Pentheus pours scorn on the cult of the new god Bacchus, son of Semele. When interrupts revels, he is torn apart by his own mother and aunts, as foretold by Tiresias.
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I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 250. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Roman […]
Concluded with paintings from Willard Metcalf, Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Nikolai Astrup, Paul Nash and others.
This is the time to get out and admire the blossom on the trees, with the aid of Samuel Palmer, Millais, Millet, Sisley, and above all Vincent van Gogh.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Roman CCL […]
First in a new series to celebrate the bicentenary of one of the major French painters of the second half of the 19th century. Early career as a Neo-Greek.
Associated with the countryside of northern Europe, hedges are the product of enclosures made in the 18th century.
After training in Copenhagen, he joined Friedrich in Dresden in 1818, and together they dominated German Romantic painting.
The humble garden snail, seldom painted with associated with death and Vanitas, evil, whiling time away, and the sensation of touch.
Linked stories of Tiresias, the trans-gender soothsayer, Narcissus who fell in love with himself, and Echo who could only repeat what others said.
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