Forgotten until revived in 2005, his paintings now fetch millions. Hauntingly empty, almost monochrome, and often with his wife facing away from the viewer.
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Giorgione’s Tempest, Cuyp’s Thunderstorm over Dordrecht, Delacroix, a prairie on fire, and viewing lightning safely indoors.
Jupiter’s bundle of thunderbolts that have survived into computer technology, lightning in great floods, in the destruction of Tyre, and the three witches in Macbeth.
The Greek fleet is stuck in the port of Aulis due to strong winds and heavy seas. A seer tells Agamemnon the only solution is to sacrifice his daughter to Diana.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 294. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cool […]
Mud during the Franco-Prussian War, in Nordic countryside, and enveloping everything including the dead during the First World War.
How the rich paid to walk on planks to cross muddy streets, and hussars helped ladies over mud ruts, children at play, roads in London and Leeds, and a cheeky ploughboy.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Cool colour […]
Iron and steel mills and foundries, a printing shop, a lead mine still employing children, and spinners – all relentlessly demanding, without lighter work.
From those run and staffed by religious orders around 1600 to the 19th century’s revolution in nursing, and dazzlingly white interiors with radiators.
The Eclectic Light Company 