Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was “by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration” in Quintilian’s view; Horace judged ...
Continue Reading →En 1549, Henri II faisait à Paris une ” triomphale entrée “. Cette consécration du nouveau pouvoir était en même temps celle d’une ...
Continue Reading →What if we think of beauty as an index to a cloud that talks about beauty. In a library beauty is not fixed, ...
Continue Reading →The ancient myth of a primordial era of innocence and abundance, first described by Hesiod (about 800 B.C.) as the golden age of ...
Continue Reading →“No single scholar has had a greater influence than Hagstrum in suggesting the intimate (and sometimes troubled) relationship between poetry and painting. Few ...
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