Art Details

A collection of the smaller details of artworks.

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Come on in, the Hell is fine. This comes from a Medieval Bestiary written around 1175.

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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi aka Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445-1510, b. Florence, Republic of Florence, now Italy, d. Ibid) - Madonna of the Magnificat (detail), c. 1481, Paintings: Tempera and Gold on a circular Wood Panel (Tondo)

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Researching composite horse Mughal miniatures

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Mails shirt with rings inscribed with the names of Mohammed and the five leading imams of Shi'a Islam, possibly Iran, 15th-16th century

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dieric Bouts - Virgin and Child. Detail. 1465

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Gold Turtle Necklace from the Kingdom of Colchis,

(modern-day Georgia/South Caucasus), c. 450 BCE,

Length: Approximately 33 cm (13 inches).

Composition: It consists of 31 gold pendants (one large central turtle and 30 smaller turtles).

Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia.

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facial expressions Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340.

British Library, Add 42130, fol. 104r

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Detail of paintings from Nebamun's tomb chapel. Theban Necropolis, Egypt.

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Aboriginal Design Pattern on a La grange aboriginal shield from Kimberley

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Iron door of Sagrada Familia (2009)  by Josep Maria Subirachs 

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neptune with his entourage

miniature from a copy of evrart de conty's livre des échecs amoureux, illuminated by robinet testard. the manuscript was produced in cognac (france), c. 1496-98

source: Paris, BnF, Français 143, fol. 130v

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the God Horus of Behdet in His form of sacred falcon spreading His wings in protection and holding the ‘Ankh’ (Life). Detail from the White Chapel of King Sesostri I at ‘Ipet-Sut’ (“Karnak”), the highly sacred Precinct of the God Amon-Ra at ‘Uaset’-Thebes

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pauta saila (1917-2009), owl, 1964-5, stonecut print

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Detail from Tryptich of the Adoration of the Magi Hieronymus Bosch 1494

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digitally enhanced

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sweeping up the alphabet

border illustrations from the hours of marguerite d'orléans, france, 15th c.

source: Paris, BnF, Latin 1156 B, fol. 135r

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The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Roman before 79 AD.  

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Datail — Ecce Homo, c. 1674 by Pedro de Mena † Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), circa 1635 - 1640 by Francisco de Zurbaran