ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MUSIC – In Epiphania domini, Sebastiano Occhino

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The most important music of the early Renaissance was composed for use by the church—polyphonic (made up of several simultaneous…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / OSLO – Nasjonalgalleriet: L’Urlo, di Edvard Munch

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He was a Norwegian painter, whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes (built upon some of the tenets of late…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / LOS ANGELES – LACMA, County Museum of Art: The Treachery of Images, by René Magritte

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René Magritte was a surrealist artist from Belgium. His reputation became well known for his various witty and thought-provoking images…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / NEW YORK – MOMA, Museum of Modern Art New York: The Treachery of Images, by Salvador Dalì

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He was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, Salvador Dalí was encouraged to practice…

NORWEGIANS THREE SHADES OF POETRY

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TRACKS – Poetry, by Sigbjørn Obstfelder Death does not makes me more afraid. They get constantly so many comrades. I…

HUNGER – Novel, by Knut Hamsun

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Hunger, it tells the story of an unnamed vagrant who stumbles around the streets of Norway's capital looking for food.…

THE PAINTING TRANSITION – Christian Krohg, from Romanticism to Naturalism

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CHRISTIAN KROHG 1/3 – Inspired by the ideas of the realists he chose motives primarily from everyday life, Christian Krohg…

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / VIENNA – Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna: The Kiss (Lovers), by Gustav Klimt

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Gustav Klimt, an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement, a successful…