Project Gutenberg 2022-11-26 Public domain in the USA. 196 Almeida Garrett, João Batista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Visconde de 1799 1854 Garret, Almeida Garrett, João Batista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, Visconde de Almeida Garrett, Almeida O retrato de Venus e estudos de historia litterária $aPortugal :$bErnesto Chardron,$c1884. Rita Farinha and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal).) "O Retrato de Venus e Estudos de História Litterária" by Almeida Garrett is a poetic work likely written in the late 19th century. The book explores themes of love and beauty through its eponymous character, Venus, and presents reflections on the nature of artistic creation as well as critiques of literature and painting from various historical contexts. At the start of the work, Garrett provides a prefatory note confessing his reluctance to offer justifications for his writing, declaring that the quality of the work should speak for itself. Here, he introduces the poem's first canto, invoking Nature as the essence of existence and beauty. The canto describes the enchanting attributes of Venus and the tumultuous influences of love, setting a lyrical tone as the narrative contemplates the interplay between divine beauty and human experience. Through rich imagery and classical references, the opening immerses readers in a vibrant exploration of creative passion and artistic endeavor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20050314061354garrett 1884 PT Reading ease score: 50.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. pt Painting -- History Portuguese poetry -- History and criticism PQ Text Category: Poetry 290478 2025-07-27T11:36:45.127291 text/html 266800 2024-10-19T02:10:44 text/html 372980 2025-07-27T11:36:55.326202 application/epub+zip 369159 2025-07-27T11:36:48.187264 application/epub+zip 259009 2025-07-27T11:36:46.566263 application/epub+zip 704260 2025-07-27T11:36:59.243699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 666691 2025-07-27T11:36:53.556284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244418 2025-07-27T11:36:44.412288 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224250 2024-10-19T02:10:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15972 2025-07-27T11:36:59.402675 application/rdf+xml 15994 2025-07-27T11:36:46.944227 image/jpeg 2555 2025-07-27T11:36:46.722267 image/jpeg 484961 2025-07-27T11:36:45.162240 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia pt.wikipedia