Category Archives: Mythology

Weeping Siren

Posted on November 30, 2011 by ubu507

Greek, Late Classical Period, about 375–325 B.C. Marble, from Mount Pentelikon, near Athens Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Winged Siren

Posted on November 30, 2011 by ubu507

Roman Provincial, Imperial Period, late 1st century A.D. Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Siren

Posted on November 30, 2011 by ubu507

from the rim of a lebes Greek, Orientalizing Period, mid-7th century B.C. Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Shiva watches Parvati Sleep

Posted on November 29, 2011 by ubu507

Indian, Pahari, about 1780–90 Garhwal or Kangra, Punjab Hills, Northern India Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Sea Nymph Drawn by Dolphins

Posted on November 16, 2011 by ubu507

1859 John La Farge, American, 1835–1910 Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Hanuman seduces a woman

Posted on November 16, 2011 by ubu507

possibly Benjakai (daughter of the half-demon Vibhishana). Javanese, Majapahit period, 14th–15th century probably Trowulan, Eastern Java, Indonesia  Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Leda and the Swan

Posted on November 5, 2011 by ubu507

BOS, Cornelis (b. ca. 1506, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, d. ca. 1564) Engraving, 305 x 407 mm British Museum, London

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Jupiter Notices Callisto

Posted on November 5, 2011 by ubu507

 BERCHEM, Nicolaes (b. 1620, Haarlem, d. 1683, Amsterdam) 1656 Oil on canvas, 129 x 168 cm Private collection  

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Kṛṣṇa holding Mount Govardhana aloft

Posted on October 13, 2011 by ubu507

Found/Acquired Pune ,India 1800-1805 The British Museum Love has stained my body to the color of the One Who Holds Up Mountains. When I dressed in the world’s five fabrics, I only played hide and seek  — For disguised though I … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of Amphitrite

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ubu507

Taraval, Hughes French (1729-1785) 1780 Amherst College

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