The Roman poet whose poetic account of myths found a place in almost every workshop or studio in Europe between 1500-1850.
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Passes of St Gothard, Chalus in N Iran, the Pyrenees, the Vikos Gorge, the Daryal Gorge in the Caucasus, the Simplon and others.
Fish markets from Turner, Zorn, Pradilla, Sorolla, and further afield with Alberto Pasini and Théo van Rysselberghe.
Waterfalls in mountains are spectacular, and difficult to access. Examples include the falls where Sherlock Holmes fought with Moriarty.
The abduction of Proserpine, Acis and Galatea, Scylla and Glaucus, the Battle of Himera, and the funeral of Timoleon, and great Greek general.
The Grand Tour traditionally took young gentry through the Alps, where they could buy paintings of its sublime peaks.
Summary of each episode in this 26-part series covering the Epic Cycle of Troy, from Zeus deciding to reduce the weight of people on the earth, to the death of Odysseus.
A diversion to see the Cumaean Sibyl at Lake Avernus and visit the Underworld produced some of the finest narrative landscapes.
Driven by storms to the coast of North Africa, Aeneas and Dido fall in love, but he can’t stay and must move on in search of his destiny.
Rough seas on the Bell Rock with Turner, the Eddystone by Vilhelm Melbye, John Brett’s Longships and more.
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