Claude Lorrain paintings

Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Monet paintings
And just months ago, Afghanistan's exiled King Mohammed Zahir Shah was repeatedly floated as a potential interim leader after the departure of the Taliban. He is believed to be considering returning to the country this year.Experts say monarchs can work as a unifying force, representing all the people and preventing the jockeying for power that characterizes republics.But getting rid of them seems to have few side effects either. The Italians rid themselves of the House of Savoy in 1946, and seem to have no pangs about it.Germany was united as an empire in 1871, but the kaisers lasted less than 50 years. Since World War I, Germans have shown no desire to revive the throne.And in France and the United States, the anniversary of date marking the move to republicanism is celebrated as one of the biggest holidays of the year.