This term for a painting of inanimate objects is from the Dutch "stilleven"
Antonio Canova's nude "Mars the Peacemaker" statue wasn't liked by its subject, this French emperor
A Canaletto view of this square shows the Doge's palace & the Loggia of Sansovino
"The Spinners" by Diego Velazquez is based on this mythical spinner
The night sky on Brazil's flag represents the one seen from this city
In "A Study in Scarlet", he told Holmes, "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them"
In 1984 Egypt replaced the hawk on its flag with this other bird of prey
In 1823 James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers", the first in the series of these "tales"
Afghanistan's flag has a mosque in a wreath made of stalks of this grain
"I must go, Cathy", said Heathcliff, seeking to extricate himself from his companion's arms in this novel