Louvre: Memling – The Virgin and Child between St James and St Dominic

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Richelieu wing – 2nd floor – Netherlands, 15th century – Room 5 “If Bruges,” writes M. de Wyzewa, “has attracted all the pilgrims of art for a century, if it appears to them as a kind of Assisi or Siena Flamande, perhaps it … Read More

Philosophy of language

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(Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez (1657) “But the relationship between language and painting is an infinite relationship … They are irreducible to each other: we can say what we see, what we see never lodges in what we say, and … Read More

Louvre: Mantegna – Parnassus

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Denon wing – 1st floor – Grand Gallery – Room 5 The scene represents a landscape of Olympus. On a high mound forming an arcade, Mars and Venus stand in front of a brightly draped bench sheltered by a screen … Read More

The adventures of a red ant: The architecture – The corrosive rain

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But it’s time, I think, to talk a little about myself. I am tall, I am strong, I am brave, I am beautiful! My limbs, elegantly and firmly attached, have the firmness of steel, of which they borrow the golden … Read More

Philosophy of information

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Philosophy of information is a new field of research that explores the conceptual issues at the intersection of computational science, information technology, and philosophy. This is the philosophical domain concerned by: critical study of the conceptual nature and basic principles … Read More

Louvre: Largilliere – Family Portrait

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Sully wing – 2nd floor – Watteau – Room 36 Largilliere has arranged his painting, conventionally, in a rural setting, without even worrying about the improbability of showing his wife and daughter, dressed in their finery and adorned more for … Read More

Louvre paintings: Italian school

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Italian School (Death of the Virgin, painting by Caravaggio) Italian painting is abundantly in painting at Louvre Museum, being represented, with around 1100 works, 600 of which are permanently exhibited. Among these are many masterpieces by the greatest painters, including … Read More

Philosophy of mind

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(Drawing (1894) describing the concept of phrenology by Friedrich Eduard Bilz (1842-1922) published in Das neue Naturheilverfahren (“The New Treatment with Naturopathy”) in an edition drawn for the 75th anniversary of this concept.) The philosophy of mind is the philosophical … Read More

Web technologies

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Web technologies are a set of technologies that make up and use of the World Wide Web (generally abbreviated Web) and its standards. The web was created in 1990 as an information sharing application and has become a platform in … Read More

The spirit of the sales

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A sale is an agreement by which the seller undertakes to deliver a good or service, and the buyer to pay it. In other words, a sale is the transaction by which a property or right held by a seller … Read More

Louvre: Leopold Robert – The Pilgrimage to the Madonna of the Arch

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This work is not currently visible in the rooms of the Museum In the prestigious frame of the Bay of Naples and following the shores of the Gulf, a joyous caravan returns from the legendary pilgrimage to the Madonna of … Read More

Buddhism

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(A statue of the Buddha in Vietnam) Buddhism is, according to the Western point of view, a religion (including a state religion) or a philosophy, or both, whose origins go back to India in the fifth century BC after the … Read More

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