Tag Archives: Pieter Pauwel Rubens

UNPLEASANTLY SANE & MYSTICALLY MAD

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Dave

“William Blake is an unfortunate lunatic, whose personal inoffensiveness secures him from confinement….the proor man fancies himself a great master, and has painted a few wretched pictures, some of which are intelligible allegory, others an attempt at sober character by … Continue reading →

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AUGUSTUS WAS NOT AMUSED

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dave

” I was born for poetry. Whatever I tried to say came out as verse”. Ovid was a gifted observer of ”la dolce vita” that delighted the beautiful people of Augustan Rome with his how-to verses on love making. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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