There are, incidentally, two quite different pictures by Poussin, an early and a late, responding to the motto. Richard Read. >I believe Poussin's painting is called_Les Bergers d'Arcadia_ and the motto >used by Nicolas was Et ego in Arcadia (I, too, have lived in Arcadia). > >The motto, however, was first used by Bartholomew Schidoni (1560-1616): I, >too, was born in Arcadia, and was adopted by Goethe for his travels in >Italy in 1816. > >Arcadia was idealized by Virgil in his _Ecologues_ and in the pastoral >works of the Renaissance by Sidney's _Arcadia_. And for some reason I keep >thinking it was used in the poetry of Shelley or Keats (?), but I could be >wrong. > >cheers, > >Jim > >At 07:13 PM 99-01-22 -0500, Michael Kicey replied to Bill Freind's lament: > >>Well, there's a painting by Poussin called _Et in Arcadia ego_ that shows >>two rather studly neoclassical-looking chaps gazing at a tombstone. >>Obviously, as you probably already know, an allegory of the omnipresence >>of death. I used to have a book with that painting in it, but alas it is >>not to be found. >> >>Hope that helps, or at least verifies what you already probably know. >> >>Cheers to all and sundry, >>Michael Kicey >> >>On 22.01.1999 6:23 PM, W. Freind at [log in to unmask] lamented: >> >>>Can someone point me to the source of "Et in Arcadia ego?" I keep thinking >>>Vergil, but can't find it. >>> >>>Yes, I know I should know that. >>> >>>Bill Freind >> >> >>______________________________________________________________________ >> >>Desire is at once the most reluctant student >>and the most demanding teacher. >>______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Michael Kicey - Last of the Famous International Playboys >> >> [log in to unmask] 717/399.6281 >> [log in to unmask] >> acad.fandm.edu/~M_Kicey/ 210 Meyran Hall >>______________________________________________________________________ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Richard Read Email [log in to unmask] Senior Lecturer School of Architecture and Fine Arts The University of Western Australia Nedlands WA 6009 Tel +61 8 9380 2140 Australia Fax 8 9380 1082