The half-naked woman in rags, armed with a club, is in fact the Duchesse de Chaulnes as Hercules. It must be said that Jean-Marc Nattier, a painter well known among the aristocracy, made a better job of his portraits of Peter I and Catherine I
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
