Zdzislaw Beksinski
straight outta my dreams
n. Greek Mythology
The poetic personification of the clear upper air breathed by the Olympians.
Jusepe de Ribera
The Poet (Etching, 1620-21)
“Dressed in voluminous robes, crowned with laurel, and leaning on a stone with head in hand, Ribera’s poet is one of the most striking images of the artist’s early career. The iconography, a synthesis of the attributes of Melancholy and Poetry, has been explored in detail by scholars. An alternative suggestion that the poet is Virgil seems a viable one, especially since his tomb was traditionally thought to be in Naples.”
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