Alexander der Große 🗿🏛📚

Alexander III. von Mazedonien (Alexander der Große) ist der größte Führer der ganzen Geschichte, weil er eine der großartigsten Armeen der Welt anführte und eines der größten Imperien der Antike gründete. Dutzende der Städte, die er gegründet hat, existieren noch heute, und die Kultur, die er verbreitet und assimiliert hat, ist in den Ländern, in denen sein Reich existierte, sehr offensichtlich. Wirklich, Alexanders Heldentaten haben … Continue reading Alexander der Große 🗿🏛📚

Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🇬🇧

Born in Poland in 1810 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin was very soon recognised as a child prodigy and, by the age of seven, he started giving public concerts as a pianist and composed his first piano pieces. In his early 20s he left Poland and made no return to his homeland, whereas he settled in Paris and acquired the French citizenship, also using the French version … Continue reading Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🇬🇧

Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🎹

🇮🇹 Nato in Polonia nel 1810 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin fu ben presto riconosciuto come un bambino prodigio e, all’età di sette anni, iniziò a dare concerti pubblici come pianista e compose i suoi primi pezzi per pianoforte. Poco più che ventenne lasciò la Polonia e non fece ritorno in patria, mentre si stabilì a Parigi e acquisì la cittadinanza francese, usando anche la versione francese … Continue reading Frédéric Chopin 🎨🎶🎹

Alexander the Great 🗿🏛📚

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great) is the single greatest leader in all of history because he lead one of the grandest armies in the world and established one of the largest empires of antiquity. Dozens of the cities which he established still exist today, and the culture he spread and assimilated is very evident in the lands in which his empire existed. Truly, … Continue reading Alexander the Great 🗿🏛📚

Femmes de Tahiti, by Gauguin 👩🏽⛱🇵🇫

Femmes de Tahiti – Tahitian Women on the Beach, oil painting by Paul Gauguin, 1891, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. This painting belongs to the early period Paul Gauguin spent in Tahiti, where he wanted “to live there in ecstasy, calm and art.” The painter moved in 1891 to the South Pacific from Paris, escaping the “European fight after money” and to be “finally free”. This double … Continue reading Femmes de Tahiti, by Gauguin 👩🏽⛱🇵🇫

Wheatfield with Cypresses 🎨🌾🌳

Wheatfield with Cypresses – 🎨  by Vincent Van Gogh 1889 – National Gallery, London.    🇬🇧 There are three different versions of this scene painted by Van Gogh in the summer of 1889, while he was spending some time in a mental asylum in Saint-Remy, in the South of France. All paintings depict the view from his room’s window at the asylum. The painting on … Continue reading Wheatfield with Cypresses 🎨🌾🌳

La siesta 🎨🛌🖼

🇬🇧 The Siesta – 🎨 Oil painting by Francesco Netti, 1884, Metropolitan Gallery of Bari – Sensual orientalist scene inspired by a journey of the painter to Istanbul, displayed at the 1884 Exposition of Rome. 🇮🇹 La siesta – 🎨  Dipinto ad olio di Francesco Netti, 1884, Pinacoteca Metropolitana  di Bari – Sensuale scena orientalista ispirata da un viaggio del pittore ad Istanbul, esposto all’Esposizione di Roma del 1884. 🇫🇷 La … Continue reading La siesta 🎨🛌🖼