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Tag Archives: France
1885: Moonrise
Henri-Joseph Harpignies: Moonrise (1885)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Art, France, Henri-Joseph Harpignies, Landscapes, Painting, The Moon
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1946: Beauty and the Beast
Jean Cocteau, director: La Belle et la Bête (1946)
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Tagged 1940's, 20th Century, Art, Fairy Tales, Film, France, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Monsters
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1865: The Storm Cloud
Félix Bracquemond: The Storm Cloud (1860-1870)
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Félix Bracquemond, France, Geese, Printmaking, The Sky, Weather
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1897: Orpheus
Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau: Orpheus in Hades (1897)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Hell, Music, Mythology, Orpheus, Painting, Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau
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1307: Qualiter caput hominis situatur
This llustration from an early fourteenth century compendium shows the five functions of the brain: perception, imagination, estimation, cogitation, and memory. Drawn from the works of Thomas Aquinas and the Arabic philosopher Avicenna, the theory posits that sensory information enters … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, Art, Avicenna, France, Great Britain, Illustration, Philosophy, Psychology, Thomas Aquinas
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1784: Whimsical Associations
From Paul Fussell’s Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (1965): “In ‘The Poplar Field’ …William Cowper…unwittingly allows the whimsical associations of triple meter to work against him.” The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 18th Century, 1960's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Art, Claude Monet, France, Great Britain, Landscapes, Painting, Paul Fussell, Poetry, Trees, William Cowper
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1873: Sunset
Armand Guillaumin: Sunset over Ivry (1873)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Armand Guillaumin, Art, Factories, France, Industry, Landscapes, Painting
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