This pottery depicts ancient Olympian long distance runners. The long distance run, originally started as an Olympian sport in Greece has been passed down into the modern day Olympics, and is still a widely contested sport today
Olympic torch and Flame
This is a painting by Hans Holbein generally thought to have been painted in the mid 1530s.
Charles I Triple Portrait
The tradition of lighting the Olympic torch and flame originates back to 776 BCE in Ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks lit the Olympic torch and flame before the games as tribute to the Greek god Zeus.
Nike, the Greek goddess of victory
Today Nike is one of the most recognizable brands today, and most people don’t know that it was inspired by the Greek Goddess of Success, Nike. It is said that the iconic “Swoosh Logo” dates back to the history of the Greek Gods
AN early adaptation of the javelin sport
Hunters used the skill of throwing a long stick with a spear at one end to kill animals while soldiers deployed it as a weapon in warfare. In modern times, the javelin throw helps win sporting honours.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
