Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865-1953), Venice Upon the bridge the blind man stands alone, Gray like a mist veiled monument he towers As though of nameless realms the boundary stone About which circle distant starry hours. He seems the center around which stars glow While all earth’s ostentations surge below. Immovably and silently he stands Placed where …
K. Korovin (1861-1939), Le Pont Neuf, Paris With quiet heart, I climbed the hill, from which one can see, the city, complete, hospitals, brothels, purgatory, hell, prison, where every sin flowers, at our feet. You know well, Satan, patron of my distress, I did not trudge up there to vainly weep, but like an old …
Paul Fischer, A street scene in winter, Copenhagen, 1901 The winter evening settles downWith smell of steaks in passageways.Six o’clock.The burnt-out ends of smoky days.And now a gusty shower wrapsThe grimy scrapsOf withered leaves about your feetAnd newspapers from vacant lots;The showers beatOn broken blinds and chimney-pots,And at the corner of the streetA lonely cab-horse …
Camille Pissarro, Poultry Market, Pontoise,1892 They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens, And along the trampled edges of the street I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids Sprouting despondently at area gates. The brown waves of fog toss up to me Twisted faces from the bottom of the street, And tear from …
Ambrogio Alciati, The kiss, 1916 Se per i buoni uffici del signor Nuri spedizioniere la mia città, la mia Istanbul mi mandasse un cassone di cipresso, un cassone di sposa se io l’aprissi facendo risuonare la serratura di metallo: dccinnn … due rotoli di tela finissima due paia di camicie dei fazzoletti bianchi ricamati d’argento …
Paul Klee, Clouds over Bor, 1940 Immense and redabove the Grand Palaisthe winter sun appearsand disappearslike my heart will disappearand all of my blood will run outrun out to look for youmy lovemy beautyand find youthere where you are. Immenso e rossosopra il Grand Palais il sole d’inverno viene e se ne vacome lui il mio cuore …
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