O Xadrez

«Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make people happy.»

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Siegbert Tarrasch.

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Lewis chesspieces (1150-1200, British Museum - Link)

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Sofonisba Anguissola, Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess (1555 - Link)

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Cornelis de Man, The Chess Players (c. 1670, Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest - Link) -

Moore (?), Jogando Xadrez (Museu de Lamego - Link)

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Arnauts Playing Chess (1859, Wallace Collection, London - Link)

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Thomas Eakins, The Chess Player (1876, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Link)

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«While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.»

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Marcel Duchamp.

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Marcel Duchamp, Chess Game (1910, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia - Link)

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Paul Klee, The great chess game (1937, Kunsthaus, Zurich - Link)

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Paul Wunderlich, A Game of Chess (Link)

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Rosa Ramalho, Bispo preto (séc. XX, Museu Nacional de Etnologia - Link)

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Links interessantes sobre o tema:

• «Chess in Paintings», 10/1/2011, http://www.alinalami.com/2011/01/chess-in-paintings.html
• «Chess in the Arts», http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_in_the_arts
• «Marcel Duchamp: Chess Master», http://www.slu.edu/x29638.xml