Saturday, June 16, 2012
George P.A. Healy, Euphemia White Van Rennselaer, 1842 (source).
George P.A. Healy, Euphemia White Van Rennselaer, 1842 (source).
demonagerie: Biblioteca Nacional de España, Cod. Vitr. 24-3,...
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Cod. Vitr. 24-3, detail of f. 273r. Libro de horas de Carlos V. Paris (workshop of Jean Poyer?), late 15th/early 16th century.
sans-merci: Female Ballplayer Figurine 800-1300 Huastec-...
Female Ballplayer Figurine
800-1300
Huastec- northern Veracruz, Mexico
The Walters Art Museum
The ritual ballgame was especially popular among many societies of the Gulf Coast, the Classic Period site of El Tajín being famous for its eleven formal ballcourts adorned with stone, stucco, and painted decoration. Ceramic and stone representations of ballplayers were produced in large numbers throughout Veracruz; the Huastecs of the north are well known for pottery figurines depicting these athlete-performers. Although most of the figurines portray males, female players are frequently represented in Huastec art, their production spanning at least six hundred years. This figurine is identifiable as a ballplayer by the knee and elbow pads, although her bent arms cover the hips and obscure whatever hip wrap she may be wearing. Instead, a simple pubic cover is visible between her hands. Her elaborate head gear recalls the fanlike ritual headdress of the Postclassic Huastecs, connoting high status, rulership, and/or sacredness. The long groups of feathers and the trilobed element on her forehead constitute a later interpretation of the same diving bird headdress seen on the earlier figurine. Her body and mouth are adorned with seven painted three-pronged motifs resembling a waterbird’s footprint. The meaning of this motif is unknown, although the practice of painting the body with symbolic motifs or glyphlike forms dates back at least to the Late Preclassic Period in the Huastec area.
Dietisalvi de Speme, Madonna and Child And thus spaketh Christ,...
Dietisalvi de Speme, Madonna and Child
And thus spaketh Christ, our Lord and Savior, “Two in the pink, one in the stink, bro.”
Про красные труселя на люстре
Откуда взялось это "умное" начинание у наших девчонок? Загадают желание, повесят трусы ядреного колеру на люстру и ждут результата. Помешательство какое-то....
The new corezones ar
The new corezones are made from porcelain – they are a little bit smaller and whiter than the original ones. The change of material results from the possibilities offered in Kunst Hochschule Weisensee and our eagerness to try new possibilities.
"This is my sleeve t
"This is my sleeve tattoo being done by John E Leroux at Deep Roots Tattoo in Seattle, WA as Just one part of his 30 sleeve project. Each sleeve is reserved for one person only as one of a kind and each sleeve has a painting which goes along with it. When all 30 sleeves and paintings are complete he will hold an art show where all the clients who were part of the project will attend and help him display his art."
