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Octave Tassaert
Nicolas François Octave Tassaert (Paris, 26 July 1800 – Paris, 24 April 1874)Bernard Prost, ''Octave Tassaert, Notice sur sa vie et catalogue de son oeuvre'' Paris, L. Baschet, 1886 was a French painter of portraits and genre, religious, historical and allegorical paintings, as well as a lithographer and engraver. His genre pieces evoked the miserable life of the downtrodden in Paris and included a number of scenes of suicide. He further created sensuous images of women and erotic scenes. He was later in life active as a writer and poet. He was the grandson of the Flemish sculptor Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octave Tassaert - Self-portrait Holding A Brush And Palette
In music, an octave ( la, octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the Pythagorean interval, diapason) is the interval (music), interval between one musical Pitch (music), pitch and another with double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music," the use of which is "common in most musical systems." The interval between the first and second harmonics of the Harmonic series (music), harmonic series is an octave. In Western Musical notation, music notation, notes separated by an octave (or multiple octaves) have the same Musical note#Written notes, name and are of the same pitch class. To emphasize that it is one of the interval (music)#Perfect, perfect intervals (including unison, perfect fourth, and perfect fifth), the octave is designated P8. Other Interval quality, interval qualities are also possible, though rare. The octave above or below an indicated musical note, note is sometimes abb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
