Muses (sacred poetry) is often seen with a pensive expression; Terpsichore (choral dance and song) is often seen dancing and carrying a lyre; Thalia (comedy) is often seen with a comic mask; and Urania (astronomy) carries a pair of compasses and the celestial globe. Greek "mousa" is a common noun as well as a type of goddess: it literally means "art" or "poetry". According to Pindar, to "carry a "mousa"" is "to excel in the arts". The word derives from the Indo-European root "men-", which is also the source of Greek "Mnemosyne" and "mania", English "mind", "mental" and "monitor", Sanskrit "mantra"
The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table on a crutch. It is unsigned and undated but known to have been completed c.1934. It is currently on display at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, on loan from the E. and A. Reynolds Morse collection. Around 1934, Dalí produced several other works inspired by "The Art of Painting": Dalí revered Vermeer, and also drew several times on his "The Lacemaker", for instance in "Paranoiac-Critical Study of Vermeer's Lacemaker". Dali also painted a copy of "The Lacemaker" on commission from collector Robert Lehman. "The Ghost of Vermeer" should also be seen in the context of his other