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Calliope’s Inspiration

By Johannes Vermeer - Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
By Johannes Vermeer – Unknown, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=160013
How to use Latin
A Priestess of Bacchus, by John William Godward (1890)
Now is the time to read
Antique Beauty by Stepan Bakalovich
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
The Zaparozhye Cossacks Writing a Mocking Letter to the Turkish Sultan *oil on canvas *358 × 203 cm *signed b.c.: И.Репин 1880-91
Books
The Librarian (c. 1570) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Reaching New Worlds
Miranda – The Tempest, by John William Waterhouse
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
The Sorceress (1913), by John William Waterhouse Jr
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Man Writing a Letter by Gabriël Metsu [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]
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By Marie Alexandre Valentin Sellier (19/20th century) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Concert of Birds, by Frans Snyders (Attr.) (1629-1657) [Public Domain]
Using Latin
Saint Cecilia (1895), by John William Waterhouse
Red Seas Under Red Skies Review
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Silo_(attr)_-_A_seascape_with_Tall_ships.jpg
The Lies of Locke Lamora Cover
Rewriting and asking for help
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse
Deus Ex Machina
Oedipus at Colonus (1788), by Jean-Antione-Theodore Giroust
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884)
Romeo and Juliet by Frank Dicksee (1884) from WikiMedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg
Unusual Latin terms in English Writing
The Tease (1901) by John William Godward
Ambush by Giovanni Battista Quadrone
By Giovanni Battista Quadrone – Il Giro del Mondo, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45676144
Stuck at Home
After the Dance (1876), by John William Waterhouse
Learning at Home
Drawing lesson *oil on panel *69 x 60,3 cm *signed b.l.: A. Van Strij
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The Ambassadors, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Patreon Launch
The Muses, Urania and Calliope, by Simon Vouet [Public Domain]
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Brief, by Adolf Eberle [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
after Hans Holbein the Younger, oil on panel, late 16th century (1533-1534)
heraldry
With Copper Plate Lowered (c. 1651), attributed to Bartholomeus van Bassen
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the sea of fog, by Caspar David Friedrich [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Valentine's Day
Pygmalion by Jean-Léon Gérôme [Public domain]
Time to Learn
Forbidden Books, By Alexander Mark Rossi (1897).
Books
Still life with a lighted candle (1627) by Pieter Claesz
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VanGogh-starry_night_ballance1.jpg
Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh [4512243112421514243341335331453324512253321125231545311314453234124245422]
Novel
Orpheus and Eurydice (1862) by Edward Poynter
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nymphs_finding_the_Head_of_Orpheus.jpg
Nymphs finding the head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse (1900) [Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]

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