The Lovers’ Chronicle 13 October – play a tune – art by Mariotto Albertinelli & Allan Ramsay

13 October 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is today’s Lovers’ Chronicle from Mac Tag dedicated to his muse. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

movin’ through the moments

since we were brought together

the vision becomin’ clearer

for here, as nowhere else,

seein’ the journey for what

it was, the entire picture,

sit closer, can you see

throw the light of mornin’

on the forgotten longin’

let us believe once again

somewhere i have not been

beyond anything i have seen,

your eyes have their way

your gestures enclose me,

whether near or from afar

your slightest look, easily

will unclose me though i have

closed myself as fingers in a fist

touchin’, if it be our wish

to open beautifully

sortin’ through the moments
makin’ amends for wasted verse
some voices remain elusive
a murmur beneath the surface

for here, as nowhere else,
brought together at the end
seein’ the greetin’s and farewells
the entire vision of as is

throw the light of mornin’
on the forgotten longin’

play a tune of unbroken spirit
hear the voices awaken
the forgotten longin’,

play a tune of once again
of remembered touch,
not from faded dreams,
nor ghosts of regrets

play a tune
of what could be

movin’ through the moments
makin’ amends for wasted time
but the voices remain elusive
a murmur below the immense sky

for here, as nowhere else,
brought together at the end
of the journey
seein’ the greetin’s and farewells
the entire picture of destiny

throw the light of mornin’
on the forgotten longin’
let us see Venice
on an average evenin’

play us a tune of unbroken spirit
hear the sound of the voices waken
the forgotten longin’, let us hear
the sounds again unchanged by time

play us a tune of an unbroken spirit,
not echoes of forgotten time,
not from old broken strings,
nor ghosts of faded dreams

Today is the birthday of Mariotto Albertinelli, in full Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli (Florence; 13 October 1474 – 5 November 1515); High Renaissance painter of the Florentine school. He was a close friend and collaborator of Fra Bartolomeo and their joint works appear as if they have been painted by one hand.

Gallery

Visitazione Uffizi

Madonna and Child with Saints

Creation and Fall of Man

Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay, self-portrait, c.1737–9 (National Portrait Gallery)

Today is the birthday of Allan Ramsay (Edinburgh; 13 October 1713 – 10 August 1784 Dover, Kent, England) portrait-painter.

In 1739 he married his first wife, Anne Bayne. Anne died on 4 February 1743.

One of his drawing pupils was Margaret Lindsay. He later eloped with her and on 1 March 1752 they married in the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh; her father never forgave her for marrying an artist. Ramsay and his new wife spent 1754–1757 together in Italy, going to Rome, Florence, Naples and Tivoli, researching, painting and drawing old masters, antiquities and archaeological sites.