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A wooded 18 th century sculpture possibly of Usha… Paris,...
A wooded 18 th century sculpture possibly of Usha… Paris, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques Ushas (उषस्; uṣas), Sanskrit for “dawn”,[1] is a Vedic deity, and consequently a Hindu deity...
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Priest-king from Mohenjo-daro. Indus Priest/King Statue. The...
Priest-king from Mohenjo-daro. Indus Priest/King Statue. The statue is 17.5 cm high and carved from steatite a.k.a. soapstone. It was found in Mohenjo-daro in 1927. It is on display in the National...
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Large square unicorn seal (25.) with perforated boss on the back...
Large square unicorn seal (25.) with perforated boss on the back (26). The unicorn is the most common motif on Indus seals and appears to represent a mythical animal that Greek and Roman sources trace...
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For Hindus the Divine is both immanent and transcendent, within...
For Hindus the Divine is both immanent and transcendent, within and beyond. Siva is often considered formless and Sakti is manifest form, with the two united in Ardhanarishvara, half man, half woman....
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A masterpiece of Ellora - amazing Kailash temple dedicated to...
A masterpiece of Ellora - amazing Kailash temple dedicated to Shiva. He is the world’s largest monolithic sculpture, hewn from the rock by 7000 laborers over a period of 150 years.
View ArticleGreetings from Madrid. This is not to ask but to answer to your question on...
Words fail me—- I really am much obliged, and am reblogging the image with the info you provided
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amare-habeo: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy [Girodet-Trioson]...
amare-habeo: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy [Girodet-Trioson] (1767-1824) - The Spring (Le printemps), 1800-1802 Information generously supplied by an anonymous tumblr fellow from Madrid: This is not to...
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Notker the stammerer, monk of st. Gall, biographer of...
Notker the stammerer, monk of st. Gall, biographer of Charlesmagne.
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Tomorrow I am there,...
Tomorrow I am there, hopefully puzzledhornist: booksbooksbooks: Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland I have been to St. Gallen. How did I not go here? Amazing picture.
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Notker the stammerer, monk of st. Gall, biographer of...
Notker the stammerer, monk of st. Gall, biographer of Charlesmagne. from http://telamamaria.blogspot.com/2011/04/terry-rodgers-united-states.html
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theancientworld: Gold bracelet in form of serpent, found in...
theancientworld: Gold bracelet in form of serpent, found in Pompeii, worn on the upper arm
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The Virgin Of Sorrows. Germaine Pillon (1585)
The Virgin Of Sorrows. Germaine Pillon (1585)
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missfolly: St Matthew and the Angel by Guido Reni, 1635-40
missfolly: St Matthew and the Angel by Guido Reni, 1635-40
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Saint Paul writing. From an early 9th century manuscript version...
Saint Paul writing. From an early 9th century manuscript version of Saint Paul’s letters. Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, HB II 54 (Description page in German). The manuscript is ascribed...
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Christ as gardener…. Illumination by an unnamed painter;...
Christ as gardener…. Illumination by an unnamed painter; f. Xv full-page miniature, two-piece, the upper part, Christ as a gardener Magdalena appears to Mary on Easter morning, in the background wooden...
View Articleschubertiade: Solgud-symfonien (Sun God Symphony), 3 pieces...
schubertiade: Solgud-symfonien (Sun God Symphony), 3 pieces from “Baldur’s Dreams” (reconst. by Kaare Dyvik Husby), Op.81; I. Gudane gløymer mistelteinen (The Gods Forget the Mistletoe) Composer: Geirr...
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dlpalinckx: Linda Butler. From the Rural Japan collection.
dlpalinckx: Linda Butler. From the Rural Japan collection.
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mediumaevum: Image: I hate it when I can’t find a bigger one,...
mediumaevum: Image: I hate it when I can’t find a bigger one, but here you can zoom it in infinately with lots of additional info The earliest surviving illustrated surgical codex was made for the...
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