Poet and Muse diptych of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candidates: Ausonius, Boethius, and Claudian, and even earlier figures, like Ennius and Seneca, with whom the donor wished to be associated The muse represented is Erato, muse of lyric poetry, with her usual attribute, the cithara, which she rests upon an ornately fluted column. The poet on the facing panel is seated, roused from his contemplation by the inspiring presence
Muse (Jolin Tsai album) Muse (Jolin Tsai album) Muse is the twelfth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on 12 September 2012, by Warner Music Taiwan. The artistically-flavored album actually brought back all the sales that were lost in Tsai's last studio album, "Myself" (2010). Referred to as a "pop masterpiece", the album houses many tracks that are influenced by the elements of art, poetry, and dance. Critical and commercial response to the album was positive, it has sold more than 100,000 copies sold in Taiwan alone, and became the best-selling album by a female artist of the year in