transience of life
21Death poem — Jisei redirects here. For the 2010 visual novel, see Jisei (video game). General Akashi Gidayu preparing to commit seppuku after losing a battle for his master in 1582. He is depicted as having just written his death poem, which is also visible… …
22Fire and Rain — Infobox Single Name = Fire and Rain Cover size = Caption = Artist = James Taylor from Album = Sweet Baby James A side = B side = Anywhere Like Heaven Released = February 1970 Format = Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 3:20 Label = Warner Bros.… …
23St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn — Coordinates: 59°26′9.32″N 24°44′33.92″E / 59.4359222°N 24.7427556°E / 59.4359222; 24.7427556 …
24Pillow Book, The — (Makura no Sōshi) by Sei Shōnagon (ca. 1002) The Pillow Book is considered by contemporary scholars to be one of the two great literary monuments of the Japanese HEIAN PERIOD (the other being MURASAKI SHIKIBU’s TALE OF GENJI). SEI SHōNAGON …
25A Question of Upbringing — infobox Book | name = A Question of Upbringing title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Anthony Powell illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = A Dance to the Music of Time… …
26The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd — was written by Sir Walter Raleigh in response to Christopher Marlowe s The Passionate Shepherd to His Love . It could be considered a criticism, or at least a negative reaction to the original poem, as the nymph is in fact rejecting the shepherd… …
27Sukkah — A sukkah is a temporary dwelling that Jews use during the holiday of Sukkot.tructure According to Halakha, a sukkah is a structure consisting of a roof made of organic material which has been disconnected from the ground (the s chach ). A sukkah… …
28Zacharey Grey — (sometimes Zachary Grey) (May 6, 1688 1766) was an English priest, controversialist, and conservative spokesman for the Church of England. He was also an editor, commentator on William Shakespeare, and critic of dissenter historians.Grey was the… …
29Corpo d'aria — 1960. Corpo d aria ( Body of Air ; plural Corpi d aria ) is an artist’s multiple by the Italian artist Piero Manzoni. Manufactured between October 1959 and March 1960, the pieces comprise of a box, a tripod base, deflated balloon and a mouthpiec …
30Christus, Petrus — (c. 1410 1472/1473) Flemish painter who continued Jan van Eyck s style, which has prompted scholars to suggest that he was van Eyck s pupil. Petrus Christus is first documented in 1444, when he was granted citizenship in Bruges. In 1454, he… …
