In illo tempore

Time passes inexorably. The present is so fast that everything is virtually past and out of fashion. Heraclitus of Ephesus (540-470 BC) considered that 'you cannot enter the same river twice' (quoted by Plato, Cratylus). Luis de Camoes also refers to the inevitability of change in the sonnet ‘Times change, desires change’.


O tempo passa inexoravelmente por nós. O presente é tão rápido que praticamente tudo é passado e fora de moda. Considerava Heráclito de Éfeso (540-470 aC) 'não podes entrar duas vezes no mesmo rio' (citado por Platão-Crátilo). Para Luís de Camões (Sonetos) 'mudam-se os tempos, mudam-se as vontades'.

Johann Jacob Bruun (1715-1789)-'prospect of Copenhagen Castle'-gouache-1739

François Boucher (1703-1770)-'the breakfast'-oil on canvas-1739 Paris-Musée du Louvre

Alexander Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860)-'Albanian dancers'-oil on canvas-1835 Private collection

Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)-'die Besorgerin' 'the shopping bag'-oil on canvas-1739 Paris-Musée du Louvre

Edwin Longsden Long (1829-1891)-'the Babylonian marriage market'-oil on canvas-1875 Surrey (UK)-Royal Holloway and Bedford New College