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my-ear-trumpet: treselegant: National Police Gazette...
my-ear-trumpet: treselegant: National Police Gazette 1896. Insane in the woods.
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1246 Ma lin…. Listening to the wind in the pines.
1246 Ma lin…. Listening to the wind in the pines.
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A Scholar in a Meadow, Chinese Song Dynasty, 11th century.
A Scholar in a Meadow, Chinese Song Dynasty, 11th century.
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El Greco. Lamentation. I have two dates for this, 1576 or...
El Greco. Lamentation. I have two dates for this, 1576 or 1598…
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Fan Lung. An Arhat in the forest (12th century). Freer Gallery,...
Fan Lung. An Arhat in the forest (12th century). Freer Gallery, Washington DC. Arhat (Sanskrit: अर्हत arhat; Pali: arahant), in Buddhism, signifies a spiritual practitioner who has realized certain...
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momentry: Isadora Duncan on the Lido in Venice (Raymond Duncan...
momentry: Isadora Duncan on the Lido in Venice (Raymond Duncan 1903) “To seek in nature the fairest forms and to find the movement which expresses the soul in these forms—this is the art of the dancer....
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And then we saw the daughter of the minotaur. Leonora...
And then we saw the daughter of the minotaur. Leonora Carrington, 1953.
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poisonwasthecure: The Greeks and Trojans Claiming the Body of...
poisonwasthecure: The Greeks and Trojans Claiming the Body of Patrocles (detail) Antoine Wiertz 1836
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Oldřich Kulhánek was born on the 26th of February 1940, in...
Oldřich Kulhánek was born on the 26th of February 1940, in Prague. From 1958 to 1964 he studied at the Prague Academy of Applied Arts, in the studio of Professor Karel Svolinský. The years of his...
View Articlethe favorite music piece of the night (so far)… Stan Getz...
the favorite music piece of the night (so far)… Stan Getz and Kenny Barron doing First Song (for Ruth).
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Title: A Daimyo’s wife and her attendants fording a river...
Title: A Daimyo’s wife and her attendants fording a river in a palanquinCreator: Toyokuni, Utagawa (1769-1825)Date: 1794Note: One frame from triptych
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mediumaevum: A zairja (also...
mediumaevum: A zairja (also transliterated za’irajah, zairajah and zairdja) was a device used by medieval Arab astrologers to generate ideas by mechanical means. The name may derive from “a mixture of...
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mediumaevum: Homo Zodiacus in: ‘Guild Book of the Barber...
mediumaevum: Homo Zodiacus in: ‘Guild Book of the Barber Surgeons of York’, 15th century.
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The Ancient Egyptians were aware of the significance of the Sun,...
The Ancient Egyptians were aware of the significance of the Sun, Moon and Stars as shown in this papyrus painting. This calendar is a wonderful example of the mythology of Ancient Egypt. The Egyptian...
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worldpaintings: Teun Hocks (b. 1947) For over a quarter of a...
worldpaintings: Teun Hocks (b. 1947) For over a quarter of a century, the Dutch photographer and painter Teun Hocks has been performing as the “everyman” in his photographs, inventing scenes that are...
View Article"Worringer on Egyptian Art…. Every observer of Egyptian culture has remarked...
“Worringer on Egyptian Art…. Every observer of Egyptian culture has remarked that by Oriental standards sex plays an absolutely in significant part in it.” - Worringer of Egyptian Art (english edition...
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Probably from Karnak, Thebes, Egypt25th Dynasty, about 750-700...
Probably from Karnak, Thebes, Egypt25th Dynasty, about 750-700 BC Scribe of ‘The Divine Adoratrice Amenirdis’ Peshuper adopts one of the classic poses of an Egyptian scribe, seated at work with a...
View Article"Didactic poem written by Duauf to his son Pepi….”It is a misfortune to...
“Didactic poem written by Duauf to his son Pepi….”It is a misfortune to become a soldier (…) for welfare consists of only in attention to books by day and reading at night” (Worringer, s. 7)” -...
View Articlea new day: laws of Ma'at
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missfolly: Girl with Cherries, attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio...
missfolly: Girl with Cherries, attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (c. 1455 – c. 1508) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Milan, who is known for having...
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