100 Caravaggio Artworks Found
Italian art historians claim to have stumbled upon 100 previously undiscovered early sketches by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The artworks, hidden in a castle in Milan, would be worth an estimated 700 million euros if proven to be authentic!
Find out more about artist Caravaggio.
Video Game Japanese Traditional Woodblock Prints by Jed Henry.
“and he who has seen these noble ruins
at the end of his dark life, asks himself;
where is the horse, where is the man
where the feast, where the joy?
the last bright cup, the last proud prince
our time has past, as it had not been..”
(The Wanderer - Anglo-Saxon Battle Lament)
I don’t own the copyrights of almost any of the pictures I post, and unfortunately I don’t have a higher resolution version of the said picture (but for what it is worth, of course you can use the image so far as I am concerned).
The souk of Aleppo…
One of the many facets of life that is being destroyed in Aleppo… right now…
Jose Luis Marin Martinez
Asceta
Central Asian monk teaching East Asian monk. 9th century fresco from the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves near Turfan, Xinjiang, China.
The figure on the right is a young Buddhist monk painted in a stereotypical East Asian style. He stands with downcast eyes directed in reverence as he hears the teachings of the figure on the left. The figure on the left is painted in a style that is not East Asian in character. The two circles on either side of his chin are remarkably unusual (piercings). He features a strongly-set nose and clear blue eyes. His skin color is darker. His hair and beard color is reddish brown with brown shades. He stands looking at the younger monk, raising his hand in a teaching gesture as he speaks.
birger-sandzen-poplars-at-moonrise-woodcut
its about my perception of mood in traditional Iranian architecture…
Gerhard Schindler, head of Germany’s BND intelligence agency, said Assad’s once 320,000-strong army had lost about 50,000 troops since the uprising against his rule began 17 months ago.
Germany’s spy chief said Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s government appeared to be in its final phase because its army had been depleted by casualties, deserters and defectors to the opposition …
Smaller, flexible rebel units were sapping the strength of the army with guerrilla tactics, he told Die Welt newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
“There are a lot of indications that the end game for the regime has begun,” said the president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst agency.
“That (army losses) includes those who have been wounded, deserted and about 2,000 to 3,000 who have defected to the armed military opposition,” he said. “The erosion of the military is continuing.”
While Assad’s grip on the country has been loosened as the uprising has gathered momentum, his forces have overwhelming firepower advantage against lightly armed rebels.
However, Schindler said small rebel units were offsetting that by using their speed and manoeuvrability to strike quickly in ambushes.
“Because of their small size, they’re not a good target for Assad’s army,” he said. “The regular army is being confronted by a variety of flexible fighters. The recipe of their success is their guerrilla tactics. They’re breaking the army’s back.”
Assad is fighting to crush a rebellion that aims to end his family’s four decades in charge of Syria.
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thank you so much
thank you, and am also thankful that thanks to the question I was led to your wonderful blog.
