When Pompeii was buried by debris from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, many fine Roman paintings were preserved. Here’s a selection.
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Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Energy unit […]
Mountain paintings by JMW Turner, John Ruskin, John Brett, and Georg Janny.
Best-known for his watercolours of Venice, he was a Post-Impressionist, and an early promoter of the art of Cézanne and Matisse in the US.
An early Rembrandt, chiaroscuro lighting, one of Adam Elsheimer’s oil on copper paintings, above Frederick the Great, and adorning Goya’s painting hat.
Candles in Candlemas, as votives, at pardons and funerals, and snuffed out as part of excommunication. Used in sorcery, allegory, and Vanitas.
An article published in The Mac 30 years ago to celebrate the Mac’s tenth birthday, with a glance back at the realities, and some predictions of the future in 2004.
Jupiter wants Io, but after raping her turns her into a cow for safe-keeping. Juno suspects, though, and puts the cow under the watchful hundred eyes of Argus.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 240. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Before […]
She tricks the daughters of King Pelias to murder him, then flees to Corinth, where Jason abandons her. She murders his bride with a poisoned wedding dress, then kills her two children. After that, she tries to kill the young Theseus.
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