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The following is a sample from the cento Sacra Aeneis (1618), by Etienne de Pleure, on the adoration of the Magi.The lines of Vergil used, from his Aeneid and Georgics, are indicated on the left (e.g. 6.255 points to book 6, line 255); or, if changed in the middle of a line, an asterisk separates the new quotation with its source indicated on the right.
List of paintings created during 1858–1871 1872–1878 1878–1881 1881–1883 1884 1884–1888 1888 1888–1898 1899–1904 1900–1926 This is a list of works by Claude Monet (1840–1926), including all the extant finished paintings but excluding the Water Lilies, which can be found here, and preparatory black and white sketches. Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and ...
Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi (Latin: [ˈkɛntoː wɛrɡɪlɪˈaːnʊs deː ˈlau̯dɪbʊs ˈkʰriːstiː]; A Virgilian Cento Concerning the Glory of Christ) [nb 1] is a Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 352–384) after her conversion to Christianity.
Faltonia Betitia Proba (c. AD 306/315 – c. 353/366) was a Latin Roman Christian poet, perhaps the earliest female Christian poet whose work survives.A member of one of the most influential aristocratic families, she composed the Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a cento composed with verses by Virgil re-ordered to form an epic poem centred on the life of Jesus.
Isle of the Dead (Russian: Остров мёртвых), Op. 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in the key of A minor. The piece was inspired by a black and white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin's painting Isle of the Dead, which he saw in Paris in 1907. He composed the work from January to March of 1909, but later ...
Musée d’Orsay, Paris 117 15.5 × 25 More images: 1884 to 1885 Woman in rose-colored skirt and other figures [74] Private Collection 118 15.6 × 24.4 More images: 1884 to 1885 Figures and Girl in White [74] Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia 119 15.4 × 24.8 More images: 1884 to 1886 Seated figures and woman with large hat [75] Musée d’Orsay ...
Title page of Poems on Various Subjects: With Introductory Remarks on the Present State of Science and Literature in France by Helen Maria Williams (London: Whittaker, 1823) Edwin and Eltruda. A legendary tale, 1782, her first published work [6] An Ode on the Peace, 1783, [6] celebrated the end of the American Revolution; Peru, A Poem.
Cento may refer to: The Italian word for "hundred", which is used in compound words as a designation for centuries in Italian culture: Duecento (1200s) [13th century] Trecento (1300s) [in English, the 14th century] Quattrocento (1400s) [15th century] Cinquecento (1500s) [16th century] Seicento (1600s) [17th century] Settecento (1700s) [18th ...