Paintings of the Nine Muses by 19th-century Italian artist Giuseppe Fagnani
Calliope, Muse of epic poetry - that’s apparently the Iliad written on the papers in front of her – if you look close you can see the title and the first word, possibly the first few lines if your eyes are keener than mine. The letters are all upper-case, if you want to see if you can read it.
Clio, Muse of history
Erato, Muse of lyric poetry
Euterpe, Muse of song and elegy
Melpomene, Muse of tragedy
Polyhymnia, Muse of hymns
Terpsichore, Muse of dance
Thalia, Muse of comedy
Urania, Muse of astronomy - see the stars on her crown? and the globe, which I guess is there because of astronomy’s usefulness in navigation?
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Passed by this place numerous times before, but last weekend was the first time I hiked up to the top. One of my new favorite places.
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art in details: female dresses in art of Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz.
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Portrait of a Young Fürleger with Loose Hair, Albrecht Dürer, 1497
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An Interval at the Opera - Georges Jules Victor Clairin ca.1900
French 1843-1919
Jewish children in Yemen. Photographs by Naftali Hilger.
Shavuah tov!
Autocorrect has learned to spell mazal only from times I’ve been really excited, apparently (same happens with tov).
THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO ME
