Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan is an oil painting of 1623 by Dirck van Baburen of the Utrecht School, and an example of Baroque chiaroscuro. The painting represents a tale from Greco-Roman mythology. Mercury, the messenger of the gods, watches the club-footed blacksmith god, Vulcan, punish the bold and cunning Titan Prometheus for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to mortals. Prometheus's punishment is to be bound to a rock and to have his liver consumed daily by an eagle. The painting mysteriously has two signatures: the first is a clear signature below
The Race for Space (album) seems frightfully, stiflingly high-concept." He commented on the band's departure form the rock-centric sounds of "Inform-Educate-Entertain" to a more electronic sound, relating the band's move to the album's opening track, with John F. Kennedy's speech for "change and challenge". He also further praised the album's mood tonal shifts, and concluded the review by stating, "["The Race for Space"] is richly entertaining, immersive and evocative, orchestrated with fastidious care and feeling." In an extremely positive review for "State", Phil Udell praised the album, and its space race theme, as giving the band's sound "a new dimension". He comments lightly on "The