Paideia

Detail of Moonrise over the Sea (1822) by Caspar David Friedrich Yeah, I'm a Romantic at heart. Today we celebrate the birth dat...

Late Summer view of the Lily Pond at the Norton Simon Museum  It always amuses me that, whenever I take a vacation from the daily blo...

Detail from The Turkish Bath (1862) by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres On this date in 1782, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio w...

Detail from Avalance in the Alps (1803) by Philip James de Loutherbourg Even for those familiar with operatic repertoire, the name of ...

Promotional image for the Los Angeles Opera's 2005 production of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier featuring Adrianne Pieczonk...

Photograph of Johannes Brahms (1889) I've never been a big fan of the compositions of Johannes Brahms . Certainly, they're b...

Detail from the cover image of the Cure's album, Pornography (1982) Put on your black clothes, smudge on the thick make-up, and g...

Detail of Island of the Dead III (1883) by Arnold Bocklin  Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on April 1, 1873. I'm not the biggest ...

Schubertiade (1868) by Moritz von Schwind Franz Schubert is my favorite composer. He has influenced me more than any other creative g...

Detail of Nowhere (2011) by Esao Andrews  The forlorn realm of solitude, among decrepit wrecks and empty desolation, is where the lon...

Judith and Holofernes (1866) by Gustave Dore My approach to appreciating art, in all of its forms, is to look for a meaning, a narrati...

Detail of Monster of Frankenstein #1 cover art (1973) by Mike Ploog Published on January 1, 1818, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or...

Sketch of Fanny Mendelssohn by Wilhelm Hensel Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was the older sister of the famous Romantic composer, Felix Me...

A mix of marigolds from the Huntington Gardens  Kubla Kahn (Lines 1 to 11) (By Samuel Taylor Coleridge ) In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn ...

Detail of Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon (1830-35) by Caspar David Friedrich I always have a tough time listing my favorite anyt...

Morning (1821) by Caspar David Friedrich It's been a while since we celebrated the birth date of a composer of classical music. So,...

Time for another music homage. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky was born of this date in 1840. For me, among the great composers, Tchaikovsky is the...

Continuing our celebration of Chopin's music in an angsty, Romantic style. Euterpe weeps over her broken lyre.

Frédéric Chopin was born on March 1, 1810. Or maybe a week earlier. Chopin's Wikipedia Page When I discovered an interest in class...