–aria (tenor)–recit (sop/alto/tenor/bass)–aria (alto)–recit (sop)–chorus.
A musical drama for Zimmermann’s coffee garden. In 1737 Bach suffered a strongly worded attack upon his ‘outdated’ compositional style by the composer and critic Johann Adolph Scheibe, through the publication Criticus Musicus. It would be tempting to claim that Bach composed the Contest between Phoebus and Pan, C 201, as a direct response to, or refutation of, these comments, but it seems not to have been the case. Nevertheless, it might be claimed that Bach was foresighted and prescient about the artistic problems of changing styles and it seems certain that this work was revived in the 1730s and 40s as a direct result of the ongoing debate. Chorus. Opening theme, strings. Chorus.
Michelangelo. Michelangelo (1475-1564) was a sculptor, painter and architect widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance period—and arguably of all time. His work demonstrated a blend of psychological insight, physical realism and intensity never before seen. His contemporaries recognized his extraordinary talent, and Michelangelo received commissions from some of the most wealthy and powerful men of his day, including popes and others affiliated with the Catholic Church. His resulting work, most notably his Pietà and David sculptures and Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings, has been carefully tended and preserved, ensuring that future generations would be able to view and appreciate Michelangelo’s genius.
Michelangelo: Early Life and Training Michelangelo Buonarroti (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born on March 6, 1475, in Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo: The Pieta and David Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. Michelangelo | Biography, Facts, & Accomplishments. Michelangelo, in full Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, (born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]—died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held to be one of the greatest artists of all time. A number of his works in painting, sculpture, and architecture rank among the most famous in existence. Although the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (Vatican; see below) are probably the best known of his works, the artist thought of himself primarily as a sculptor.
His practice of several arts, however, was not unusual in his time, when all of them were thought of as based on design, or drawing. Britannica Quiz Ultimate Art Quiz The Bacchus led at once to the commission (1498) for the Pietà, now in St. Best 20 Amazing Pictures Gallery. MichelAngelo. MichelAngelo. Michelangelo. Italian artist, architect and poet (1475–1564) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo ([1]), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect,[2] and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art.
Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci.[3] Given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, Michelangelo is one of the best-documented artists of the 16th century. He was lauded by contemporary biographers as the most accomplished artist of his era.[4][5] Life Early life, 1475–1488 Several months after Michelangelo's birth, the family returned to Florence, where he was raised.
Aeschylus. Ancient Athenian tragic playwright Aeschylus (,[1] ;[2] Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhylos, pronounced [ai̯s.kʰý.los]; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy.[3][4] Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work,[5] and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays.[6] According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them; characters previously had interacted only with the chorus.
[nb 1] Life[edit] Aeschylus was born in c. 525 BC in Eleusis, a small town about 27 kilometers northwest of Athens, which is nestled in the fertile valleys of western Attica,[10] though the date is most likely based on counting back forty years from his first victory in the Great Dionysia. In 510 BC, when Aeschylus was 15 years old, Cleomenes I expelled the sons of Peisistratus from Athens, and Cleisthenes came to power.
Death[edit] Works[edit] Sir J. Lady Macbeth. Character in Macbeth According to some genealogists, King Duncan's wife was Lady Macbeth's grandmother where Duncan's wife had a stronger claim to the throne than Lady Macbeth. It was this that incited her jealousy and hatred of Duncan. The character's origins lie in the accounts of Kings Duff and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth appears to be a composite of two separate and distinct personages in Holinshed's work: Donwald's nagging, murderous wife in the account of King Duff and Macbeth's ambitious wife, Gruoch of Scotland, in the account of King Duncan.
Lady Macbeth is a powerful presence in the play, most notably in the first two acts. Following the murder of King Duncan, however, her role in the plot diminishes. Analysts see in the character of Lady Macbeth the conflict between femininity and masculinity as they are impressed in cultural norms. Origins[edit] Role in the play[edit] Sleepwalking scene[edit] Paul Gavarni - Колекции на Europeana. La cantinière donnant un coup de pied au bourgeois by Paul Gavarni on artnet. Paul Gavarni. Gavarni by Émile Boilvin, from a self-portrait Self portrait by Gavarni. A Parisian dandy, watercolour by Gavarni. Paul Gavarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804, Paris – 24 November 1866),[1] a French illustrator, born in Paris. Early career[edit] Nom-de-plume[edit] The story is told that he took his name from Gavarnie in Luz-Saint-Sauveur where he had taken a journey into the Pyrenees.[2] His first published drawings were for the magazine Journal des modes.[3] At the time, Gavarni was barely thirty years of age.
Gavarni followed his interests, and began a series of lithographed sketches in which he portrayed the most striking characteristics, foibles and vices of the various classes of French society. Publications[edit] Most of his best work appeared in Le Charivari. Some of his most scathing and most earnest pictures, the fruit of a visit to London, appeared in L'Illustration.[4] He also illustrated Honoré de Balzac's novels, and Eugène Sue's Wandering Jew. Sphinx. Egyptian mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion A sphinx ( SFINKS, Ancient Greek: σφίγξ, Greek: [spʰíŋks]; Boeotian: φίξ, Greek: [pʰíːks]; pl.: sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.
In Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. According to Greek myth, she challenges those who encounter her to answer a riddle, and kills and eats them when they fail to do so.[1] This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus.[2] In Egyptian mythology, in contrast, the sphinx is typically depicted as a man (an androsphinx (Ancient Greek: ανδρόσφιγξ)), and were seen as a benevolent representation of strength and ferocity, usually of a pharaoh.
Unlike Greek or Levantine/Mesopotamian ones, Egyptian sphinxes were not winged. Etymology[edit] Egypt[edit] Europe[edit] Greece[edit] Chapter 103 Bwv 201 – The Cantatas of Johan Sebastian Bach. Bach - Cantate BWV 201 - Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde. Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201. Apollo with the lyre, having defeated Pan in musical competition, with Pan's flute under his foot; sculpture in the Schlossgarten of Schwerin, Germany, 1720 History[edit] The cantata was a commission for a middle-class Collegium Musicum which held its concerts in the Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus in Leipzig. Bach probably composed it for the opening concert of the Collegium's first season under his direction, which occurred in 1729 – Bach became its head that year and it thus became known as the Bachisches Collegium Musicum. The work was likely performed again in the late 1730s and in 1749, both in Leipzig.[2] Text[edit] The cantata text uses the ancient myth of a musical contest between Phoebus-Apollo and Pan as a comment to a controversy between Bach's contemporaries about "popular" and "learned" music, the first being represented by Pan, the latter by Apollo.
Scoring and structure[edit] The piece has 15 movements, as follows: Recordings[edit] J.S. References[edit] External links[edit] Full text of "The flowers of evil" Aeschylus. The flowers of evil. Baudelaire fleurs.