http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumb...Vows,-1857.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Calderon
I didn't know that he was one of the Pre-Raphaelites at the start of his career. I got a half-price discount on a book about those painters courtesy of the female manager of a certain place of business. All that was wrong, was that the dust jacket was torn in two places. I thought that story would interest starrysky, who used to work in a similar establishment.
http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/op43.jpg
Dante Gabriele Rossetti 1857. Do you know this painting starrysky?
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumb...w-Arrivals.jpg
Inspection of the New Arrivals, John Frederick Lewis, 1850.
http://img1.liveinternet.ru/images/a...From_Daddy.jpg
Letter From Daddy, P.H. Calderon.
http://tha.pblogs.gr/files/109573-LedaSwan.jpg
This depicts a scene from the story of Leda and the Swan. The King of the Gods, Zeus, seduces Leda by adopting the form of a swan.
http://www.marcelproust.it/imagp/mor_leda.jpg
The artist responsible for this and the sculpture above is called Gustave Moreau.
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumb...opa,C.1590.jpg
http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/mono.../fotos/25g.jpg
1.Zeus also seduced Europa disguised as a bull, hence The Rape of Europa.
2. El Caballo Raptor by Goya.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...n_475408..html
This is a story about a whale who killed its female trainer.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3181944.shtml
And a story about a woman who was killed by her 'amorous' pet camel.
http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumb...pa,-C.1590.jpg
Birth rates in Europe may be declining for a variety of reasons...
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...dR_531x800.jpg
No Russian will fail to recognise the picture of Alexander Pushkin, the other two gents are Vincent Bellini and Giacchino Rossini, both well-known operatic composers.
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One of these men is the famous Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky, (no prizes for guessing which one).Attachment 422Attachment 421
