Forough Farrokhzād: The Window

(http://foroughfarrokhzad.tripod.com/id56.html)

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If you come to my home,Bring me a lightAnd a nookFrom which I may watch the crowding of the glad lane.
(Forough Farrokhzād, The Gift, the blog of Cizdabedar)


There are two opposite universes in the poetry of Forough Farrokhzād, I think, and each one plays ambiguously, as the relationship of the poet with

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O frază admirabilă

Dan Caragea

(http://occidentul-romanesc.com/?p=6554)

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Dacă fiecare din noi am păstra în suflet măcar câte un cuvânt ce se stinge, sunt încredinţat că am putea deveni o naţiune cu adevărat bogată.

(Dan Caragea in Despre neogreacă şi amintirea fanarioţilor)



(A Life in Books)

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Forough Farrokhzād: Sin

(http://voiceseducation.org/content/forough-farrokhzad)

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I bought a couple of days ago an anthology of Middle East contemporary literature (Tablet and Pen), edited by Reza Aslan, and as I was going back home I started browsing it, opening the pages more or less at random. The first author that I saw there was Forough Farrokhzād. It was a superb surprise for

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Neruda, Pájaro

El Pájaro Contemplativo

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Deborah has brought this poem by Neruda on our forum of Words and Palabras. It was her birthday and this was her gift for us. Gracias Deb, y Feliz Cumpleaños!

Caía de un pájaro a otro
todo lo que el día trae,
iba de flauta en flauta el día,
iba vestido de verdura
con vuelos que abrían un túnel,
y por allí pasaba el viento
por donde

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Manet: In the Conservatory

Manet: In the Conservatory

(Dans la Serre)

oil on canvas, 1879

Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In_the_Conservatory.jpg)

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The two personages were friends of Manet, and the setting, a greenhouse at 70 Rue d'Amsterdam in Paris, was used by the artist as a studio for nine months, in 1878 - 1879. The painting had some

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Reza Aslan: Tablet and Pen

(http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/11/17/reza-aslans-new-book-table-and-pen-literature-bridges-civilizations.html)

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This is an anthology of Arabic / Turkish / Iranian / Pakistani contemporary literature, edited by Reza Aslan. The authors selected here are grouped in three periods:


1910 - 1950, when the boundaries of modern Middle East have been

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Reza Aslan

Reza Aslan
رضا اصلان

(http://promise.ucr.edu/profile-policy-aslan.html)

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For all accounts, Reza Aslan is clearly passionate about religious matters. At fifteen he converted to Evangelical Christianity, several years later he returned to Islam, and  realized that he should target his focus on the contemporary Muslim universe, to understand its roots and its

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Forough Farrokhzād

Forough Farrokhzād (1935 - 1967)

فروغ فرخزاد

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foroogh.gif)

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One of the most influential poets in contemporary Iranian culture.



The House is Black (1963)
Meditating a Movie
Journeying with Kiarostami: The Wind Will Carry Us 
The Wind Will Carry Us, again 
The Cold Season 
The Gift / Frontier Walls 
Another Birth 
Sin

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Cézanne

Photography of Paul Cézanne, c. 1861

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_cezanne_1861.jpg)

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Cézanne made the bridge between two universes: the 19th  and 20th centuries. He departed from Impressionism and foresaw Cubism. The father of us all, would both Matisse and Picasso say (wiki).



The Dialog of Music and Painting
Cézanne and Beyond: Picasso

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A Portrait of Monet by Renoir

Renoir: Claude Monet Reading

oil on canvas, 1872

Musée Marmottan Monet

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_August_Renoir,_Claude_Monet_Reading.jpg)

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Road to Vétheuil
A Study for Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
Oaks of Fontainebleau - The Bodmer Oak
Malevich: Thoughts about Monet 
Gare Saint Lazare, Paris - Three Moments, Descending in Time 
Giverny,

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Van Gogh: Auvers Town Hall in 14 July 1890

Vincent Van Gogh:

Auvers Town Hall in 14 July 1890

oil on canvas

private collection

(http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/auvers-town-hall-in-14-july-1890-1890)

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(Van Gogh)

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Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat

(Autoportrait au chapeau de paille)

oil on canvas, Paris, 1877/1878

Metropolitan Museum of Art

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_Self-Portrait_with_Straw_Hat_1887-Metropolitan.jpg)

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Strollers in Bois de Boulogne
The Dialog of Music and Painting
Listening Koncertas Stan Brakhage 
Café

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Pierre Auguste Renoir

Pierre Auguste Renoir

1841 - 1919

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

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As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau (wiki).




Le Moulin de la Galette
Luncheon Boat Party
Mother's Anthony's Inn at Marlotte

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The Moderns

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec:
Deux femmes dansant au Moulin-Rouge

oil on cardboard, 1892

Prague National Gallery

(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_065.jpg)

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Trying to group the visual artists proves sometimes difficult. Is Goya an Old Master, or a Modern? Is Pollock a Modern or a Contemporary? I would consider Modern Art more

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Gervex: Une soirée mondaine en 1909 au restaurant "le Pré Catalan"

Henri Alexandre Gervex:
Une soirée mondaine en 1909 au restaurant "le Pré Catalan"

oil on canvas, 1909

Musée Carnavalet, Paris

(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Alexandre_Gervex_-_Une_soir%C3%A9e_au_Pr%C3%A9_Catelan_-_1909.jpg)

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(Bois de Boulogne)



(Gervex)

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Gervex - again about Café Scène in Paris - and Sloan - McSorley's Bar

Henri Alexandre Gervex, Café Scène in Paris (1877)

(video by Detroit Institute of Arts)


Near the Café Scène of Gervex you will see another beautiful painting, by John Sloan: McSorley's Bar. The story of the Parisian café (imagined by the curator of the museum), nearby the story of McSorley's, coming from Joseph Mitchell.



(Gervex)


(Telling the Story of McSorley's)

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Henri Alexandre Gervex

Henri Alexandre Gervex, Café Scène in Paris

oil on canvas, 1877

Detroit Institute of Arts

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Gervex_Cafe_Scene_in_Paris_1877.jpg)

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Gervex started his career by painting nudes embedded in mythological scenes, after a conflict with the Salon de Paris he turned to depicting modern Parisian life, and became appreciated

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Van Gogh: Strollers in Bois de Boulogne

Vincent Van Gogh: Strollers in Bois de Boulogne

oil on canvas, 1886

private collection

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_-_Spazierg%C3%A4nger_im_Bois_de_Boulogne1.jpeg)

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(Bois de Boulogne)



(Van Gogh)

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Bois de Boulogne

Grande Cascade du Bois de Boulogne

image: ERWEH, 973

(http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bois_de_Boulogne.jpg)

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Manet: The Races in the Bois de Boulogne
Renoir: Patineurs au Bois de Boulogne
Van Gogh: Strollers in Bois de Boulogne
Gervex: Une soirée mondaine en 1909 au restaurant "le Pré Catalan" 

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Renoir: Patineurs au Bois de Boulogne

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Patineurs au Bois de Boulogne

oil on canvas, 1868

private collection

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre-Auguste_Renoir_-_Patineurs.jpg)

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(In the Forest of Fontainebleau - from Corot to Monet)


(Bois de Boulogne)



(Renoir)

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Manet: On The Bench

Édouard Manet, On the Bench

pastel, 1879

Suzuki Collection, Tokyo

(http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edouard-manet/on-the-bench-1879)

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Aren't they incredibly gorgeous, the tones?


There is also another version of this painting from the same year, an oil on canvas, at the Pola Museum of Art, in Hakone, Japan.


(Manet)

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Manet: The Races in the Bois de Boulogne

Édouard Manet - The Races in the Bois de Boulogne

oil on canvas, 1872

J.H. Whitney Collection

(http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edouard-manet/the-races-in-the-bois-de-boulogne-1872)

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I am passionate for the tones Manet was getting in each of his oils. And each time I happen to see one of them, I am staring at these colors. In a way he is unique.

This

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