The Wild Hunt, 1890.
My favourite among the works of the remarkable Bavarian artist Franz von Stuck, incidentally one of Kandinsky's teachers at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.
The elongated horizontal canvas, the arrangement of the figures and the dark colours make the picture resemble cave art. Mystery, tragedy, enchantment, fate and beauty
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
