John Martin’s oil painting, acquired by Tate Gallery London in 1869, imagines the extent of the disaster that famously beset the sister cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79.The painting was first exhibited in...
Famous german novel "The Rider on a white Horse (Schimmelreiter)" by Theodor Storm draws on a superstition and theme that appears in numerous folk tales from the region of the North and Baltic Sea: In order to build a durable and reliable dyke, a living being has to...
Painting from 1884 depicting the flight of the king from the sinking city of Ys. France; 19. Century; Chistian; Painting; City: Ys
Ein einziger Schrei - die Stadt ist versunken,Und Hunderttausende sind ertrunken.Wo gestern noch Lärm und lustiger Tisch,Schwamm andern Tags der stumme Fisch.Heut bin ich über Rungholt gefahren,Die Stadt ging unter vor sechshundert Jahren.Trutz, Blanke Hans? (Excerpt)...
Apparently an anglo-american invention, this story about the boy who rescues a Dutch city by sticking his finger in a hole in the dyke, has been republished in various versions since the mid 1800s . This is the earliest published version of the story and it starts...
Last image from Gustave Doré's Book "London - A Pilgrimage" (1872). Detailed Information. France; 19. Century; Christian; Illustration; City: London
German painter Basler-Kopp painted two images in 1924 after Thodor Storm's novel "Rider on the White Horse" one of the best knows examples of German literary realism of late 19. Century. Contrary ot the genre of the text, these images are clearly rooted in romanticism...
