Day 1,183: smithereens

The city was bombed to smithereens during the war.

Artwork of the day 
War or the Ride of Discord
Henri Rousseau
Date: 1894
Style: Naïve Art (Primitivism)
Genre: allegorical painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions: 195 x 114 cm

Word of the day 
smithereens: a lot of very small broken pieces

Quote of the day
“I took my better nature out, drowned it in a babbling stream/took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens.”
― Elvis Costello