Orazio Riminaldi, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 17th century
The intimacy between the angel and Abraham.
Oedipus solving the riddle of the Theban Sphinx
Oxford Ashmolean Museum - Amphora (5th cent BCE) - Sphinx-Buch
Claude Monet, Vétheuil in Winter, c. 1878-79. Oil on canvas, 68.58 × 89.85 cm (27 × 35.4 in). Frick Collection, New York.
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Nadezhda Illarionova
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“Lovers” “ Herodias’ Revenge (1496) ” by Juan de Flandes
Herodias was Salome’s Mother
This painting is a wonderful representation of the wonderful Expression: “Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold.”
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Antonio Tempesta
Italian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy)
Aesculapius as a Serpent, among the Romans, 1606Series: Illustrations to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
Etching
10.5 x 12 cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
B. 786
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum,
Why are the Romans depicted in oriental costumes?
The International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that global crude prices could rise as much as 30 percent if Iran halts oil exports as a result of U.S. and European Union sanctions.
If Iran halts exports to countries without offsets from other sources it would likely trigger an “initial” oil price jump of 20 to 30 percent, or about $20 to $30 a barrel, the IMF said in its first public comment on a possible Iranian oil supply disruption.
The IMF highlighted the risks of rising tensions over Iran sanctions in a note on Wednesday sent to deputies from G20 countries who met in Mexico City last week.
The price impact caused by a cut in Iranian exports could be exacerbated by below average oil stocks in many countries, the result of tight oil market conditions through much of last year, the IMF said.
The fund’s comments add pressure to the Obama administration as it struggles to find a way to get countries to reduce shipments of Iranian oil without pushing prices higher ahead of the November U.S. presidential election.
President Barack Obama is tightening sanctions on Iran in a move aimed to deprive its nuclear program of funds and technology. Western governments believe Iran is trying to build nuclear arms, a charge Tehran denies. The EU has slapped a ban on Iranian oil to take effect in six months …
Financial sanctions against Tehran may be “tantamount to an oil embargo” and would imply supply declines of about 1.5 million barrels per day from the world’s fifth-largest oil producer, the IMF said …
The IMF’s concerns about a large Iran-related oil supply shock or an actual disruption has risen in recent weeks as powers in the West increase pressure on Tehran. Its view is based on data that shows limited inventory and spare capacity, and projections that oil demand will not slow despite falling growth in advanced and emerging economies.
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Lewis Carroll was also a keen photographer and produced quality portraits of many prominent persons in his day. He is, however, chiefly remembered for his photos of young girls, which to some indicate a less than savoury interest in young children on Carroll’s part.
Other scholars contend that these images are typical of the Victorian cult of childhood and innocence…
Carroll’s favorite subject was young Alice who also inspired the Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass tales…
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”
Above: Alice Liddell by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), spring 1860 - wet collodion glass plate negative (NPG, London)
