ArtAriya - Everything Art: 2012-09-30

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Marble relief of head of Medusa; circular boss at...

Marble relief of head of Medusa; circular boss at back

Excavated/Findspot Ephesus

the British Museum

oldbookillustrations: A man wild with joy climbed over the...

oldbookillustrations:

A man wild with joy climbed over the balcony.

Eugène Lampsonius (Eustache Lorsay), from La reine Margot (Queen Margot), by Alexandre Dumas, illustrated by E. Lampsonius and D. Lancelot, Paris, 1855.

(Source: archive.org)

Roof Tile

China, 1500-1644

The Victoria & Albert Museum

“The production of ceramic tiles and architectural fittings greatly expanded during the Ming dynasty (1279-1366), at a time of growing urbanization in China. Specialised kilns were set up in north and south China, often close to building sites. The tiles were mass-produced and then hand-finished with finer decorative details.

This figure, shaped as a lion, was part of an elaborate architectural decoration placed on the top ridge of a roof, probably a Buddhist temple. A vase or another Buddhist symbol was originally fitted into the draped vase on the animal’s back. The lion is a popular animal in Buddhist iconography, and it is often depicted as the vehicle of Manjusri, Bodhisattva of Wisdom.”