From the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France. Most of them are not on display. Edouard Manet, Marine,
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Arthur Rimbaud – Αρθούρος Ρεμπώ
Ο ποιητής και στιχουργός Νίκος Γκάτσος έγραψε το 1976 τους στίχους ενός τραγουδιού με τίτλο «Μεθυσμένο Καράβι». Το μελοποίησε ο
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Carmen Gaudin was the favourite model of the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901). Toulouse-Lautrec met red-haired Carmen Gaudin in
Continue readingRodin Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC is one of the best art galleries in the world. When
Continue readingView of the Asylum and the Chapel at Saint Remy de Provence
At the end of the 19th century, the former Augustinian monastery of Saint Paul de Mausole, dating back to the
Continue readingBaux de Provence, France
Baux de Provence, Photo Nikos Moropoulos
Continue readingA journey in Romanesque and Gothic Art
I have started reading the “History of European Culture”, by Panayiotis Kanellopoulos (1902 – 1986), a Greek author and politician.
Continue readingOn “Absolute” and “Total” War
Introduction In the context of an online course I am taking, I recently read von Clausewitz’s “On War” and from
Continue readingFestive Lunch – 1st January 2015 – Marathon, Attica, Greece
Today I rejoice the passage of time, culminating in the coming of the new year. There is no better
Continue readingTwo Masters of Light: Claude Lorrain and J.M.W. Turner
An enormous deep-red sunset over a stormy sea, an indication of an approaching typhoon.A detail from JMW Turner’s “Slave-Ship”. Painting
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