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I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", or "The Gipsy Girl's Dream", is a popular aria from The Bohemian Girl, an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. It is sung in the opera by the character Arline, who is in love with Thaddeus, a Polish nobleman and political exile.
One of her short stories, entitled "The Bohemian Girl", incorporates quotes from some of the arias (again including "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls"). The plot of the story also has some substantial parallels to the original. The aria "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" is sung in the film The Age of Innocence.
The scene is set in a marble enclosure, a reference to the hortus conclusus. Behind it, in the background, is a stylized landscape. Sandro Botticelli was in turn inspired by this painting (which a restoration as confirmed to be from Verrocchio), for his Madonna and Child and Two Angels now on display in the Capodimonte Museum of Naples.
White as Milk, Red as Blood (Italian: Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue, also known as As White as Milk, as Red as Blood) is a 2013 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Giacomo Campiotti. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name by Alessandro D'Avenia. [1] [2] [3]
It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since we were first introduced to the holiday classic 'The Santa Clause.' Well, break out the milk and cookies and hang up those stockings, because 22 ...
A sculpture in white marble represents Nello and Patrasche sleeping, covered by a blanket of cobble stones. The sculpture is made by Belgian artist Batist "Tist" Vermeulen. [ 16 ] The removal of the gravestone was accompanied by a noticeable decline in the number of Japanese tourists, the reason for which is unclear.
Now Söhnlein helms another company, Blue Marble Exploration, which aims to explore some of the most unreachable parts of the world. Of course, there are a few things that differentiate this ...
Detail of Jesus's head and veil. Veiled Christ (Italian: Cristo velato) is a carved marble sculpture completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan artist Giuseppe Sanmartino.It is formed from a single block of white marble, and was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro, a prince of Sansevero, as the centerpiece of the Cappella Sansevero, in Naples, Italy.