The early spread of Christianity owed much to a single line of Greek poetry.
@SpencerKlavan explains what Paul of Tarsus saw in the poet Aratus.
Read on in the latest issue of The New Criterion.
https://t.co/KYb4XnWhvx
D. AFONSO HENRIQUES
Pai, foste cavaleiro.
Hoje a vigília é nossa.
Dá-nos o exemplo inteiro
E a tua inteira força!
Dá, contra a hora em que, errada,
Novos infiéis vençam,
A bênção como espada,
A espada como bênção!
Fernando Pessoa
Viva Portugal #DiaDeCamoes 🇵🇹
"There was one very effective sequence in the film that I purposely played entirely in long shot. It took place in that East Berlin hotel room where we had the evening sun shining, the rest was that awful heavy brown, a mood effect."
Alfred Hitchcock.
“The ideal subject of totalitarianism... is people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
— Hannah Arendt
Degas did not just paint a café scene.
He wanted to show the dark side of modern life.
He captured urban loneliness:
You can sit right next to someone in a crowded room and still be totally alone.
He also exposed the reality of addiction.
Absinthe was a huge drug problem in Paris.
Degas did not paint a wild party. He showed the real effects: heavy silence and depression.
Other Impressionists painted picnics and dances.
Degas chose psychological realism.
He showed the real human cost of the city: isolation and boredom.
In a world full of people and screens, are we still trapped at Degas's café table?
Joyeux anniversaire à Martha Argerich !
Pour l'occasion, voici un extrait de sa superbe interprétation du Concerto en sol de Ravel (2e mouvement) avec l'@MonteCarlo_Orch, Charles Dutoit - @FestivalGranada
[BIRTHDAY]Today, one of the most admired pianists of our time, Martha Argerich, celebrates her birthday! Let's wish her all the best with this archival footage from 1970. Here, she performs Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra.https://t.co/JObmL8zbDY
HISTÓRIA DE SEXTA
Cinco sentidos e um sapato
#228 Na razão das cidades, eu tinha razão. Sou a vítima. Só isso.
Leia história aqui neste link: https://t.co/aq1XwaAWKC
On June 4th, 1989, the CCP brutally massacred students gathered in Tiananmen Square. The communists in Beijing then tried to cover up their crimes.
We will never forget.