Figure of Isis-Aphrodite

Posted on February 25, 2016 by ubu507
DT6643 (1)
Period: Roman Period
Date: 2nd century A.D.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Terracotta painted brown, black, red, and pink on white engobe
The Met
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Want

Posted on February 24, 2016 by ubu507

want

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Barrier

Posted on February 23, 2016 by ubu507

sidewalkclosed

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The Gaze

Posted on February 18, 2016 by ubu507

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Artist: Pierre-Louis Pierson (French, 1822–1913)
Person in Photograph: Countess Virginia Oldoini Verasis di Castiglione (1835–1899)
Date: 1856–57
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Met

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Bitter Remains

Posted on February 15, 2016 by ubu507

maisondelapresse

An indicator of decomposition

Near the area of the sheen

Tangled among the roots

In the middle of a dark mass

Like prey waiting

To be torn asunder

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes, standing nude in a barren landsape

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ubu507
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Artist: Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome)
Date: 1570–1615
Medium: Engraving
The Met
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ubu507
DT1446
Massimo Stanzione
(Italian, Neapolitan, 1585–1656)
Date: ca. 1640
The Met
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Circe

Posted on February 11, 2016 by ubu507
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by Beatrice Offor

Date painted: 1911
Oil on canvas, 90 x 50 cm
Collection: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)

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Totem

Posted on February 10, 2016 by ubu507

thegod3

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Like Air

Posted on February 8, 2016 by ubu507

air

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