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melsarthistorynotes: Alhambra: Patio de los Leones (Courtyard...
melsarthistorynotes: Alhambra: Patio de los Leones (Courtyard of the Lions), 14th century
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Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas 'agree to end rift': verbalresistance: The Fatah party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas, which governs Gaza, have agreed a reconciliation...
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centuriespast: FORMENT, DamianMain Altar (detail)c....
centuriespast: FORMENT, DamianMain Altar (detail)c. 1540MarbleSanto Domingo de la Calzada, Saragossa Damià Forment (1480 - 1540) was a Spanish architect and sculptor, considered the most important...
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centuriespast: BARYE, Antoine-LouisTheseus Slaying the...
centuriespast: BARYE, Antoine-LouisTheseus Slaying the Minotaur1840Bronze, height 48 cmNy Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
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worldpaintings: John William Waterhouse Detail of Hylas and the...
worldpaintings: John William Waterhouse Detail of Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896, oil on canvas, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester. The myth behind this painting has an unhappy ending. When the ship of...
View ArticleEgypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened
Egypt FM: Gaza border crossing to be permanently opened: verbalresistance: samuelfromtheshire: Egyptian FM tells Al-Jazeera that preparations are already underway to permanently open Rafah border...
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jahsonic: In Praise of the Backside (2002) by Hans-Jürgen Döpp...
jahsonic: In Praise of the Backside (2002) by Hans-Jürgen Döpp is a book on the buttocks in art and literature. It is a good pornosophical work by this oldest living erotomane. Highlights include:...
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iamjapanese: Head of Krishna for a mural depicting the Rasalila...
iamjapanese: Head of Krishna for a mural depicting the Rasalila (Circle dance of Krishna and the gopis), ca. 1800Ink and watercolor on paper Attributed to Sahib RamRajasthan, Jaipur, India
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andyouhavetogivethemhope: “The greatest crimes in the world are...
andyouhavetogivethemhope: “The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It’s people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre...
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walkingliberty: Jewish theologian and prophet (lower case)...
walkingliberty: Jewish theologian and prophet (lower case) Nathan of Gaza, a forerunner of Sabbatai Levi, depicted here in a 17th century German broadsheet leading the Tribes of Israel from exile to...
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mindsigh: Ando Hiroshige, unknown Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重?,...
mindsigh: Ando Hiroshige, unknown Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重?, 1797 – October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō...
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fuckyeah-arthistory: Disaster of War - Goya, c. 1810-15
fuckyeah-arthistory: Disaster of War - Goya, c. 1810-15
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Ah crap...what's misleading about it? Because he predicted the Messiah in...
sory if I sounded unintentionally and unduly critical— it was a minor and prosaic point really- to the effect that Nathan survived Zevi by some years and hence that the “precedied” is somewhat...
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Would anyone know the provenance (date, whereabouts etc) of this...
Would anyone know the provenance (date, whereabouts etc) of this image? (representing the three teachers: Confucius, Buddha and Lao Tzu)
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missfolly: Medical Alchemist by Frans Christoph Janneck
missfolly: Medical Alchemist by Frans Christoph Janneck
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Mario Sironi (May 12, 1885 – August 13, 1961) Futurist head...
Mario Sironi (May 12, 1885 – August 13, 1961) Futurist head (1913) Sironi was a grand follower of Futurism, who produced some of the most somber works of the movement, echoing his own human condition,...
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