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Some of you may be interested to learn that my Facebook account...
Some of you may be interested to learn that my Facebook account has been suspended on account of the inclusion of this picture in an album on masculinity.
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2headedsnake: marinni.livejournal.com Jan (Jean) Mandyn...
2headedsnake: marinni.livejournal.com Jan (Jean) Mandyn (Holland, 1500 - 1559)
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The Denial of Saint Peter exemplifies the works painted in...
The Denial of Saint Peter exemplifies the works painted in Naples by the Lombard master and typifies the kind of psychological intensity common in his late paintings.Source:Art of the Seventeenth and...
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eus and Ganymede Zeus (represented as an eagle) and...
eus and Ganymede Zeus (represented as an eagle) and Ganymede.Marble, 1st c. BCE Roman copy after Greek original; Archeological Museum, Naples
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mediumaevum: St Laurence’s Church, Bradford on...
mediumaevum: St Laurence’s Church, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, is one of relatively few surviving Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding. The church is...
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mediumaevum: Master Mateo (active 1161-1217)Portico de la...
mediumaevum: Master Mateo (active 1161-1217)Portico de la Gloria1168-88StoneCathedral, Santiago de Compostela Source and brief info about Romanesque art on a great blog, on of my favorites , Idle...
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The town of Edfu is located on the west back of the Nile River,...
The town of Edfu is located on the west back of the Nile River, some sixty miles south of Luxor, with Aswan further south. Its ancient name was Wetjeset-Hrw, or “The Place Where Horus is Extolled.” The...
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relief with sacred barque The temple was begun in 237 BC by...
relief with sacred barque The temple was begun in 237 BC by Ptolomaios III Euergetes and completed in 57 BC
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Even the smaller figures around the kings legs are more than...
Even the smaller figures around the kings legs are more than twice life size. These figures represent some of the more than 100 children of Ramesses II. Princess Beketmut stands between his legs while...
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.In the wonderfully decorated burial chamber of Ramses I, we...
.In the wonderfully decorated burial chamber of Ramses I, we see the seated gods Osiris and Khepri. Osiris was the king of the dead. Legend has it he was the first king in Egypt to be mummified. This...
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relief panel of baboons honoring the god Khepri Limestone Egypt...
relief panel of baboons honoring the god Khepri Limestone Egypt Ptolemaic period 1st century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC
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centuriespast: Trial PieceOIM E19477H: 12.5; W: 12.7 cmDynasty...
centuriespast: Trial PieceOIM E19477H: 12.5; W: 12.7 cmDynasty 18, ca. 1352 BC The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago
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Trial piece with a birth scene From EgyptGraeco-Roman Period,...
Trial piece with a birth scene From EgyptGraeco-Roman Period, 332 BC - AD 305 A woman giving birth while kneeling on two bricks Small stone objects of this type are generally regarded as sculptor’s...
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artemisdreaming: Lamenting Women, from the tomb (TT55) of...
artemisdreaming: Lamenting Women, from the tomb (TT55) of Ramose, c. 1411-1375 BCE Larger image: HERE
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Anahita is an ancient Persian water goddess, fertility goddess,...
Anahita is an ancient Persian water goddess, fertility goddess, and patroness of women, as well as a goddess of war. Her name means “the immaculate one”. She is portrayed as a virgin, dressed in a...
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Hand of Akhenaten making an offering to Aten Ancient Egypt, from...
Hand of Akhenaten making an offering to Aten Ancient Egypt, from AshmuneinDynasty 18Sandstone Metropolitan Museum of Art
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