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i12bent: George B. Fry III (b. April 16, 1943): Untitled (Loges...
i12bent: George B. Fry III (b. April 16, 1943): Untitled (Loges $2.50), n.d. - gelatin silver print (Smithsonian)
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missfolly: The Studio of the Painter by Giorgio Vasari
missfolly: The Studio of the Painter by Giorgio Vasari
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Stele: princess Nefertiabet and her food Steles representing the...
Stele: princess Nefertiabet and her food Steles representing the deceased’s nourishment in the afterlife were the principal element of Egyptian funerary art. This is one of the most ancient and best...
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walkingliberty: The five Pandawa brothers. From left: Puntadewa...
walkingliberty: The five Pandawa brothers. From left: Puntadewa (Yudistira), Bima, Ardjuna, Nakula, and Sadewa. In the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, the Pandava (Sanskrit: पाण्डव pāṇḍavaḥ; also, Pandawa)...
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Faravahar (Middle Persian: prʾwhr) is one of the best-known...
Faravahar (Middle Persian: prʾwhr) is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, a state religion of the ancient Persian Empires despite the fact that it had existed well before the creation of...
View ArticleThe Spartan Diet: Inside the Spartan syssition
The Spartan Diet: Inside the Spartan syssition: Nice info and picture relating to “black broth”
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walkingliberty: Death of the Firstborn. (From Egypt :...
walkingliberty: Death of the Firstborn. (From Egypt : descriptive, historical and picturesque. Cassell, 1881-1882) Ebers, Georg (1837-1898), Author.)
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centuriespast: Luca Cambiaso, attributed toItalian,...
centuriespast: Luca Cambiaso, attributed toItalian, 1527-1585 Resurrection, c. 1570 Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid...
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mediumaevum: Are there any weary with fasting?Let them now receive their wages!If any have toiled from the first hour,let them receive their due reward;If any have come after the third hour,let him...
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Limestone false door of Ptahshepses The capital of Egypt during...
Limestone false door of Ptahshepses The capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom was Memphis (also known as Men-nefer (‘established and beautiful’) and Ineb-hedj (‘white walls’), as it had been during...
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From Upper EgyptEarly Predynastic period, Naqada I, 4000-3600...
From Upper EgyptEarly Predynastic period, Naqada I, 4000-3600 BC The earliest three-dimensional representations of humans from ancient Egypt have been found in graves of the Predynastic period (sixth...
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How different, much more energetic and virile than the later...
How different, much more energetic and virile than the later represenations…! Museum Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Catalogue Number: Cleveland 66.114Beazley Archive...
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fernsandmoss: Emil Schildt My name is Emil Schildt. I was...
fernsandmoss: Emil Schildt My name is Emil Schildt. I was born in 1958, but I am only 35 years old!!and I am keeping it that way…;-) I am originally trained as a classical musician, playing the...
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Satyr and Maenad, terracotta, 17.5”h, Augustan period, c....
Satyr and Maenad, terracotta, 17.5”h, Augustan period, c. 31 B.C. - 14 A.D.(Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York):
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Dancing Warriors, stone, late Republican period. (Vatican...
Dancing Warriors, stone, late Republican period. (Vatican Museums, Rome):
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prudence-never-pays: Latin! The most stolen poster of the...
prudence-never-pays: Latin! The most stolen poster of the 1980 Edinburgh Fringe.
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centuriespast: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnDutch,...
centuriespast: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van RijnDutch, 1606-1669 The Great Jewish Bride, 1635 Etching on paper Art Institue of Chicago
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