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Day 1,354: tantalize


That is in large part because the prize has become more tantalising.


Artwork of the day 
Venus and the Graces offering gifts to a young girl
Sandro Botticelli
Date: 1486
Style: Early Renaissance
Genre: religious painting
Media: fresco
Location: Louvre, Paris, France
Dimensions: 283 x 211 cm

Word of the day 
tantalize: to make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer or a suggestion of something that is, in fact, unlikely to happen

Quote of the day
“This was the problem with drinks parties: getting stuck with a person you didn't want to talk to while someone you did was tantalisingly in view.”

Robert Harris, The Fear Index

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