Word: britanniae
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...after the war, when he switched to scenes of ancient high life for the British woman's magazine, Britannia and Eve, that Matania found his real career. He filled his London studio with reproductions of Roman furniture, pored over history books for suitably lively subjects. Then, with the help of models and statues, he began to paint such subjects as Samson & Delilah, the bacchanalian roisters of ancient Rome, and even early American Indian maidens-all with the same careful respect for accuracy and detail he had used in his news assignments...
Generally he managed to include one or two voluptuous nudes in each picture. "The public demanded it," says Matania. "If there was no nude, then the editor or I would get a shower of letters from readers asking politely why not." He was a standard in Britannia and Eve for 19 years...
...glistening palace of glass and iron the like of which the world had never seen before, Queen Victoria opened London's Great Exhibition, in the hope that its example might "unite the industry of all the nations of the earth." Britannia rode the crest of the wave. As cannons roared a royal salute, thousands of visitors thronged the Crystal Palace to gape at its wonders-the industrial triumphs of the steam age, as well as a champagne made from rhubarb, a knife with 300 blades, and the original Turkish towel (which so pleased Britain's Queen that...
Thomas Arne's perenuial "Rule Britannia" brought the evening to an exciting, crowd-pleasing conclusion...
With the repeat performance of the original "Rule Britannia" tonight, the Adams House Musical Society will close its concert, its season, and its short but brilliant career. For over a year it has provided music rarely heard, from early madrigals to the one Gilbert and Sullivan opera nobody over hears. It has proved that music seldom heard can be fun to hear and fun to perform. Now it graduates...