Thomas Hart Benton – American artist, was born in Neosho, Missouri. He is the grand-nephew of Senator Thomas Hart Benton, the son of congressman patron E. Benton. In 1906, 1907 in his biography Benton attended the Institute of Art of Chicago. At the age of 19, Thomas moved to Paris, where he stayed for five … Read more
Sriharsha Adventures of the Nishadchy Epic poem translating the legend of Nahl and Damayanti from the “Mahabharata” In the middle of India in the mountains of Vindhya is the country of Nishadha, and its ruler was the noble and magnanimous king of Nala. Not far from Nishadha was another country, Vidarbha, and there the daughter … Read more
Bunin – a great Russian writer of the XIX – XX centuries. His works have always been restrained and rhythmic. In the poem Bunin always affirms not the importance of events, but their philosophical meaning, a theme inspired by life itself. The poem “Youth” was written by Bunin in 1916. This poem is a description … Read more
P. Calderon Salamei alcalde In the village of Salameya enters the regiment of soldiers under the leadership of the captain. They are very exhausted by a long, exhausting transition and dream of rest. This time their happiness is smiling: instead of a short halt, they are expected for several days of quiet life – the … Read more
The poem is written in honor of King Sebastian. The author begins with a description of the expedition headed by Vasco da Gama. During her time, Vasco paved the sea route to India. Team Luza sails from their native lands. Then it was believed that the Romans called Portugal Lusitania in honor of some Luza. … Read more
Everybody knows the famous Ukrainian proverb “Bread is everything to the head”. It contains the age-old wisdom of the Ukrainian people, who throughout the development paid much attention to bread. If there is bread, there will be peace, there will be a happy healthy life for the people of our country. Since ancient times, in … Read more
The young man Pamphil was very partial to the Bacchides. But under the pressure of his parents, reluctantly, he married a neighbor – a respectable Filumen. She loves her young husband. But the heart of that, probably, still belongs to the heterere… An unforeseen event: at death a close relative, and Lachet, the father of … Read more
John von Neumann is rightfully considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Childhood John von Neumann was born in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, on December 28, 1903. He was the eldest son of his parents – Max Neumann and Margaret Kahn. From the earliest age of Neiman, the nature of numbers and … Read more
Among the many diverse legends we learn from the poem of the ancient Roman poet Ovid “Metamorphosis” and a beautiful but tragic myth about the greatest Athenian artist, sculptor and architect Daedalus. The fate of this man was not easy. Despite his talents, his compatriots sentenced him to death for having committed a murder. The … Read more
The affairs of Count Anselmo Terraciani more or less recovered when he, neglecting a class pride, married his only son Giacinto in Doradice, the daughter of the rich Venetian merchant Pantalone dei Bisogniosi, who gave her twenty thousand dowry scanties. This amount could form the basis of the welfare of the count’s house, when its … Read more