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| Sèvres Manufactory Covered Urn ca. 1925-30 glazed earthenware Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Sèvres Manufactory Monteith 1765 porcelain Newport Mansions Preservation Society, Rhode Island |
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| Sèvres Manufactory Monumental Vase ca. 1855 porcelain Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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| Sèvres Manufactory Wall Sconce ca. 1761 porcelain and gilt bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Cornelis van Poelenburgh Portrait Study of a Girl ca. 1640-50 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Cornelis van Poelenburgh Children of Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen ca. 1630 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Cornelis van Poelenburgh Lot and his Daughters (Lot's wife in background as a pillar of salt) ca. 1630 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Cornelis van Poelenburgh Overgrown Rocks before 1667 drawing Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) Holy Family before 1540 drawing (owned in the 17th century by painter Peter Lely) Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) Half-Length Study of a Woman ca. 1530 drawing Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
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| Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) The Annunciation ca. 1527-30 etching Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) Virgin and Child viewed by a Pious Monk ca. 1530 oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Ernest Bloch Head ca. 1925-28 watercolor and gouache on paper Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
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| Ernest Bloch Dream Through Sponginess ca. 1927-30 watercolor on paper Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
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| Ernest Bloch Primeval Gathering of Strength ca. 1927-30 watercolor on paper Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
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| Ernest Bloch American Woman ca. 1925-26 watercolor on paper Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
from The Sea and the Mirror
Sing first that green remote Cockaigne
Where whiskey-rivers run,
And every gorgeous number may
Be laid by anyone;
For medicine and rhetoric
Lie mouldering on shelves,
While sad young dogs and stomach-aches
While sad young dogs and stomach-aches
Love no one but themselves.
Tell them of witty angels who
Come only to the beasts,
Of Heirs Apparent who prefer
Low dives to formal feasts;
Come only to the beasts,
Of Heirs Apparent who prefer
Low dives to formal feasts;
For shameless Insecurity
Prays for a boot to lick,
And many a sore bottom finds
A sorer one to kick.
Prays for a boot to lick,
And many a sore bottom finds
A sorer one to kick.
Wind up, though, on a moral note: –
That Glory will go bang,
Schoolchildren shall co-operate,
And honest rogues must hang;
Because our sound committee man
Has murder in his heart:
But should you catch a living eye,
Just wink as you depart.
And honest rogues must hang;
Because our sound committee man
Has murder in his heart:
But should you catch a living eye,
Just wink as you depart.
– W.H. Auden (1942-44)