Rectangular plaque: dog running
early 6th century B.C.
East Greek or Carian
Bronze
Princeton University Art Museum
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Rectangular plaque: dog runningearly 6th century B.C.East Greek...
Hieros Gamos (Sacred Marriage)early 6th century B.C.East Greek...
Hieros Gamos (Sacred Marriage)
early 6th century B.C.
East Greek or Carian
Bronze
Princeton University Art Museum
ancientpeoples: Bacchic Mask Bronze Roman, 1st Century AD The...
Bacchic Mask
Bronze
Roman, 1st Century AD
The ivy wreath is clearly visibly on the head complete with bunches of grapes. His long beard is beautifully rendered, fanning out in twisted corkscrews.
Кресло
Seth Kinman, a California hunter, made this chair from parts from two California Grizzly bears. He presented it to U.S. President Andrew Johnson on September 8, 1865.
oldbookillustrations: Eva Brita Mulka, born Granström, 28 years...
Eva Brita Mulka, born Granström, 28 years old.
From Om Lappland och lapparne (About Lapland and the Lapps), by Gustaf von Düben, Stockholm, 1873.
(Source: archive.org)
A Roman mosaic of the fourth century C.E., showing women...
A Roman mosaic of the fourth century C.E., showing women exercising, sometimes known as “The Bikini Girls.”
hothistoricalfigures: On the right is Prince William II of...
On the right is Prince William II of Orange, ruler of the Netherlands in the mid-seventeenth century. To his left is Mary Stuart, daughter of Charles I of England and William’s wife (if that sounds complicated, wait until I get round to William’s son, William, who married Mary’s niece, Mary).
This picture shows the pair looking fantastic, Mary shimmering in a gorgeous dress and William showing off in his tight black catsuit. Those cherubs are probably squabbling over who gets to try it on with them. If they aren’t blood relatives, they need not bother.
Friday, August 31, 2012
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