Rembrandt van Rijn, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1633 The winds’ fierce strife I understand no longer; the rolling billows e’er are towering stronger, now here, now there. We, tempest-tossed, in the black ship between are lost. Great rifts in every sail are torn, to shreds our slackening cables worn. Non decifro la …
Alcaeus (Alceo) – Non decifro la furia dei venti / The winds’ fierce strife Read More »
Renè Magritte, The seducer, 1950 There must be a color to discover, a hidden agreement of words, there must be a key to open this door in the vast wall, there must be a further Southern island, a tighter and more vibrant rope, another sea that swims in another blue, another song more musical. Dev’esserci …
Caspar David Friedrich, On the sailing boat, 1819 Fleets—they too flow into port. A train—also races to station. But I am driven and drawn that much more towards you —for I love! Pushkin’s covetous knight descends to rummage and delight in his cellar. So I return to you, beloved. This is my heart, and I …
James Tissot, The Captain and the Mate, 1873 Certainly this little drawing in pencil resembles him. Hurriedly drawn, on the deck of tlie ship one enchanting afternoon the Ionian Sea all around us. It resembles him But I recall him as handsomer. He was sensitive to tlie point of suffenng, and that illumined his expression. …
Constantine P. Cavafy – Sulla nave / On Board Ship Read More »
Philip Hermogenes Calderon, With the river, 1869 A boat is beating in the breast of the lake. Willows hang over, tickling and kissing neckline and knuckles and rowlocks – O wait, this could have happened to anyone, listen! This could be used in a song, to beguile. This then would mean-the ashes of lilac, richness …
Odilon Redon, The Boat (Virgin with Corona), 1897 Silence deep rules o’er the waters, calmly slumb’ring lies the main, while the sailor views with trouble nought but one vast level plain. Not a zephyr is in motion! Silence fearful as the grave! In the mighty waste of ocean sunk to rest is ev’ry wave. Regna …
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