Thread: Philip Hermogenes Calderon

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.

Dante Gabriele Rossetti 1857. Do you know this painting starrysky?

Inspection of the New Arrivals, John Frederick Lewis, 1850.

Letter From Daddy, P.H. Calderon.

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.

The artist responsible for this and the sculpture above is called Gustave Moreau.

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.

Birth rates in Europe may be declining for a variety of reasons...

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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).200408280013_19824.jpg170px-Igor_Stravinsky_Essays.jpg