Category Archives: The Sacred

Plan of The Great Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio

Posted on February 15, 2012 by ubu507

 by museum survey The Peabody Museum

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Dwellers in Elysian Fields

Posted on January 27, 2012 by ubu507

by Edward Calvert  Oil on board, 28 x 33 cm Collection: Leeds Museums and Galleries

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The Ghent Altarpiece: Virgin Mary

Posted on December 24, 2011 by ubu507

1426-29 EYCK, Jan van (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. before 1441, Bruges) Oil on wood, 168,7 x 74,9 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent

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Bacchus and Ariadne

Posted on December 9, 2011 by ubu507

 about 1640 Eustache Le Sueur, French, 1616–1655 Museum of Fine Arts Boston  

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Figure of the Virgin

Posted on December 9, 2011 by ubu507

18th century Nevers, France 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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Mask for kagura performance

Posted on November 2, 2011 by ubu507

Japan The British Museum

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Queen of Wild Men

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ubu507

MASTER of the Playing Cards c. 1440 Engraving, 135 x 88 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden

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Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ubu507

FOUQUET, Jean c. 1450 Wood, 93 x 85 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

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The Miraculous Apparition of the Virgin to St. Louis of France

Posted on October 21, 2011 by ubu507

Ferri, Ciro Italian (1634-1689) Mount Holyoke And then I see Her, whom, still in human form, heaven honors with glory, the primal Light whose beauty a living mind can never hope to draw or paint or with words, or poetry … Continue reading →

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