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Daphne
Daphne is the name of a naiad (a female nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, rivers, streams, brooks, and any type of fresh water) in Greek mythology. One day she caught the eye of the god Apollo and he pursued her in spite of her rejections. Just as he was about to catch her, Daphne called out to her father, the river god Ladon, for help (in some versions it’s the goddess of the earth, Gaia) and was transformed into a laurel tree. Since than, Apollo adopted the laurel as one of his symbols and a wreath of laurels was given as a prize for the victors in games. Daphne means “laurel, bay” from Ancient Greek which may be derived from a much older source, possibly pre-Greek, but that’s uncertain.
Origin: Ancient Greek
Variants:
- Daphné (French)
- Daphnée (French)
- Dafni (Modern Greek)
- Dafina (Albanian, Macedonian)
- Dafne (Italian)
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Guttapercha und der Tote aus Borneo
Das kurze, aber bewegte Leben des Frachtdampfers „Fürth“
Kein neuer Commissario
– Guttapercha –
Keine Sorge, Guttapercha ist nicht noch ein neuer “Commissario” und der Tote aus Borneo auch keine exotische Leiche. Aber eins nach dem anderen!
Auf den Fahrten der „Fürth“ treffen wir einige Waren an, die heute weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten sind, wie zum Beispiel die Guttapercha oder auch nur kurz Gutta genannt. Wenn Sie nicht gerade in einem Dentallabor arbeiten, sind Sie wahrscheinlich noch nie in Berührung mit diesem, zur Zeit unseres Dampfschiffes „Fürth“, sehr begehrten Rohstoff gekommen. Ich auch nicht.
Und wer weiß heute schon noch, dass der weltweite Erfolg des größten deutschen Industrieunternehmens, der Firma Siemens, zu einem großen Teil auf dieser Substanz und ihrer Verarbeitung beruht?
Aber beginnen wir auf der Insel Java, wo die „Fürth“ regelmäßig Batavia, Soerabaya und auch Tjilatjap anlief (heute Djakarta, Surabaya und Cilacap) und Guttapercha nach Europa brachte.
Guttapercha-Verarbeitung auf Java (ca. 1920/1930); Quelle: commons.wikimedia.org, File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM…
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Succès de l’été cette adaptation de la trilogie littéraire verra-t-elle une suite sur netflix? (Livre disponible ici). Ce film est tiré d’un roman de Jenny Han qui a également écrit la trilogie L’été où… Du coup de quoi parle tout simplement ce film? On suit les premières histoires d’amour de la jeune lycéenne Lara Jean Covey, que personne ne regarde va devenir le centre d’attention de plusieurs garçons suite à une erreur, des lettres qu’elle a écrites se sont retrouvées à être envoyées aux différents garçons concernés, que ce soit de simple béguins ou de véritable sentiments, bref la demoiselle va devoir faire face à plusieurs péripéties.
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Lovely and in my view still contemporary essentially!
Today, Pierre Bonnard is probably most famous for his paintings of women, particularly those of Marthe in the bath, which I surveyed last week. Throughout his career, even from the years before he met Marthe, he was an avid landscape painter. In researching this series, I have been amazed at the many landscapes which he painted, not just in his later years at Le Cannet, but throughout the period that he worked primarily in the north of France.
Bonnard started painting as a resident in central Paris, and maintained a flat and studio there into his late years. He travelled extensively, though, and in the early twentieth century started to migrate slowly to the south of France, settling in the small town of Le Cannet. In this small selection of some of his finest landscapes, I give simply the title, year, and approximate location of the view.
I hope…
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Review – Levi, “The Periodic Table”
Primo Levi, “The Periodic Table” (translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal) (1975) – What is there to say about Primo Levi? As far as I can tell, he might be the most universally respected of the great twentieth century literary figures. No late-career slump, no shilling for oppressive regimes, no ego spiral, no sexual predation… just a dude saying what he saw, as best he could.
I’m both trying to be more brief with these reviews (especially of fiction) and am about two weeks late with this one- between my birthday and everything, stuff just got pushed. This is a book of short stories about Levi’s life, mostly before and after his time in Auschwitz. Each is themed after one of the elements on the periodic table- Levi was a chemist by vocation. They range a lot. There’s a discussion of the old Italian Jewish community the came from…
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Lovely sonnet!
Last August’s Slavonic blog post looked at new literature from Ukraine. A year on, particularly with the centenary this month of the foundation of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, it feels appropriate to look at some of this summer’s most recent Ukrainian-language arrivals.
Links to iDiscover records: book on left — middle book — book on right
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Pierre Bonnard: Marthe
Beautiful palatte-wonderful paintings-thanks indeed.
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) lived with Marthe Bonnard (1869-1942) for almost fifty years. Their relationship spanned the great majority of his professional career, and is reflected in a high proportion of his paintings and drawings. Here is a small selection which may help you trace their relationship as well as his artistic development. As this consists of over thirty paintings (for which I make no apology), I will keep my comments to a minimum.
Pierre and Marthe met in Montmartre, Paris in 1893. Her real name was Maria Boursin, but she lived under the name of Marthe de Méligny. She claimed to be sixteen when they met, but if the year of her birth is correct, she would have been ten years older.
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Woman Pulling on her Stockings (1893), oil on board, 35.2 x 27 cm, Private collection. The Athenaeum.
Woman Pulling on her Stockings (1893), probably one…
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MARY SHELLEY raconte l’histoire de Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) – auteure de l’un des romans gothiques les plus célèbres au monde, Frankenstein – et de sa relation enflammée avec le célèbre poète romantique Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth). des étrangers limités par une société polie mais liés par une chimie naturelle et des idées progressistes qui dépassent les limites de leur âge et de leur époque. Mary et Percy déclarent leur amour l’un pour l’autre et beaucoup d’horreur pour sa famille. Ils se sont enfuis ensemble, rejoints par la demi-soeur de Mary, Claire (Bel Powley). Au milieu de tensions croissantes pendant leur séjour chez Lord Byron (Tom Sturridge ) Maison du lac Léman, l’idée de Frankenstein est conçue quand un défi est lancé à tous les invités de maison pour qu’ils écrivent une histoire de fantôme. Un personnage incroyable est créé, qui occupera une place importante dans la culture…
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