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Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 – February 22, 1978) was an American author of children's books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961.
The portrait, as a literary genre, is a written description or analysis of a person or thing. A written portrait often gives deep insight, and offers an analysis that goes far beyond the superficial. It is considered a parallel to pictorial portraiture. The imitation of painting is apparent in the name of the genre itself, which is a painting term.
Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk, a c. 1510 chalk drawing by Leonardo da Vinci; Portrait of a Man in a Top Hat, an 1882 graphite drawing by Vincent van Gogh; Portrait of a Man in a Yellowish-Gray Jacket, a 1633 painting by Frans Hals; Portrait of a Man, probably a Member of the Van Beresteyn Family, a 1632 painting by Rembrandt
The Portrait of a Man is an early work by the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael, executed c. 1500–1504. It has previously been attributed to Hans Holbein and Perugino . It is now in the Galleria Borghese , in Rome.
Portrait of a Man once belonged to Count Johann Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Wallmoden-Gimborn, the illegitimate son of George II of Great Britain.The painting was subsequently owned by Joseph Duveen, who sold it to Jules Bache in 1926 for $1.125 million, with the understanding that it was a genuine Velázquez. [1]
Years later, Ashbery developed mixed feelings about the title poem of Self-Portrait, finding it to be too much like an essay and too remote in style from the rest of his body of work. [72] In March 2005, the Academy of American Poets included it in a list of 31 "Groundbreaking Books" of American poetry.
Portrait of a Man (Baldung) Portrait of a Man (Frans Hals, Frick) Portrait of a Man (Parmigianino) Portrait of a Man with a Glove; Portrait of a Man Holding Gloves; Man in a Hammock; Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat; Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit; Man on a Balcony; Man with a Beer Jug; Man with a Glove; A Man with a Quilted Sleeve; Portrait of ...
The Spirit of the Age (full title The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits) is a collection of character sketches by the early 19th century English essayist, literary critic, and social commentator William Hazlitt, portraying 25 men, mostly British, whom he believed to represent significant trends in the thought, literature, and politics of his time.