William Bouguereau | Les oranges, 1865

The image of a mother and child is a symbol of universal relevance. It exists and is celebrated within every culture, throughout its respective history.

Through iconic works like Les Oranges, Bouguereau has made an enduring contribution to this fundamental canon of imagery and he continues to have a profound impact on how such images are produced and received to this day.

The present painting is among Bouguereau's greatest achievements. His virtuosity is apparent in every element of the painting, which was executed at the height of his genius.

Wisława Szymborska | L'Odio

Guardate com'è sempre efficiente,

come si mantiene in forma

nel nostro secolo, l'odio.

Con quanta facilità supera gli ostacoli,

come gli è facile avventarsi, agguantare.

Non è come gli altri sentimenti,

insieme più vecchio e più giovane di loro.

René Magritte

Franz Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, published in 1851, and is by far the most famous of the set.

The Hungarian-born composer and pianist Franz Liszt was strongly influenced by the music heard in his youth, particularly Hungarian folk music, with its unique gypsy scale, rhythmic spontaneity and direct, seductive expression.

These elements would eventually play a significant role in Liszt's compositions.

Josef Nikolaus Kriehuber | Portrait of Franz Liszt, 1846

Jules Breton, il Poeta della Luce

Louis Aimé Aldolphe Jules Breton (1827-1906) è stato un pittore e poeta Francese.

Vincent van Gogh amava sia l'arte che la poesia.

Amava in particolar modo l'arte realista del XIX secolo e la poesia francese di Jules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton (1827-1906).

Sia l'arte che la poesia di Breton si concentravano sulla campagna francese, sui temi contadini ed, a volte, sulla sua fede cristiana.

Gustave Caillebotte | Painter - Member and patron of the Impressionists

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group.

Caillebotte's sizable allowance, along with the inheritance he received after the death of his father in 1874 and his mother in 1878, allowed him to paint without the pressure to sell his work.

It also allowed him to help fund Impressionist exhibitions and support his fellow artists and friends (Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro among others) by purchasing their works and, at least in the case of Monet, paying the rent for their studios.

Marc Chagall | Flowers and lovers

"You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers".

"Potresti chiederti per ore cosa significano i fiori, ma per me sono la vita stessa, in tutto il suo felice splendore. Non potevamo fare a meno dei fiori".

Salvatore Quasimodo / Fabian Perez | Mi chiedi parole, 1967

Mi chiedi parole. Ma il tempo

precipita come un masso sulla mia anima

che vuole certezze, e più non ha sillabe

da offrire se non quelle silenziose

del sangue legate al tuo nome,

o mia vita, mio amore senza fine.