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 🗿🏛📚

Alessandro Magno 🗿🏛📚

Sebbene re dell’antica Macedonia per meno di 13 anni, Alessandro Magno cambiò il corso della storia come nessun altro condottiero del mondo antico. Uno dei più grandi generali militari del mondo, creò un vasto impero che si estendeva dalla Macedonia all’Egitto e dalla Grecia a parte dell’India. Ciò ha permesso alla cultura ellenistica di diffondersi ben oltre i confini dell’antica Grecia. Alessandro Magno fu uno … Continue reading Alessandro Magno 🗿🏛📚

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 🎨🎶🎹

Alejandro Magno 🗿🏛📚

La estatua de la derecha es uno de los muchos retratos de mármol de Alejandro Magno, utilizado por el legendario conquistador y sus seguidores, durante y después de su reinado, para difundir e inmortalizar la imagen de un líder joven y poderoso, muchas veces le gustaba la deidad. La escultura se exhibe en una sala del Museo Británico dedicada a su época. Hace algún tiempo, … Continue reading Alejandro Magno 🗿🏛📚

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 🎶🎹🎵

🇬🇧 Born in Salzburg, today Austria, on 27th January of 1756 in a family of musicians Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart showed immediately his incredible capacities as a prodigious child. He started playing the clavier when he was four, thanks to the initiative of his father who was teaching also Wolfgang’s older sister, and started composing his first pieces when he was five. This extraordinary talent was … Continue reading Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 🎶🎹🎵

Evoë 3, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷

🇬🇧 Evoë 3 – abstract oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 2003, Tate Modern, London. This large horizontal painting, on two adjointing canvases, is created with irregular curved shapes using four solid and contrasting colours: green, blue, pink and white. This is a characteristic aspect of optical art. Like other of her compositions, for example Nataraja, Evoë 3 is structured on a diagonal grid moving from … Continue reading Evoë 3, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷

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 🗿🏛📚

Alexandre le Grand 🗿🏛📚

À l’occasion du 2375ème anniversaire de la naissance d’Alexandre le Grand Tête de marbre d’Alexandre III de Macédoine, dit le Grand, au British Museum – L’un des nombreux portraits de marbre d’Alexandre le Grand utilisé par le légendaire conquérant et ses partisans, pendant et après son règne, pour diffuser et immortaliser l’image d’un dirigeant jeune et puissant, souvent associé au concept de divinité. On pense … Continue reading Alexandre le Grand 🗿🏛📚

Nataraja, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷

🇬🇧Nataraja – oil painting on canvas by Bridget Riley, 1993, Tate Modern, London. Inspired by a trip to India and the liveliness of local folk art. The variety, balance ,and complexity of colours are amazing, with up to 20 shades of one colour across the canvas. Choose the colours you like best! The title refers to the Hindu god Shiva, as Lord of the Dance, … Continue reading Nataraja, by Riley 🎨🔶🔷

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 👩🏽⛱🇵🇫