Burgundy Baron's Blog

Painting from the Church dell'Agnello Raffaele in Venice for the story of Tobias.   Scene : Tobias while fishing with the arch...

Canaletto was one of the greatest painters ever, he was born in Venice and painted numerous works of his beautiful hometown. This superb wor...

Painted circa 1250 during the Song Dynasty with ink and colors on silk.

The Ivy Cottage Mystery   by Arthur Morrison from Chronicles of Martin Hewitt This is a brilliantly written detective story in the style of...

  View by Moonlight by Aert van der Neer (1645)

 I've been a fan of Lakin since I was 12 years old watching her on Step by Step, her talent and beauty were abundant. Since her mast...

"Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within y...

Winter in Switzerland by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900) A beautiful painting from the brilliant Hudson River School artist, this is a...

Thomas Moran - my absolute favorite artist - here painted a wondrous, awe-invoking painting of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. 

I absolutely love the music of Ingrid Michaelson, I've been moved by every song of hers I've ever heard. Her music evokes emotion fr...

The Great Dome on Mercury by Arthur Leo Zagat From the April 1932 issue of Astounding Stories, this is a classic and exciting science fict...

George Inness is one of the true masters of American art and of the Tonalism style. Étretat, painted in 1875, shows off the sheer beauty of...

Mystery of the Yellow Room  by Gaston Leroux (1907)  A brilliant detective novel by the author of The Phantom of the Opera. This book truly...

       King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba by Konrad Witz ( 1435)

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the reme...