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| Luigi Morgari Preaching of St Stephen ca. 1920 fresco Chiesa di Santo Stefano, Casale Monferrato |
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| Giuseppe del Moro Parrot and Trompe-l'oeil Architecture ca. 1780 fresco Finte Rovine, Palazzina della Livia, Florence |
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| Sebastiano Galeotti and Francesco Natali Blessed Virgin in Glory with Angels (detail) 1719 fresco Cattedrale di Parma |
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| Sebastiano Galeotti and Francesco Natali Blessed Virgin in Glory with Angels (detail) 1719 fresco Cattedrale di Parma |
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| Sebastiano Galeotti and Francesco Natali Blessed Virgin in Glory with Angels (detail) 1719 fresco Cattedrale di Parma |
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| Giuseppe Nicola Nasini St Agnes receiving Communion Wafer from an Angel 1704 overdoor fresco Sant'Agnese Convento Santuario, Montepulciano |
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| Giuseppe Nicola Nasini St Agnes receiving Communion Chalice from an Angel 1704 overdoor fresco Sant'Agnese Convento Santuario, Montepulciano |
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| Giuseppe Nicola Nasini St Agnes receiving Holy Medal from an Angel 1704 fresco Sant'Agnese Convento Santuario, Montepulciano |
Autumnal
Shall we, while the night encloses
And extinguishes the roses,
Argue that the color there
Is unconquerably fair,
Fixed past mutability
In the ever-seeing eye?
Shall we, when assertive bone
Predicates the skeleton,
Arguing beneath the skin
That its covering grows thin,
Claim our younger counterpart
From the album of the heart?
Shall we, when the petal lingers
For a moment on our fingers,
But the tree expects the shape
Of a narrower landscape,
Argue that its winter be
Nothing in our memory?
Let the diamond even fail
From its province as a jewel,
Let the sun constrict and die
In a transitory sky,
And the constellations dim
At the Magellanic rim.
Shall we, when the night requires
Our affections and desires,
Argue that our kisses last
Till the blind eclipse is past,
And on passion's self intent
Know no change of element?
Darling, while the roses fade
To impenetrable shade,
Shall we argue they are there
Bright in the original air,
Fixed beyond all power to go
By our having seen them so?
– William Dickey (1961)
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| Anonymous Florentine Artist Risen Christ appearing to the Apostles ca. 1631-32 fresco Basilica di Santa Trinità , Florence |
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| Anonymous Florentine Artist Risen Christ appearing to the Apostles (detail) ca. 1631-32 fresco Basilica di Santa Trinità , Florence |
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| Giovanni Battista Merano and Tommaso Aldrovandini Glory of St James 1683-84 fresco Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma |
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| Giovanni Battista Merano and Tommaso Aldrovandini Glory of St James (detail) 1683-84 fresco Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma |
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| Giovanni Battista Merano and Tommaso Aldrovandini Glory of St James (detail) 1683-84 fresco Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma |
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| Gregorio Pagani Pope Honorius III authorizing the Dominican Order ca. 1581-84 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence |
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| Gregorio Pagani Pope Honorius III authorizing the Dominican Order (detail) ca. 1581-84 fresco Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence |