Ronsard
Americannoun
noun
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Settings of Ronsard by de Monte and Bertrand exuded subtle sophistication, and I know of no other ensemble I would rather hear sing Palestrina.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2017
The shelves are finished with crown moldings, atop which perch small white busts, all of which were specially chosen: George Washington, Lafayette, Pierre de Ronsard, Benjamin Franklin, Diderot, Voltaire, Leibniz, Tocqueville, Descartes, Molière, and Balzac.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2014
The novel's theme is the one Yeats borrowed from Ronsard: "When you are old and grey and full of sleep" – the old woman treasuring the memories of the young poet who loved her in her beauty.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010
A patroness of the arts, she was the muse of Jean Goujon, whose finest statue is a portrait of Diane as Diana, and of Ronsard, who wrote for her some of his best-loved lines.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this, as has been seen, Ronsard is a true exponent of the doctrines of the new school.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
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