René François Auguste Rodin, né à Paris le 12 novembre 1840 et mort à Meudon le 17 novembre 1917, est un important sculpteur français, considéré comme un des pères de la sculpture moderne. ❦ “Je n’invente rien, je redécouvre.”❥ “Pour un artiste, rien dans la nature n’est laid.”❧ “La patience est aussi une forme d’action.”… Read More Auguste Rodin
“THE END” (part 2) [Verse 5] The killer awoke before dawn He put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived, and then he Paid a visit to his brother, and then he He walked on… Read More The Doors: “The End” (2. Analysis – part 2)
✈ 🚌 A presto, amici: sono in partenza per il Marocco! 🚌 ✈
L’ écrivain Marcel Proust est né le 10 juillet 1871 à Paris et mort en 1922. 3 citations: 1- “Le véritable voyage de découverte ne consiste pas à chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux. ” 2- “Nous n’arrivons pas à changer les choses suivant notre désir, mais peu à… Read More À la recherche de Marcel Proust
On 8 April 1820 the famous ancient statue Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos (Milos in modern Greek) . It was presented to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. The marble statue, which is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty… Read More Venus de Milo
Last week I watched for the second time an Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek: “Le fate ignoranti” (The Ignorant Fairies, released in the US as His Secret Life). It is the story of Antonia, a doctor who works in an AIDS clinic and has been married to Massimo for… Read More Le fate ignoranti
Habitable Exoplanet Discovery On 22 February 2017, scientists working at the California Institute of Technology for NASA, using the Spitzer Space Telescope, announced the discovery of seven potentially habitable exoplanets orbiting around a single star –a red dwarf at just 39 light years away. This star is small, and shines with a… Read More Habitable Exoplanet Discovery
The Three Princes of Serendip I tre principi di Serendippo was published in Venice in 1557 by a printer called Michele Tramezzino who claimed that one Christoforo Armeno had translated the poem “Hasht-Bihisht” from Persian into Italian It has been suggested that the Italian used Serendippo in the title of his book because it conveyed… Read More The Three Princes of Serendip
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