See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
- Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Art, Will Rogers
See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
- Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Beauty, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I have always believed that good is only beauty but into practice.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Beauty, Anatole France
If I were called upon to choose between beauty and truth, I should not hesitate; I should hold to beauty, being confident that it bears within it a truth both higher and sdeeper than truth itself. I will go so far as to say there is nothing true in the world save beauty.
- Anatole France (Francois Anatole Thibault, 1844-1924)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Beauty, Sappho
What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon also be beautiful.
- Sappho (Σαπφώ)
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/59712.Sappho
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Calendula officinalis, Fryšták
Calendula officinalis, Fryšták
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| Description | Čeština: Měsíček lékařský (Calendula officinalis), Fryšták English: Pot marigold Fragaria, Fryšták |
| Date | 16 August 2011, 14:20:44 |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | This image is a work by Pavel Ševela (sevela.p). When reusing, please credit me as: Pavel Ševela / Wikimedia Commons. |
| Licensing | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Pavel Ševela |
From Pavel Ševela / Wikimedia Commons
Monday, December 21, 2009
Penitent girl
Penitent girl
From Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/
| Author | Pietro Rotari (1707–1762) |
| Title | Penitent girl |
| Description | Painting of girl jumping rope |
| Date | 18th century |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Current location | The Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation, Great Britain |
| Source/Photographer | [1] |
| Licensing | This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. |
From Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/
Monday, October 5, 2009
Cnidus Aphrodite
Cnidus Aphrodite
From Wikimedia Commons
| Artist | English: Copy of Praxiteles; restorer: Ippolito Buzzi (Italian, 1562–1634) Français : Copié de Praxitèle; restaurateur : Ippolito Buzzi (1562-1634) |
| Description | English: Cnidus Aphrodite. Marble, Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century. Marble; original elements: torso and thighs; restored elements: head, arms, legs and support (drapery and jug). Français : Aphrodite de Cnide. Marbre, copie romaine d'après un original grec de Praxitèle du IVe siècle av. J.-C. Marbre, éléments originaux : torse et cuisses ; éléments restaurés : tête, bras, jambes et support (manteau et pichet). |
| Current location | National Museum_of Rome - Palazzo Altemps Ground floor |
| Accession number | Inv. 8619 |
| Credit line | Ludovisi Collection |
| Source/Photographer | Marie-Lan Nguyen (September 2009) |
| Licensing | the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. |
From Wikimedia Commons
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Statue of Venus (Sanssouci)
Statue of Venus (Sanssouci)
From Wikimedia Commons
| Description | Potsdam, Sanssouci, Plastik Venus von Pigalle Potsdam.- Sanssouci, Venus von Pigalle an der Großen Fontaine |
| Date | 12 December 2008 |
| Photographer | Max Baur (1898–1988) |
| Institution | German Federal Archives Nachlass Max Baur (Bild 170) |
| Accession number | Bild 170-710 |
| Source | This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive. |
| Licensing | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license. |
From Wikimedia Commons
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Édouard Manet)
Luncheon on the Grass
| Author/Artist | Édouard Manet (1832–1883) |
| Title | French: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe "Luncheon on the Grass" |
| Description | French: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe "Luncheon on the Grass" |
| Date | 1863 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 208 × 264 cm (81.9 × 103.9 in) |
| Current location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France |
| References | Joconde database: entry 000PE003916 |
| Source/Photographer | wartburg.edu |
| Permission | Public Domain |
| Licensing | This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. |
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Aphrodite and the dolphin by Emil Wolf at the Hermitage
Aphrodite and the dolphin by Emil Wolf at the Hermitage
From Wikimedia Commons
| Description | English: Aphrodite and the dolphin by Emil Wolf at the Hermitage. |
| Date | 20 August 2008 |
| Source | Yair Haklai |
| Author | Yair Haklai |
| Licensing | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |
From Wikimedia Commons
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