Henri Biva (23 January 1848 – 2 February 1929) was a French artist, known for his landscape paintings and still lifes. He focused primarily on the western suburbs of Paris, painting outdoors in the plein-air tradition; his style ranged between Post-Impressionism and Realism with a strong Naturalist component. Biva's pictures are characterized...
Almond Blossoms is a group of several paintings made in 1888 and 1890 by Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Saint-Rémy, southern France of blossoming almond trees. Flowering trees were special to van Gogh. They represented awakening and hope. He enjoyed them aesthetically and found joy in painting flowering trees. The works reflect the influence of...
The Baptism of Christ is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca. Painted in egg tempera on two panels of poplar wood, the dating is controversial – some give it a very early date, perhaps 1439; others much later, around 1460. It is held by the National Gallery, London.
Guido Reni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɡwiːdo ˈrɛːni]; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome,...
Așadar, problema care se ridică este una nu doar de comunicare, care, în mod matur și firesc, trebuia realizată de către Preafericitul Părinte Patriarh Daniel însuși, în cazul acesta - după cum am mai specificat în rândurile de mai sus - după consultarea cu ceilalți ierarhi, ci și una de moralitate. De fapt, tocmai acesta e miezul: lipsa curajului,...
În Timaeus, dialogul asupra căruia ne vom opri astăzi, Platon prezintă o relatare elaborată a formării universului și o explicație a ordinii și frumuseții sale impresionante. Universul, propune el, este produsul unei entități raționale, bine intenționate și binefăcătoare. Este opera unui Meșter divin ("Demiurge", dêmiourgos, 28a6) care, fiind un...
Location: The National Gallery, London
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𝘓𝘰 𝘥ı̀ 𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘰 𝘢' 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘤𝘪 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘪 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘰. (𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦)
𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘻𝘰 𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘪 𝘮𝘪 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪! (𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩)
𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶: -
𝘖𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴...
Un intelectual nu poate fi decât un om liber. Și numai un om liber poate fi un om de geniu, un intelectual. Căci omul liber nu se supune decât naturii și naturii lui Dumnezeu, el se supune în primul rând legilor văzute ale unui cosmos (greacă veche κόσμος) fără de sfârșit și fără de început. Astfel, cu bucurie, prin a...
Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes. Like a true STOIC.
Adherent Of A Philosophy Of Wisdom, Justice, Courage and Moderation. According to Craiutu, Aristotle considered moderation a moral virtue and Plato, in "The Republic", described moderation as the harmony between reason, spirit, and desire. "It's the disposition of the...
Lemegeton, also known as The Lesser Key of Solomon the King or Clavicula Salomonis Regis, is a 17th-century demonology Grimoire written by an anonymous author. It contains names of spirits/demons, other sacred names, sigils/seals, invocations and summoning techniques, spells, prayers, rituals, and occult knowledge that has been obtained by the...
Hermetic writings, also called Hermetica, are works of revelation on occult, theological and philosophical subjects, ascribed to the Egyptian niter Thoth, in Greek. Hermes Trismegistos, who was believed to be the inventor of writing and the patron of all the arts dependent on writing, the creator of languages, the scribe, interpreter, adviser of...
Variations of the Ouroboros can be seen in different cultures and contexts, but the symbol is associated with Egypt. The oldest depiction of the Ouroboros was found in Tutankhamun's tomb, portrayed in The Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, a funerary text discovered within the tomb. The image of Ouroboros is depicted twice in the text: once at the...
Rachel Ruysch (3 June 1664 - 12 October 1750) was a Dutch still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands. She specialized in flowers, inventing her own style and achieving international fame in her lifetime. Due to a long and successful career that spanned over six decades, she became the best-documented woman painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
Este vorba de bunul meu prieten, domnul Iulian Stancu, unul dintre cei mai enigmatici artiști contemporani români pe care l-aș putea asemăna, oricând, în mod indubitabil, cu Ștefan Luchian sau chiar cu Ipolit Strâmbu (pictori monument despre care am scris, cu multă dăruire, în urmă cu ceva ani).
Fericirea, fără îndoială, poartă însemnele Sacralităţii, determinându-te să te reverşi dincolo de graniţele propriei fiinţe. Flux, continuitate, expansionism, uniune - astfel se caracterizează fericirea. Intuitiv, s-ar putea vorbi atât despre fericirea colectivă, cât şi despre cea individuală, punându-se problema dacă se întrepătrund sau se...
A pedophilic disorder is recognized for its impairment to the individual and for the harm, it may cause to others. Pedophilia is often considered a side issue and research into the nature of pedophilia is delayed in comparison to research into other psychiatric disorders. However, with the increasing use of neuroimaging techniques, such as...