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Monday 25 April 2011
Interesting ladies: De claris mulieribus
Translation: On famous women
Subject: a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women
Author: Bocaccio
When: 1374
Why bother talking about it: it's the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in Western literature
And they are:
1. Eve, the first woman in the Bible
2. Semiramis, queen of the Assyrians
3. Opis, wife of Saturn
4. Juno, goddess of the Kingdoms
5. Ceres, goddess of the harvest and queen of Sicily
6. Minerva
7. Venus, queen of Cyprus
8. Isis, queen and goddess of Egypt
9. Europa, queen of Crete
10. Libya, queen of Libya
11 and 12. Marpesia and Lampedo, queens of the Amazons
13. Thisbe, a Babylonian maiden
14. Hypermnestra, queen of the Argives and priestess of Juno
15. Niobe, queen of Thebes
16. Hypsipyle, queen of Lemnos
17. Medea, queen of Colchis
18. Arachne of Colophon
19 and 20. Orithyia and Antiope, queens of the Amazons
21. Erythraea or Heriphile, a Sibyl
22. Medusa, daughter of Phorcus
23. Iole, daughter of the king of the Aetolians
24. Deianira, wife of Hercules
25. Jocasta, queen of Thebes
26. Almathea or Deiphebe, a Sibyl
27. Nicostrata, or Carmenta, daughter of King Ionius
28. Procris, wife of Cephalus
29. Argia, wife of Polynices and daughter of King Adrastus
30. Manto, daughter of Tiresias
31. The wives of the Minyans
32. Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons
33. Polyxena, daughter of King Priam
34. Hecuba, queen of the Trojans
35. Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy
36. Clytemnestra, queen of Mycenae
37. Helen, wife of King Menelaus
38. Circe, daughter of the Sun
39. Camilla, queen of the Volscians
40. Penelope, wife of Ulysses
41. Lavinia, queen of Laurentum
42. Dido, or Elissa, queen of Carthage
43. Nicaula, queen of Ethiopia
44. Pamphile, daughter of Platea
45. Rhea Ilia, a Vestal Virgin
46. Gaia Cyrilla, wife of King Tarquinius Priscus
47. Sappho, girl of Lesbos and poetess
48. Lucretia, wife of Collatinus
49. Tamyris, queen of Scythia
50. Leaena, a courtesan
51. Athaliah, queen of Jerusalem
52. Cloelia, a Roman maiden
53. Hippo, a Greek woman
54. Megullia Dotata
55. Veturia, a Roman matron
56. Thamyris, daughter of Micon
57. Artemisia, queen of Caria
58. Verginia, virgin and daughter of Virginius
59. Eirene, daughter of Cratinus
60. Leontium
61. Olympias, queen of Macedonia
62. Claudia, a Vestal Virgin
63. Virginia, wife of Lucius Volumnius
64. Flora the prostitute, goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus
65. A young Roman woman
66. Marcia, daughter of Varro
67. Sulpicia, wife of Fulvius Flaccus
68. Harmonia, daughter of Gelon, son of Hiero II of Syracuse
69. Busa of Canosa di Puglia
70. Sophonisba, queen of Numidia
71. Theoxena, daughter of Prince Herodicus
72. Berenice, queen of Cappadocia
73. The Wife of Orgiagon the Galatian
74. Tertia Aemilia, wife of the elder Africanus
75. Dripetrua, queen of Laodice
76. Sempronia, daughter of Gracchus
77. Claudia Quinta, a Roman woman
78. Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus
79. Sempronia, a Roman Woman
80. The Wives of the Cimbrians
81. Julia, daughter of the dictator Julius Caesar
82. Portia, daughter of Cato Uticensis
83. Curia, wife of Quintus Lucretius
84. Hortensia, daughter of Quintus Hortensius
85. Sulpicia, wife of Cruscellio
86. Cornificia, a poetess
87. Mariamme, queen of Judaea
88. Cleopatra, queen of Egypt
89. Antonia, daughter of Antony
90. Agrippina, wife of Germanicus
91. Paulina, a Roman woman
92. Agrippina, mother of the Emperor Nero
93. Epicharis, a freedwoman
94. Pompeia Paulina, wife of Seneca
95. Poppaea Sabina, wife of Nero
96. Triaria, wife of Lucius Vitellius
97. Proba, wife of Adelphus
98. Faustina Augusta
99. Symiamira, woman of Emesa
100. Zenobia, queen of Palmyra
101. Joan, an Englishwoman and Pope
102. Irene, Empress of Constantinople
103. Gualdrada, a Florentine maiden
104. Constance, Empress of Rome and queen of Sicily 105. Camiola, a Sienese widow
106. Joanna, queen of Jerusalem and Sicily
what are they wearing, those two???
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jgLinks and more on this page of wikipedia
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Art in the park
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Are you currently looking for cheap exhibition space?
Have you thought of ... a park nearby? highly ecological
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Sunday 17 April 2011
wwwwow factor
wow, I've found on the web some photos of dancers by photographer Lois Greenfield and they take my breath away.
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April's quiz
Who's the painter of this carnation?
(sorry Agnes, I think this one's tough as well, specially because the style is likely to be misleading. That is why I find it so fascinating!)
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Min Qiji
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Illustrations for "The romance of the western chamber"
Min Qiji, China, 1580 -1661
from Koeln Museum
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Sunday 3 April 2011
Leonor Fini
"It's hard to define talent. Where does it come from?
I think it's the product of a type of revolt.
A strong need to make your mark."
I love the work of Leonor Fini, the surrealist Argentinian painter.
today's find
via a post in humidfruit blog about a Sotheby's online catalogue from an auction of Islamic Art objects that was held in 2010.
these are qajar persian earrings in gold and enamel, wow
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Results to February's quiz
round rose of water
is....
an onion! in Pablo Neruda's ode to the onion.
(and it keeps the "r" sound from the original in Spanish, redonda rosa de agua)
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Wishlist
I was browsing this book at the bookshop and it is gorgeous inside, it is like a blog full of posts of "interesting ladies" only in printing and very very informative about the work of relevant women writers of all times
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Reflection of the day
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I feel a bit strange posting about painting and beautiful things in these troubled times, but I also think that if people worried a bit more about art and beautiful things our time would be a bit less troubled ... so here I go again.
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I feel a bit strange posting about painting and beautiful things in these troubled times, but I also think that if people worried a bit more about art and beautiful things our time would be a bit less troubled ... so here I go again.
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