Ridden by Napoleon, crossing Australian desert, walking on the beach at Aqaba, on the streets of Tbilisi, in North Africa and Arabia.
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In Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, animals charmed by Orpheus, the story of Rebecca and Eliezer, and accompanying the three Magi to the Nativity.
Fathered by King Aegeus and Poseidon, after revealing sandals and a sword, Medea tried to poison him with aconite to stop him knowing his father.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 269. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Palmtop […]
Princess, sorceress, seductress, wife, mother, and vengeful filicide – which is the true face of Medea, and why shouldn’t you try to paint her?
A woman who became pregnant as a result of incest, whose only portrait is in the Vatican Museums, and another whose husband was first to be killed in the war against Troy, whose painting is near Nelson’s dockyard.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Palmtop with […]
An introduction to a new series tracing the history of the countryside in fine paintings. Explains why some English country lanes have so many twisting bends.
Aesculapius, Psyche, the Esquiline Venus, views in Roman villas, Queen Sheba visiting King Solomon, storm nymphs, and a lascivious dance.
The horse in chivalry, carrying Mazeppa or Haidamak insurgent, in the circus, racing riderless through Rome, and in Vernet’s studio.
The Eclectic Light Company 