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The Liebster Award

20 Thursday Jun 2013

Posted by michelinewalker in Awards

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Adolf Hitler, Antonio Canova, Liebster Award, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Paris, Vincent van Gogh

Irises, by Vincent van GoghIris, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
 
Photo credit: Wikimedia
Vincent van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890)
 

Thank You “dearkitty”

To my surprise, I was also nominated for the Liebster Award.  For this nomination, I have dearkitty to thank.  Thank you dearkitty.  May life be generous to you.

rules:
http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/liebster-award-thank-you-tazein/

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About myself

1.  I go to bed early and rise early.

2.  I miss my mother.  She died in 2003.

3.  Privacy is important to me.

4.  I wanted to be an architect.

5.  I need a room of my own.

6.  I do my best to understand others, but I do not understand extremist Republicans.

7.  If something is broken, I get it fixed quickly.

8.  I pray for peace on earth.

9.  Home is my centre.

10. I enjoy doing watercolours, drawing, listening to music…

11. I believe we should all respect one another.

My Answers are

1.  Have you ever seen a dinosaur in a museum?

Never.

2.  If so, what species was it?

I didn’t visit a dinosaur museum.

3.  Which person, dead now, would you like to meet, if it would be possible?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

4.  Which person, dead now, would you not like to meet, even if it would be possible?

Adolf Hitler.

5.  What is your favourite city?

Paris, France.

6.  What is your favourite area of natural beauty?

An enclosed garden in Countainville, Normandy.

7.  What is your favourite painting?

“Vase of Flowers with Fruit,” by Jacques-André Portail.

8.  What is your favourite sculpture?

Psyche revived by Cupid’s Kiss, by Antonio Canova

9. If you could travel in a spacecraft, to where in space would you like to go?

Heaven.

10. What is your favourite food?

Bread.

11. What was/is your favourite subject at school?

History.

My  Eleven Questions

1.  If you have or had a cat, do  you or would you allow the cat to walk on the countertop?

2.  Do you manage to fill every hour of the day, except sleeping hours?

3.  Have you travelled to one of the Greek Islands?

4.  What do you fear most?

5.  Who is your favourite detective: Hercule Poirot, Columbo, or… ?

6.  Does it upset you to share a meal with a noisy eater: slurps, talks with food in mouth… ?

7.  How often do you take a walk?

8.  Do you watch “Dancing with the Stars” (US television)?

9.  Has something happened to you that remains a secret?

10. If I say “green,” what comes to your mind?

11. Have you read Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina?

My Nominees are

Please do not feel you have to accept this nomination.  It seems to me that you should be able simply to let people know you have been nominated.  My wish is to let my readers know just how much they mean to me and that I love them all, as do their WordPress colleagues.

1.  CollTales

2.  louvain95

3.  teapartyslayer

4.  iamforchange’s blog

5.  silkannthreades

6.  Bite Size Canada

7.  Writing Between the Lines

8.  Kate Shrewsday

9.  Clanmother

10. Stefania’s

11. Northierthanthou

Francis Poulenc (7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963 [France])
Sonate pour flûte (2nd mvt)
Emmanuel Pahud, flute (b. 1970)
Eric Le Sage, piano (b. 1964)

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10 June 2013
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Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries,
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Chaucer on Valentine’s Day & the Art of Antonio Canova

15 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Love, Metamorphosis, Winged Creatures

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Antonio Canova, birds mating on February 14th, courtly love, Ellesmere Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, Huntington Library, Roman de la Rose, Valentine's Day

Psyche Revive by Antonio Canova

Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, by Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822)

More on Valentine’s Day

You will find below, among related articles, a post that tells about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. It’s the final and rather amusing post in a short series of posts on St Valentine’s Day. We’ve discussed the Lupercalia, pastorals, préciosité, pancakes, etc., and all these posts are related to Valentine’s Day.

For Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), the 14th of February was the day when birds mated. It’s a lovely legend. Othon III de Grandson devoted a third of his poems on stories surrounding St Valentine’s Day.

Moreover, Chaucer was familiar with the French courtly love tradition as he had translated, but not in its entirety, the Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris, who wrote the first 4058 lines circa 1230.The poem was completed by Jean de Meun who composed an additional 17,724 lines. Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose is included in his Legend of Good Women, a poem.

The six tapestries of The Lady and the Unicorn are also associated with Valentine’s day and Chaucer. They were commissioned by Jean le Viste, described as a “powerful nobleman at the court of Charles VII” (22 February 1403 – 22 July 1461). (See The Lady and the Unicorn, Wikipedia.) The tapestries belong, in part, to the courtly love tradition. Only a virgin could capture a unicorn, which suggests platonic love. However, the horn of the unicorn is a phallic symbol.

As for cards, the first was written by a saint and martyr. According to Britannica, “[f]ormal messages, or valentines, appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s commercially printed cards were being used.”[i] They became popular in the 19th century.

Concerning Charles d’Orléans, he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Agincourt, on 25 October 1415, and spent twenty-five years in England. After he returned to France, he helped disseminate Othon III de Grandson’s Valentine stories in courtly circles.

We have several incunables (books printed between 1450 and 1501) combining the printed text and illuminations. They cannot be shown in this blog if it is to posted on or near 14 February 2013. Chaucer’s Tales of Canterbury is an incunable printed by William Caxton, a fascinating gentleman. But the Ellesmere Chaucer is a famous illuminated manuscript, housed in the Huntington Library, in San Marino, California.  (See Ellesmere Chaucer, Wikipedia.)

  • The Golden Legend Revisited
  • Chaucer & Valentine’s Day (michelinewalker.com)
  • Valentine’s Day: Martyrs and Birds (michelinewalker.com)
  • Charles d’Orléans: Portrait of an Unlikely Poet (michelinewalker.com)
  • The Lady and the Unicorn: the Six Senses (michelinewalker.com)
  • The Lady and the Unicorn: a Tapestry (michelinewalker.com)

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[i] “Valentine’s Day.” Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2013.

<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/858512/Valentines-Day>.

Antonio Canova – Musica Mozart
Sonata en Do mayor – K 303 (293c) Adagio Molto allegro
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