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Goga Tandashvili

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Catherine of Braganza, queen consort of King Charles II of England, portrayed on the ceiling of her rooms at Windsor Castle (the Queen’s Presence Chamber and the Queen’s Audience Chamber, respectively). These ceilings were commissioned by her husband, the King, and painted by Antonio Verrio. Verrio would eventually decorate most of the state rooms in Windsor Castle, working continually for Charles and Catherine between 1678 and 1685. After the death of Sir Peter Lely in 1684, it was Verrio who would become the Principal Painter to the King. 

Picture 1: The Apotheosis of Catherine of Braganza, Picture 2: Catherine of Braganza in a Chariot

Edward Arning - Lied Ohne Worte (1896)

The Fates Gathering in the Stars by Elihu Vedder (1887)

By Becky Smith for Twin Magazine

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Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches.

Cool Words that you Most Definitely Should Know! pt. 9

Impecuniosity - Impecunious / ˌimpəˈkyo͞onēəs /  adj. 1. having very little or no money usually habitually. Penniless.

Ascetic / əˈsedik /  adj. 1. characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstentation from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons. noun. 1. a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstentation.

Profligacy / ˈpräfləɡəsē /  noun. 1. the quality or state of being profligerate: to be wildly extravagent, of completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness (shamelessly immoral).

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