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(Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818)

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Prometheus’ Secret Fire VII

Posted on May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Raphael, The School of Athens, 1509-1511)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire VI

Posted on May 26, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Alan Lee, Frodo and Gandalf)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire V

Posted on May 24, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Vladimir Serov, Lenin proclaims Soviet power in Smolny Palace, Petrograd, 1917, 1947)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire IV

Posted on May 22, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Alan Lee, Battle of the Hornburg)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire III

Posted on May 19, 2023May 20, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, 1801)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire II

Posted on May 17, 2023May 20, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: Destruction, 1836)
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Prometheus’ Secret Fire I

Posted on May 15, 2023May 20, 2023 by thewesternvoyager
(Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat, 1793)

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