Chasing Windmills
by Richard Reeve
Title
Chasing Windmills
Artist
Richard Reeve
Medium
Photograph - Graphic Art
Description
Chasing Windmills - Richard Reeve
Miguel de Cervantes' classic story of Don Quixote, or more correctly "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" remains a classic over 400 years since it was penned. So much so, in fact that the term "quixotic" has entered the English language to describe idealistic, unrealistic and impractical activities.
This word cloud was based on the English translation from chapter viii, possibly the most well-known section of the story, recounting the time when Don Quixote identifies 40 windmills as giants with flailing arms and subsequently attacks them. The idiom "tilting at windmills" derives from this chapter...
FAA Featured Group Image
Greeting Cards for all Occasions - 09/23/2015
Uploaded
September 22nd, 2015
Statistics
Viewed 1,131 Times - Last Visitor from Cambridge, MA on 04/18/2024 at 7:36 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
