Zusha of Hanipol

Zusha of Hanipol

Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Hanipol or Meshulum Zusil of Anipoli (1718–1800), Reb Zusha (also spelled Zusya), Reb Zushe, The Rebbe Reb Zusha was an early Hasidic luminary and well-known tzaddik. He was one of the great Hasidic Rebbes of the third generation and member of the academy circle of the Maggid of Mezeritch.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Zusha of Hanipol

@ In the coming world they will not ask me—Why were you not Moses? They will ask me—Why were you not Zusya? [Quoted by Martin Buber in Tales of the Hassidim: The Early Masters, Shocken Books 1968, p. 141][2]

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Book by Rabbi Zoussia of Anapoli, "Menorat Zahav" (Candelabra of Gold). Edition from 1902

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zusha_of_Hanipol

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zusha_of_Hanipol

Bernard Baars (1946- )

Bernard Baars (1946- )

Bernard J. Baars (born 1946, in Amsterdam) is a former Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, CA., and is currently an Affiliated Fellow there.[1]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Baars

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Leonardo da Vinci

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This portrait attributed to Francesco Melzi, c. 1515–1518, is the only certain contemporary depiction of Leonardo.

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)

Thomas Lawrence

Sir Thomas Lawrence(13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Thomas Lawrence

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Margaret, Countess of Blessington, 1822

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lawrence

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)

John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by John William Waterhouse

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Waterhouse, c. 1886

 

 

 

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1870s

 

 

Undine, 1872

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe artʃimˈbɔldo]; 5 April 1527 – 11 July 1593), was an Italian Renaissance painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), Rudolf II of Habsurg as Vertumnus, 1591, oil on panel, 70 x 58 cm, Skokloster Castle

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo

René Descartes (1596-1650)

René Descartes

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by René Descartes

Existence

¶ I think, therefore I am.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes

John Smibert (1688-1751)

John Smibert

John Smibert (rarely spelled Smybert; /ˈsmaɪbət/; 24 March 1688 – 2 April 1751) was a Scottish-born painter, regarded as the first academically trained artist to live and work regularly in British America.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by John Smibert

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Self-portrait of Smibert, present as part of The Bermuda Group, c. 1729–1731, Yale University Art Gallery

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smibert

Willem Roelofs (1822-1897)

Willem Roelofs

Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Willem Roelofs[2]

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Willem Roelofs by Jozef Israëls, 1892

 

 

 

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W. Roelofs, River landscape, 1842, oil on wooden panel, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

W. Roelofs, The Rainbow, 1875, oil on canvas, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Roelofs

[2] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willem_Roelofs

Edvard Eriksen (1876-1959)

Edvard Eriksen

Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.[1]

Eriksen's most famous work is the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue)[2].

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A copy of The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue) by Edvard Eriksen, Seoul, Korea

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Eriksen

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(statue)