Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) Abraham and the Three Angels (detail)
Джованни Баттиста Тьеполо (1696-1770) Авраам и три ангела.
auriferis929: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) Abraham...
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blackpaint20: La Divina CommediaVittorio Alinari
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olympie:Pyotr Konchalovsky
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The finding of Zenobia by the shepherds by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres on artnet
The finding of Zenobia by the shepherds by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres on artnet:
Follower of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(French, 1780–1867)
Thanks hildegardavon
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the-barnes-art-collection: Our Lady of the Way (Nuestra Señora...
Our Lady of the Way (Nuestra Señora del Camino) by The A. J. Santero, Barnes Foundation
Medium: Water-based paint on wood panelBarnes Foundation (Philadelphia), Collection Gallery, Room 18, West Wall
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Thetis Prays to the Island of Scyros
Statius, Achilleid 1.384-396
Note: “two spheres” = Europe and Asia.“Land dear to me, to which I have entrusted
A pledge of my great affection, a tremendous deposit
Through fearful stratagem, may you be happy
And may you, I pray, keep silence, just as Crete
Kept silence for Rhea; then long-lasting honor
And eternal temples will gird you round,
Nor will floating Delos outdo you in fame;
You will be sacred both to winds and waters,
And amidst the shallow Cyclades, when storms
Of the Aegean shatter the rocks, you’ll be
A tranquil home for Nereids, an island
For sailors to invoke by name in oaths-
Only do not, I pray, do not admit
The ships of the Danaans! ‘Here you’ll find
Only sacred dances- nothing useful
For works of wars.’ Teach rumor to tell this tale,
And while Dorian arms are readied, while Mars
Rages between two spheres- I, at least,
Shall not stand in his way – let Achilles be
A maiden of the pious Lycomedes.”
‘Cara mihi tellus, magnae cui pignora curae
depositumque ingens timido commisimus astu,
sis felix taceasque, precor, quo more tacebat
Creta Rheae; te longus honos aeternaque cingent
templa nec instabili fama superabere Delo,
et ventis et sacra fretis interque vadosas
Cycladas, Aegaeae frangunt ubi saxa procellae,
Nereidum tranquilla domus iurandaque nautis
insula; ne solum Danaas admitte carinas,
ne, precor! “Hic thiasi tantum et nihil utile bellis:”
hoc famam narrare doce, dumque arma parantur
Dorica et alternum Mavors interfurit orbem,—
cedo equidem—sit virgo pii Lycomedis Achilles.’Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes, Erasmus Quellinus II (1607-1678)
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What's In A Pot?
When archaeologists excavated the trove of Viking silver discovered by metal detector enthusiasts in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in 2014, they unearthed more than 100 precious objects—silver ingots, solid gold and silver jewelry, glass beads—from multiple countries and cultures. Buried deep in a second excavated layer was a silver alloy pot with its lid still in place and sealed shut. The form and decoration of the vessel identified it as a piece of Carolingian manufacture made in western Europe between 780 and 900 CE.
Unfortunately, the silver alloy had some copper in it. As the copper eroded it weakened the pot. Opening the lid might destroy the entire thing, so archaeologists decided to have a CT scan done first, and check what was inside. The scans revealed an Anglo-Saxon openwork brooch, four more silver brooches, gold ingots, and ivory beads coated in gold, each piece individually wrapped in an organic material, perhaps a textile to protect it.
Anglo-Saxon jewelry inside a Carolingian pot, inside a Viking hoard, in Scotland. It’s a Russian nesting doll of an archaeological find!
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artist-watteau: The pleasures of the ball, 1714, Jean-Antoine...
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surrealism-love: The sleepers, 1965, Pablo PicassoSize: 114x195...
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atmospheric-minimalism:Pablo Picasso, Buste d'homme à la flute,...
Pablo Picasso, Buste d'homme à la flute, 12-September/1971, Oil on canvas, 116 x 89 cm
Madem Evren Gönlüm Temel sevmiş….
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aymerydelamaisonfort:André Dignimont, 1929
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magictransistor:Pablo Picasso. Imaginary Portraits. 1969.
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surrealism-love: Woman with hat, 1962, Pablo PicassoSize: 61x50...
Woman with hat, 1962, Pablo Picasso
Size: 61x50 cm
Medium: oil on canvas
1962′de Picasso’nun hala Picasso olabildiğine tanık bir resim Evren Gönlüm Temel’in dikkatine
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