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'Τhe Rhine-maidens' from The Craftsman Magazine, illustrated by Frances Lea, 1907.

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🔸 Cosima Wagner (middle) at the Bayreuth Festival, a musical festival that she founded together with her husband Richard Wagner. Taken 1906. #victorianchaps #richardwagner #bayreuthfestival #goodolddays #oldphoto #edwardian #vintage #festival #1900s #nostalgia #retro #pastlives #history #germany🇩🇪 (at Bayreuth, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFdrygjlUn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Neuschwanstein #Castle shot from #Marienbrücke - Recap from last week.. . . #Schloss Neuschwanstein is a 19th-century historicist palace on a rugged #Hill above the #Village of #Hohenschwangau near #Füssen in southwest Bavaria. The #Palace was commissioned by #King #LudwigII of Bavaria as a retreat and in honour of #RichardWagner. Construction began in 1869, but was never fully completed. . The castle was intended as a private residence for the King, until he died in 1886. It was open to the public shortly after his death. Since then more than 70 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. More than 1.5 million people visit annually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . #IGersGermany #IG_Germany #BlueSky #Clouds #Summer #Sunshine #König #KönigLudwig #Woods #Forrest #Landmark #History #Romantic #Romanticism #Heritage #WorldHeritage #Palace #Bavaria #Germany (hier: Schloss Neuschwanstein) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjL-tRXoBKY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Richard Wagner wanted to do for the human voice what Beethoven had done for instrumental music: to create a profound cataclysm. I believe he succeeded. If we bracket out certain aspects of his personality and a few shameful moments, we find a unique music, one in which each sonic palpitation carries the affective aura of the composer. I want my paintings to produce the same affect; that each layer be marked by the rebellious élan of the heart. My gallerist in Toronto, Sylvain Landry, came up with the idea that I paint all the composers of an opera company season. The portraits could then be used as posters to announce the operas. I admit to have found this project highly exciting. Being the music lover that I am, imagine the kick I would get! So, I painted Wagner as a demonstration. Recently, I also stumbled on a sweater. It has “Gesamtkunstwerk” written on it, which means “total work of art” in German. It’s a concept developed by German Romanticism used to describe works that combine all the arts: dance, theater, music, visual arts. Richard Wagner wanted his operas to be Gesamtkunstwerke so the audience is enthralled by all possible channels of the imagination. So, when I saw this sweater, I had such a crush that I could not resist buying it. I want my life to be a total work of art! Private collection, 🇬🇧 . . #richardwagner #mathieulaca #opera #music #musik #art #deutschland #kunst #artwork #artcollectors #painting #painter #portrait #portraitpainting #oilpaint #oiloncanvas #artoftheday #artofvisuals #instaart #instaartist #drawing #artgallery #oamc @thompsonlandrygallery https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_NCw5FPsy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sq1t0fqneu02

"Nonostante i nostri enormi cervelli e le nostre biblioteche gremite di libri, noi alberghi-per-germi non possiamo pretendere di capire tutto, assolutamente tutto." Kurt Vonnegut . . . www.seunanottedinvernounlibro.it #librirari #libro #libri #libreriaonline #libreria #book #books #bookstagram #cit #citazione #seunanottedinvernounlibro #libriusati #instabook #instabooks #bookshop #mallarmé #kurtvonnegut #cesarepavese #henryjames #richardwagner #micheltournier #romanzo #lettere #einaudi #einaudieditore #bompiani #mondadori #scheiwiller #quodlibet #guanda https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYdw42Hnmv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ck97pafxxwcw