The curious legendary origin of a now vanished temple to Aesculapius on Tiber Island in Rome, shown in paintings and engravings.
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God of medicine and the healing arts, he has several unusual myths and features, including a strange relationship with a snake when he was a child.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 82. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A4, […]
In 1885, it was Monet’s first test of his new method of painting the same motif in different light, weather and seasons. He later used this for his Grainstacks and Rouen Cathedral series.
Between Le Havre and FĂ©camp on the north coast of France is a spectacular chalk cliff. Here’s the story and its paintings prior to its fame.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: A4, LP, […]
Erotic prints, maritime history, gripping stories of the Arctic, a ‘problem picture’, and landscapes – a very eclectic artist indeed.
He went on two expeditions: one to Spitzbergen in 1839, the second to Brazil in the late 1850s. But which of his paintings are real, and which imagined?
Prince Arthur rescues Belge from a tyrannical giant with three bodies, and Artegall completes his quest by killing the giant who had been oppressing Irena.
Finance by the spoils of the Temple of Jerusalem, a place of suffering and death, and for oppression of Christians. Success out of excess.
The Eclectic Light Company 