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Luceafărul (poem)
''Luceafărul'' (originally spelled ''Luceafĕrul'' ; variously rendered as "The Morning Star", "The Evening Star", "The Vesper", "The Daystar", or "Lucifer") is a narrative poem by Romanian author Mihai Eminescu. It was first published in 1883, out of Vienna, by Romanian expatriates in Austria-Hungary. It is generally considered Eminescu's masterpiece, one of the greatest accomplishments in Romanian literature, and one of the last milestones in Europe's romantic poetry. One in a family or "constellation" of poems, it took Eminescu ten years to conceive, its final shape being partly edited by the philosopher Titu Maiorescu. During this creative process, Eminescu distilled Romanian folklore, Romantic themes, and various staples of Indo-European myth, arriving from a versified fairy tale to a mythopoeia, a self-reflection on his condition as a genius, and an illustration of his philosophy of love. The eponymous celestial being, also referred to as " Hyperion", is widely identified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octavian Smigelschi
Octavian or Octav Smigelschi (last name also Smigelski, Smighelschi, Szmigelszki, or Szmigelschi; hu, Szmigelszki Oktáv; 21 March 1866 – 10 November 1912) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian painter and printmaker, one of the leading Romanians, culturally Romanian artists in his native Transylvania. Of mixed Poles, Polish, Aromanians, Aromanian, and possibly Ruthenians, Ruthenian, background, he identified mainly with the Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic, Romanian-speaking Greek-Catholics, although some of his most important work was also done for the rival Romanian Orthodox Church. Smigelschi studied under Bertalan Székely at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Drawing School and Art Teachers' College in Budapest, becoming familiar with the Historicism (art), historicist trend in contemporary Hungarian art. While working on and off at high schools in Upper Hungary and Transylvania, he experimented with borrowings from ancient Romanian handicrafts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
