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No one before Bernini had managed to make marble so carnal. In his nimble hands it would flatter and stream, quiver and sweat. His figures weep and shout, their torses twist and run, and arch themselves in spasms of intense sensation. He could, like an alchemist, change one material into another - marble into trees, leaves, hair, and, of course, flesh. - Simon Schama’s Power of Art. Bernini

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Ancient Roman statue perhaps of a muse dated to the early imperial period of the 1st century CE, combined with a head of the goddess Juno dated to the reign of Trajan or Hadrian (98-138 CE). The statue is just over 12 feet tall (3.797 meters). Marble. Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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ὃ δ᾽ ὄλβιος, ὅν τινα Μοῦσαι φίλωνται: γλυκερή οἱ ἀπὸ στόματος ῥέει αὐδή. - But he is blessed, whomever the Muses love: Sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Hesiod, Theogony, 96-7.

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Μνήμην ἁπάντων, μουσομήτορ’ ἐργάνην.

Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 461.

Memory —muse-mother, instrument of all things.

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519 Italian) • Head of an Angel - Detail

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Εἰ δὲ καὶ νὺξ γένηται, δύο βλέπω μόνους ἀστέρας, τὸν ἕσπερον καὶ σέ.

And if night comes, I only see two stars: the evening star and you. (Philostratus, Letters, 1. 10)

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Wilhelm von Schadow caritas

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Holger Danske

H.P. Pedersen-Dan, 1907 Kronborg castle, Denmark [Ogier the Dane (French: Ogier le Danois or archaically Ogier de Danemarche, Danish: Holger Danske)]

“In the catacombs [Kronborg Castle] you find one of the major Danish heroes - Holger Danske, or Ogier the Dane, mentioned in chapter 24 of "Legends Of Charlemagne” or “Romance Of The Middle Ages” by Thomas Bulfinch. The statue was created by H. P. Pedersen-Dan in 1907. According to the legend, he was a mercenary at the court of the Franco-Roman emperor Charles, or Charlemagne, in the 8th. century. The legend has it that he never lost a battle in his life. However, he got increasingly homesick, and finally decided to walk from the South of France and Emperor Charles’ court, back to Denmark - which he did.

Upon arrival at Kronborg (or what was there before 1420) he sat down and immediately fell asleep, and still sleeps today. According to the legend, if Denmark at some point in time should have its sovereignty threatened, Holger will once more awake and do battle for Denmark! The fact that he sits in what was the stables during the period when the garrison of Kronborg was operative apparently didn’t bother neither horses nor Holger Danske. On the lighter side, he’s not many meters away from the brewery that supplied the 8 liters (app. 2 gallons) of beer per day, each soldier was entitled to.“ Source