Thursday, December 4, 2008

Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting

Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam paintingCaravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia painting
like slender veins of silver running in the stone. At first they were no more than pale gossamer-threads, so fine that they only twinkled fitfully where the Moon caught them, but steadily they grew broader and clearer, until their design could be guessed. At the top, as high as Gandalf could reach, was an arch of interlacing letters in an Elvish character. Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars. Beneath these again were two trees, each bearing crescent moons. More clearly than all else there shone forth
Raphael Saint George and the Dragon paintingClaude Monet Sunflowers painting
over this he passed his hands to and fro, muttering words under his breath. Then he stepped back.'Look!' he said. `Can you see anything now?'The Moon now shone upon the grey face of the rock; but they could see nothing else for a while. Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard's hands had passed, faint lines appeared, in the middle of the door a single star with many rays.`There are the emblems of Durin!' cried Gimli.`And there is the Tree of the High Elves!' said Legolas.`And the Star of the House of Fëanor,' said Gandalf. `They are wrought of ithildin that

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