6 letters found
- 627 To John Peter Russell. Arles, on or about Sunday, 17 June 1888.
- in note 1:
Like several other medieval writers, Giovanni Boccaccio, who had spent time in Avignon in 1354 and 13...
- in translation:
... you and going to say something about Arles as it is — and as it was in the old days of Boccaccio.
- 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.
- in note 3:
...on what Cochin said of him in his article on Boccaccio (‘Boccace d’après ses oeuvres et les té...
- 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.
- in note 15:
...3 (see also letter 665, n. 12). It discusses Boccaccio’s friendship with Francesco Petrarch at len...
- in note 12:
An allusion to Boccaccio’s sensual nature, which Van Gogh had read about in the article ‘Boccace ...
- in translation:
...cisely that which gives a je ne sais quoi of Boccaccio to the place. That side of the garden is also...
...me ago I read an article on Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giotto, Botticelli; my God, what an impressi...
Giotto is extraordinary, anyway, and I feel him more than the poets: Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio.
- 689 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 26 September 1888.
- in translation:
...gine the Renaissance poets, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, strolling among these bushes on the flowery ...
- 695 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Wednesday, 3 October 1888.
- in note 9:
...nt familiar with Henry Cochin’s article on Boccaccio (‘Boccace d’après ses oeuvres et les té...
- in note 12:
...s referring to the poets Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio and the painters Giotto and Botticelli, whom ...
- in translation:
...self Botticelli, Giotto, Petrarch, Dante and Boccaccio. In the decoration I’ve tried to tease out ...
- 853 To Albert Aurier. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 9 or Monday, 10 February 1890.
- in note 9:
Van Gogh could have derived his ideas about Boccaccio’s temperament from the article ‘Boccace dâ€...
- in note 5:
...comparison with Watteau and the reference to Boccaccio indicate that Van Gogh is referring to the se...
- in translation:
...ctly that of the author of the Decameron – Boccaccio – a melancholy man, an unhappy, rather resi...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Italian writer
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