Saturday, April 2, 2011

Andante ma non troppo

Everything in life has its own tempo so that a work can be executed in the most perfect way possible.


Tudo na vida tem o seu próprio andamento para que os assuntos sejam executados da maneira mais perfeita possível.

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)-'young Greek cock fight'-oil on canvas-1846 Paris-Musée d'Orsay

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)-'cupboard (lover hiding in the closet)'-etching Austin-the University of Texas (the Blanton Museum of Art)

Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)-'Arabian nights. Ali Baba and the forty thieves'- oil on canvas-1909

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1725-1805)-'smell'-oil on canvas, Madrid-Museo del Prado

Henryk Hector Siemiradzki (1843-1902)-'leading light of Christianity. Nero's torches (Christian martyrs are burned alives on stakes)'-oil on canvas1872 Krakow-National Museum

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