Sandro Botticelli, Madonna del libro, 1480 The spoken word dazzles and deceives because it is expressed by the face, because it is seen coming out of the lips, and lips are attractive and eyes seduce. But black words on white paper are like a soul laid bare. La parola abbaglia e inganna perché è mimata …
Vladimir Kush (b. 1965), The departure of the winged ship We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope. Non bisogna ormeggiare la propria nave a una sola ancora, né la propria vita a una sola speranza. Go back to album – Greek and Roman
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Spring (detail), 1894 The power of the good has taken refuge in the nature of the beautiful. La potenza del bene si è rifugiata nella natura del bello. Go back to album – Greek and Roman
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, Saint Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre, c. 1540 The lonely who are lapped in winding sheets of moanknow that ecstatic joy of sorrow lived alone.Their pity in its calm smiles on the frenzied loves,the clasping of the hands, the steps of rhythmic doves.The lonely who are hid ‘neath winding sheets of moanknow …
Gustave Moreau, Dead poet borne by centaur, 1890 Go quickly, wanton comber of comets!In wind, the grass will become your hair;from the yawning socket of your eye flaretiny fires, mad prisoners in an oubliette.The blooms on your grave, taking love’s sobriquet,swell your earthbound laughter…And forget-me-nots, flowers one is doomed to forget…Don’t make it too heavy. …
Tristan Corbiere – Piccola morte per ridere / A little death to make one laugh Read More »
Ford Madox Brown, The work, c. 1865 Dopo aver vuotato tutte le coppe, tutte!Alla fine devo rientrare; perché le mie fibre dissolte,nei caffè rumorosi, frequentati da sgualdrine,hanno freddo nella notte pesante e negli incerti mattini.Camminiamo. Ecco già brulicare la gente dei mercati.Arrossisco, ortolani, nel vedervi, i grembiuli sporchi,rinfrescati dall’odore lontano degli aratri.Lavoratori, ignari dei malsani …
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