Henrietta Rae, The snow maidens, 1913 Here then it is that we were fated to say our poignant last farewells… Farewell to all that captivated — and brutally the life so mutilated that in your tortured bosom dwells!.. Farewell… With sorrow and despair in years to come you will remember this land, these shores and …
Gustav Klimt, Apple tree, 1912 Like a sweet-apple turning red high on the tip of the topmost branch. Forgotten by pickers. Not forgotten— they couldn’t reach it. Quale dolce mela che su alto ramo rosseggia, alta sul più alto; la dimenticarono i coglitori; no, non fu dimenticata: invano tentarono di raggiungerla… Go back to album …
Sappho (Saffo)- Quale dolce mela / Like a sweet-apple Read More »
Léon Bonvin, Moonlight scene, 1864 Silence reigns so deep among the stars. No sound of word spreads, nor songs of extraordinary birds. But up above, among the stars – where we are celestial body – there we hear the inmost rustling which makes roses blossom. E’ così fondo il silenzio tra le stelle. Non suono …
Workshop of Giulio Romano, The Infancy of Jupiter, c. 1535 If the earth is veiled in darkness, have no fear. Do not think it is a perpetual darkness. Friend, you are close to pleasures, flowers, valleys; have courage, and step forward. Behold the early dawn! It is only a light mist that frightens our vision. …
Constantine P. Cavafy – Il poeta e la musa / The poet and the muse Read More »
Albrecht Altdorfer, Lot and His Daughters, 1537 Like the beautiful bodies of those who died before growing old, sadly shut away in sumptuous mausoleum, roses by the head, jasmine at the feet — so appear the longings that have passed without being satisfied, not one of them granted a single night of pleasure, or one …
Vincent van Gogh,Almond Blossom, 1890 I’d like to speak of this memory, but it’s so faded now -as though nothing’s left- because it was so long ago, in my adolescent years. A skin as though of jasmine… that August evening -was it August?- I can still just recall the eyes: blue, I think they were… …
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