Salvatore Quasimodo | Che breve notte!

Charles-Amable Lenoir (1860-1926) | Reverie, 1893 (detail)

Che breve notte, amore. Un raggio

di luce è già sulla tua fronte,

nei tuoi capelli di madonna bizantina:

e dai carrozzoni lungo il fiume

assale antiche radici

la voce dei giovani nomadi, funamboli

di gramo pane e di parole murate nello sdegno.

19th century Inventions

Gaines Ruger Donoho (American painter, 1857-1916) | The Mount, 1880

The 19th century🎨 saw the birth of science as a profession; the term scientist was coined in 1833 by William Whewell, which soon replaced the older term of (natural) philosopher.

mong the most influential ideas of the 19th century were those of Charles Darwin (alongside the independent researches of Alfred Russel Wallace), who in 1859 published the book "The Origin of Species", which introduced the idea of evolution by natural selection.

Another important landmark in medicine and biology were the successful efforts to prove the germ theory of disease.

Franz Leo Ruben (1842-1920) | Genre painter

Franz Leo Ruben was an Austrian painter🎨 who was born in Prague, Czech Republic.

Painter of history, genre scenes, landscapes, he obtained numerous awards including a gold medal🎨 in Vienna in 1873 and one in Munich in 1883.

He has painted numerous views of Venice. His works can be found in the Museum of Graz, Prague, Stuttgart, Vienna, Zurich.

Alfred Agache (1843-1915) | Academic painter

Alfred-Pierre Joseph Agache, also known simply as Alfred Agache, was a French🎨 academic painter.

Little is known of Agache's life. He was born in Lille, France, and exhibited his work frequently in Paris until his death.

He seems to have specialized in portraits and large-scale allegorical paintings.

He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français, and won a third-class medal🎨 in 1885 for his work.

Myron G. Barlow | Apples, 1914

Myron G. Barlow (1873-1937) - American Genre and figure painter, was born in Ionia, Michigan, and raised in Detroit. His name is associated with that city even though he spent most of his later life in France.

Barlow studied with Joseph Gies at the Detroit Museum School and for a year at the Chicago Art Institute, Illinois.

Early in his career, he worked as a newspaper artist.

Rabindranath Tagore | O Woman / Donna!

O woman, you are not merely the

handiwork of God, but also of men;

these are ever endowing you with

beauty from their hearts.

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) | Judith II Salomè, 1909 (detail)

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) | Quotes / Aforismi

Alexandre Dumas | Alì Pascià (novel), 1840 | Painting by Emil Jacobs (1802-1866) Ali Pasha and Kira Vassiliki, 1844

"There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever".

"Ci sono due modi di vedere: con il corpo e con l'anima. La vista del corpo a volte può dimenticare, ma l'anima ricorda per sempre".

"As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it".

"In generale, si chiedono consigli solo per non seguirli o, se si seguono, è per avere qualcuno da rimproverare per averli dati".