henry lot (1822 - 1878)
Henry (Hendrik) Lot was a Dutch animal and landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School.
Lot specialised in particular in the depiction of river and forest landscapes on the Lower Rhine, with occasionally identifiable city silhouettes in the distance.
Contemporary critics praised his ability to create images with the simplest means and an "unsought naturalness" in his works. Occasionally his painting was characterised as "in the manner of the old Dutch". From 1854 to 1860 he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten.
Henry (Hendrik) Lot was a Dutch animal and landscape painter of the Düsseldorf School.
Lot specialised in particular in the depiction of river and forest landscapes on the Lower Rhine, with occasionally identifiable city silhouettes in the distance.
Contemporary critics praised his ability to create images with the simplest means and an "unsought naturalness" in his works. Occasionally his painting was characterised as "in the manner of the old Dutch". From 1854 to 1860 he was a member of the Düsseldorf artists' association Malkasten.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known as Boethius (Latin: Boetius), was an Italian senator, consul, magister officiorum, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century.
William Shakespeare was a British poet and playwright and writer.
William's father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant and official in Stratford. There are reports that he was a sailor for a time before joining a theater company in London. Beginning in the 1590s, Shakespeare began writing plays, and in 1593 he published a poem, Venus and Adonis, which became popular. He dedicated it to the Duke of Southampton, who was a philanthropist and patron of talent, and soon his business was booming.
From 1592 to 1600 Shakespeare wrote his dramas and romantic comedies "Richard III", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant of Venice", as well as the comedies "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night" and the tragedy "Julius Caesar". The playwright's business was so successful that he even bought a large house in Stratford. In 1599, Shakespeare became one of the owners, playwright and actor of the new theater "Globe". In 1603 King James took Shakespeare's troupe under his direct patronage. In the mature period, the great playwright turned to tragedies, there were "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and others.
Although in the 19th century researchers had some doubts about the authorship of many of these works, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English playwright, one of the best playwrights in the world. His plays have been translated into all major languages and to this day form the basis of the world theatrical repertoire, most of them have been screened many times. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Shakespeare remains the world's best-selling playwright, and his plays and poems have sold more than 4 billion copies in the nearly 400 years since his death.
