Florent Schmitt as viewed by Eugène Pirou

Florent Schmitt viewed by Eugène Pirou

source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Florent_Schmitt_1900.jpg)

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I am wandering whether to consider Florent Schmitt an Old Master or a Musica Nova guy. Well, I know that the general acceptance of the term Old Master sends well back in time. On the other way, time is running

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A New Work by Jeremy Mann

The Night Before You Ran Away

oil on panel

(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151121595812007&set=oa.559754990704911&type=1&theater)

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Jeremy Mann (whose art I know from Principle Gallery in Alexandria, VA) will be with this work (and two others) at The Safehouse Show VI. The Rooster Show, 80 Langton, San Francisco, CA: November 30, 7-10 PM. It's

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John Keats: The Eve of St. Agnes

The Eve of St. Agnes. Madeline undressing

painting by Sir John Everett Millais

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eve_of_St_Agnes.jpg)

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Looking for the same word I was searching on Browning's poetry I am now browsing the poem of John Keats. I wouldn't give here the full text this time, there are 42 Spenserian stanzas. You will find them at this web

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Millais

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA

National Portrait Gallery, London

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_everett_millais.jpg)

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Born in Southampton in 1829, of a prominent Jersey-based family. Asked Thackeray him once, when England conquered Jersey? Replied he, Never! Jersey conquered England! (cited in Chums annual, 1896, page 213). His

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John Keats

John Keats

a portrait by William Hilton

National Portrait Gallery, London
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Keats_by_William_Hilton.jpg)

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One of the main figures of the second generation of romantic poets along with Byron and Shelley, despite his work only having been in publication for four years before his death.


(wiki)



The Eve of St. Agnes

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Richard Hall: Hanging Out at the Drive In

Richard Hall, Hanging Out at the Drive In

oil on panel

on view at Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
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For Richard Hall, oil painting is a connection to the past. As a boy growing up in England,
Richard spent many hours watching his grandfather create fine furniture. "The man was a master
craftsman, employing traditional tools and working methods handed

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Ryan Brown: El Matador

Ryan Brown, El Matador

oil on linen

on view at Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA

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Ryan Brown is an artist from Utah with a keen interest in the academic and naturalist traditions of the nineteenth century. This brought him to Florence, to be there in the middle of what he felt to be his natural universe.


(Principle Gallery)

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Robert Browning: Porphyria's Lover

(image from http://www.myspace.com/antrodiladamainnero)

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The rain set early in tonight,

The sullen wind was soon awake,

It tore the elm-tops down for spite,

And did its worst to vex the lake:

I listened with heart fit to break.

When glided in Porphyria; straight

She shut the cold out and the storm,

And kneeled and made the cheerless grate

Blaze up

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Robert Browning

1882 caricature of Robert Browning

from Punch Magazine, 22nd July 1882, page 34

author: Edward Linley Sambourne

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_browning_cartoon-1-.png)

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It's a fancy dream that I'm indulging in right now: I am in Notting Hill on Portobello Road, in the shop of an antiquarian, browsing a volume by this guy Robert Browning, 

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Grigore Alexandrescu: Umbra lui Mircea - La Cozia

(imagine preluata din aliosapopovici.wordpress.com)

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Ale turnurilor umbre peste unde stau culcate:

Catre tarmul dimpotriva se intind, se prelungesc,

S-ale valurilor mindre generatii spumegate

Zidul vechi al manastirei in cadenta il izbesc.



Dintr-o pestera, din ripa, noaptea iese, ma-mpresoara:

De pe muche, de pe stinca, chipuri negre se cobor;

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Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

(image from Poetry Lovers' Page)

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The poet I first encountered when coming to America was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.  Of course, there were indirect encounters: passing by his house in Cambridge, and walking on the Longfellow Bridge over the Charles River.

I was visiting my son's family and they were living by that time in

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Bolintineanu si Chénier - Doua Poeme

Gravure ornant le Chansonnier des Amis du Roi et des Bourbons, 1815

(http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:La_Jeune_Captive.jpg)

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Pe-un pat alb ca un lintoliu zace lebada murinda,

Zace palida vergina cu lungi gene, voce blanda -

Viata-i fu o primavara, moartea-o parere de rau;

Iar poetul ei cel tanar o privea cu imbatare,

Si din lira curgeau note si

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Quarter-plate daguerreotype taken by William Abbott Pratt in Richmond, VA, September 1849

source: Sotheby's

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_by_Pratt,_1849.jpg)

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William Pratt opened the Virginia Sky Light Daguerrean Gallery in Richmond in 1846, seven years after the daguerreotype was introduced into the United States. As

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Only in NYC

(published on Facebook by New Yorkers)

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(America viewed by Americans)


(New York, New York)

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Tony Kaye: Don't

(from Alex Hughes Cartoons and Caricatures)

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Tony Kaye sings Don't for Mike Caffrey at Monster Island in Chelsea, NYC.




(video by Mike Caffrey)



(Tony Kaye)

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O Fotografie a lui Grigore Alexandrescu

Grigore Alexandrescu

fotografie de W. Wollenteit
Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei

(http://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Grigore_Alexandrescu_-_Foto01.jpg)

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Care sa fie data fotografiei? Singura indicatie ar fi aceea ca fotograful W. Wollenteit a lucrat la Bucuresti intre 1859 - 1865, avandu-si studioul pe Podul Mogosoaiei (Calea Victoriei de azi) in

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Tony Kaye

Tony Kaye

(http://www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Sat-091011.index.html)

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To enter the world of Tony Kaye's movies, perhaps we should start with this video: the guy is singing Detachment (I Just Don't Care) , a song inspired by his latest feature. The video was shot by Mike Caffrey on Broadway as Tony jogged home after performing at Webster Hall and a late dinner

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Umberto Giordano: a Portrait and a Photo

Umberto Giordano
portrayed by Gaetano Esposito, 1896

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Giordano_by_Gaetano_Esposito.jpg)

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(http://www.isideweb.com/palermo/massimo/glorie.html)

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(Old Masters)

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Oval Office, August 1956

Secretary of State Dulles and President Eisenhower in the Oval Office
August 1956

Abbie Rowe, Photo Quest /  Getty Images
(NY Times)

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(Zoon Politikon)

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André Chénier

André Chénier lors de son incarcération

par Joseph-Benoît Suvée
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chenier.JPEG)

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Bolintineanu et Chénier - Deux Poèmes



(A Life in Books)

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Muscle Car Museum in Gatlinburg,TN

(published on Facebook by VisitMySmokies)

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(America viewed by Americans)

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Clocks on the Wall in The Smokies

(published on Facebook by VisitMySmokies)

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(America viewed by Americans)

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Road in The Smokies

(published on Facebook by VisitMySmokies)

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(America viewed by Americans)

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Music Box in The Smokies

Porter Music Box

The Incredible Christmas Place at Pigeon Forge, TN

(posted on Facebook by VisitMySmokies)

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(America viewed by Americans)

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Dimitrie Bolintineanu

Dimitrie Bolintineanu

(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dimitrie_Bolintineanu_-_Foto02.jpg)

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Trec deseori in drumurile mele prin oras pe o strada foarte scurta, taiata in doua de Bulevardul Hristo Botev. Strada incepe dinspre strada Radu Cristian (fosta Melodiei - pe care a copilarit Mircea Eliade), dupa numai vreo doua case ajunge in Hristo Botev (

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Cezar Bolliac: O Dimineata pe Caraiman

Muntii Caraiman in martie 2005
Foto: Lucian Amarandei (Canon A510)
(http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Caraiman_busteni.jpeg)
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Am fost si eu in tinerete pe Caraiman, de cateva ori. De si mai multe dati, cand eram tanar si apoi cand nu mai eram chiar atat de tanar, l-am privit din goana trenului. Voi mai avea oare prilejul sa ajung acolo sus? Poate ca

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Obama in Thailand

President Obama and Premier Yingluck Shinawatra 
cordial talks
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaste

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President Obama and Premier Yingluck Shinawatra 
moment of toasts
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaste

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President Obama and Premier Yingluck Shinawatra 
going to the joint press conference
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaste

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Body of Christ

(http://www.seekhim.org/spiritual-cancer.htm)

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Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God

(1 Corinthians 12:4-13)


Darurile sunt felurite, dar acelasi Duh. Si felurite slujiri sunt, dar acelasi Domn. Si lucrarile sunt felurite

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The Great Mosque in Mecca

المسجد الحرام (Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, The Great Mosque in Mecca)

(http://sacredsites.com/middle_east/saudi_arabia/mecca.html)

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There's a saying that a Pilgrim that travels to Mecca for the Hajj should leave the Holy City quickly, so, as not to get attached to it.


(Zain Verjee, CNN anchor and a practicing Ismaili Muslim)




(Sufi)

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Portraits of a President as a Young Man

meeting with Carter, 1978

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Clinton_1978.jpg)

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with McGovern in Little Rock, Ark.

1972 Presidential Campaign

(image Associated Press, published in The NY Times)

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shaking hands with JFK
(published on Facebook by Интересно о гениях и известных личностях)

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Valerio d'Ospina viewed by Jeremy Mann

Valerio d'Ospina working on one of his paintings

Instagram photo made by Jeremy Mann
(published on Facebook by Jeremy Mann)

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(Principle Gallery)

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A Poem by Marshak

(posted on Facebook by Интересно о гениях и известных личностях)

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I talked about Samuil Marshak just recently: a poem I had wrongly attributed to him, actually authored by Sergey Mikhalkov. Well, I found on Facebook another Russian poem, by Marshak this time: Цветная осень (Colored Autumn). With my poor knowledge of Russian  I understood the rhymes only

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Bill Maloney

Bill Maloney
filmmaker and child abuse survivor

(http://article.wn.com/view/2012/04/26/Wake_Forest_University_to_honor_four_family_businesses/)

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(Filmofilia)

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William Blake: A Divine Image

(http://ramhornd.blogspot.com/2011/11/divine-image.html)

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Not to be confounded with another of his poems (The Divine Image), this one seems weird at first reading. Actually Blake attained in A Divine Image poetic perfection.




Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secresy the human dress.

The human dress

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A Story about a Forgotten Poem

(http://ped-kopilka.ru/shkolnye-prazdniki/den-znanii-1-sentjabrja/stihi-o-shkole-dlja-mladshih-shkolnikov.html)

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A souvenir came to visit me, unexpectedly: a long forgotten poem learned sometime in the middle school. Had it been the fifth grade? The sixth? Impossible to remember. A poem about a bunch of classmates who meet after many years. Each one with a

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All Saints Day

image from the page of Union Avenue Christian Church
(a faith community growing in the treasures of justice, stewardship, artistic expression and hospitality)

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Says Rev. David Ensign, today is All Saints Day, and with it comes the invitation to remember the saints of your own life. Who are the ones who have gone before and shown you the way? Who have

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