EditorialPortable altar for Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Right hand missing which held lightening; he is wrapped in a tight shroud like a mummy. He is simultaneously Baal the thunderer and Osiris, the reborn god of fertility. 2nd CE Bronze, H: 38,4 cm AO 19.534.
EditorialJunon foudroyant Troie-Juno throws her lightening bolt against Troy. Painted for the bathing apartment of Anna of Austria, mother of Louis XIV. Canvas, 73 x 116 cm.
EditorialModels which served in Benjamin Franklin's lightening rod experiments: bottle (second from right) is a stencil plate; the other three objects were part of the " storm-house" demonstration to show the efficiency of the lightening rod.
EditorialThe Palace of the Large Masks, Kabah, Puuc Archaeological Zone, Yucatan. The palace facade is densely covered with masks of the rain-god Chac, whose elongated, trunk-like nose symbolizes lightening. End of Late Classic, 800-900 CE.
EditorialBaal with lightening, a stele from the temple of Baal in Ugarit. The god, mounted on a horned altar, marches forward brandishing a mace. Leaves burst forth from his spear, symbolizing the beneficial effects of Baal's storm. Limestone, H: 142 cm AO 15775.
EditorialJunon foudroyant Troie-Juno throws her lightening bolt against Troy. Painted for the bathing apartment of Anna of Austria, mother of Louis XIV. Canvas, 73 x 116 cm.
EditorialSultan Bajezid I. " Yldirim" (Lightening), reigned 1389-1402; conquered Serbia 1354; beat a Crusaders Army 1396 at Nicolpolis. Wood; Unknown painter.
EditorialModels which served in Benjamin Franklin's lightening rod experiments: bottle (second from right) is a stencil plate; the other three objects were part of the " storm-house" demonstration to show the efficiency of the lightening rod.
EditorialThe Palace of the Large Masks, Kabah, Puuc Archaeological Zone, Yucatan. The palace facade is densely covered with masks of the rain-god Chac, whose elongated, trunk-like nose symbolizes lightening. End of Late Classic, 800-900 CE.
EditorialBaal with lightening, a stele from the temple of Baal in Ugarit. The god, mounted on a horned altar, marches forward brandishing a mace. Leaves burst forth from his spear, symbolizing the beneficial effects of Baal's storm. Limestone, H: 142 cm AO 15775.
EditorialPortable altar for Jupiter Heliopolitanus. Right hand missing which held lightening; he is wrapped in a tight shroud like a mummy. He is simultaneously Baal the thunderer and Osiris, the reborn god of fertility. 2nd CE Bronze, H: 38,4 cm AO 19.534.