Jan 25, 2025
EL ACUEDUCTO DE SEGOVIA
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EL ACUEDUCTO DE SEGOVIA
A Roman Aqueduct on the Appia Antica at Sunset by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi
Nineveh: The Great Cultural Center That Became the "City of Sin"
Nineveh is mentioned several times in the Bible, where it is associated with sin and vice. Prior to its fall, however, Nineveh was the largest urban center in the world, ornamented by gardens, statuary, parks, and a zoo, and was regarded as a great cultural and religious center. The city was completely destroyed in 612 BCE by the coalition led by the Babylonians and Medes, which toppled the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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Tintern, Valley of the Wye
Artist: Sir Alfred East, R.A. (British, 1849-1913)
Date: Exhibited 1903
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Private Collection
bridge under the water
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct / North Wales (by Andy Adventurer).
Oriana
Artist: Frederick Sandys (British, 1829–1904)
Date: 1861
Medium: Oil paint on wood
Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Description
This subject is taken from a poem The Ballad of Oriana by Alfred Tennyson. Oriana stands on the wall of a castle, watching her betrothed in battle below. An arrow aimed at him goes astray and she is killed instead.
Aqueducto Romano, Segovia, 2016.
