Diomedes Devoured by His Horses | Gustave Moreau | 1870 18th Century 'Ark Royal'

'Ark Royal'

which is wreathed in lightning

Walter Spie's "The Landscape and Her Children" (1939) is a highly refined and poetic vision of the tropical world

12 x 18 Inches = 30

This tense nocturnal scene shows wolves standing alert on a frozen riverbank

Diomedes Devoured by His Horses | Gustave Moreau | 1870 18th Century 'Ark Royal'Gustave Moreaus "Diomedes Devoured by His Horses" (1870) depicts a violent episode from Greek mythology, in which Diomedes, the cruel king of Thrace, is punished for his brutality. According to the myth, Diomedes fed strangers to his savage, man eating horses until Heracles (Hercules) overthrew him and delivered him to the very beasts he had trained. Moreau presents the moment of retribution in a swirling, dramatic composition, where the frenzied