Twitter. Mirador Viewer. Atlasobscura. Edward Lear was a man unafraid of his own imagination.
In his best-known nonsense poems and limericks, he wrote of things the world has never seen: green-headed Jumblies; toeless Pobbles; oceanic romances between birds and cats. But before he began bringing these impossibilities to life, Lear had a different focus: he drew parrots. When he was young, Lear was employed as an ornithological illustrator, and he spent years learning to draw birds, favoring live models in an era when most worked from taxidermy. Before he turned 20, he’d published Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots, a critical success, and the first monograph produced in England to focus on a single family of birds.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Twitter. Durrell Society sur Twitter : "To my left is one of the many peacock-tail-hued bays here, reflecting the vast red cliffs and their crowning roofs of Lentish Prinari, myrtle and sage—far above them—higher and higher, the immense rock of St Angelo rising in.
The Temple of Apollo at Bassae (ca.1854-55) by Edward Lear (1812-1888). Oil on canvas; 146.4 x 229.5 cm. Fitzwilliam Museum.… Durrell Society sur Twitter : "The grottoes at Paleocastrizza are ribbed with jewels which smoulder purple and yellow and nacre in the reflected light of the intruding sea. — Lawrence Durrell Paleocastrizza, Corfu (from a drawing by Edward Lear)… Google Image Result for. Phaedriades. 'Delphi' by Edward Lear, watercolor, 12 by 19 cm..
Geology[edit] The Phaedriades consist of dark limestone formed in the Jurassic period. Historical narrations[edit] It is also claimed that in antiquity, those who committed sacrilege against the sanctuary were thrown from the cliffs . Edward lear palaiokastritza. Durrell Society sur Twitter : "The evening light mellows very softly. . . . The cicadas are dying out — station after station closing down. The two great plane-trees are already silent, and only in the meadow where the sun still plays do they keep up thei. MulberryHouseCorfu sur Twitter : "‘Sunday. A magnificently fine day; so, after church Frank and I set off to the other side of the island and got there exactly at 3. In a sheltered little harbour...lies the little convent of Myrtiotissa - so called from t.
Ashmolean Museum sur Twitter : "We've still got a couple of tickets left for our afternoon talk today, Parthenon: The First Monument to Civilization, with author David Stuttard. Find out more and book your tickets here □️… https:/ Edward Lear and Crete - Home.