History, Art and Nature
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Just a lover of History, Art and Nature 🙂 Learning to appreciate beautiful things.
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Joined August 2025
And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight’
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On the third day after the Crucifixion two of Jesus’s disciples were walking to Emmaus when they met the resurrected Christ. They failed to recognise him, but that evening at supper he ‘... took bread, and blessed it, and broke and gave it to them.
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The Supper at Emmaus. By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Painted in 1601. #Art #History #Europe #paintings #Christianity
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Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portray a tragedy of love and betrayal. Painted around 1609-10. #art #History #Europe #paintings
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To the right, the executioner stands waiting. Using a shallow stage-like space, theatrical lighting and life-size figures, Delaroche plays up the spectacle of the innocent young victim on the brink of martyrdom, compelling us to react to the scene before us.
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She is being guided towards it by Sir John Brydges, Lieutenant of the Tower. Her outer clothing has already been removed and is gathered in the lap of a lady-in-waiting, who has slumped to the ground. Behind her, a second lady-in-waiting stands facing the wall, unable to watch.
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Tried for treason, the 17-year-old Lady Jane was beheaded at Tower Green on 12 February 1554. Delaroche shows the final moments of the blindfolded Lady Jane as she pleads, ‘What shall I do? Where is the block?’
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Lady Jane Grey reigned for just nine days as Queen of England following the death of Edward VI in 1553: she was deposed by the faction supporting Edward’s half-sister and heir, Mary Tudor.
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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Paul Delaroche. It's one of the most haunting pieces of art.
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24th January 1984 Apple Computer Inc. unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in a Super Bowl TV ad directed by Ridley Scott. #apple #computer #History #Technology
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Di Paolo was one of the leading painters in 15th-century Siena, noted both for his manuscript illuminations and painted panels supplied to the city’s churches.
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Which gave them an opportunity to depict the splendor of contemporary aristocratic life. Here, the Magi solemnly honor the divine child in the Virgin’s arms, while their bustling retinue of courtiers and animals provides an exuberant visual diversion.
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According to the Gospel of Matthew, three Magi, guided by a star, found the newborn Christ and laid gifts before him. Artists throughout the 15th century elaborated considerably upon this biblical account, devoting particular attention to the Magi’s entourage,
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The Adoration of the Magi by Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, c. 1403–1482) Publication date 1440–45. #art #Christianity #medievalart #europe
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