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active observer / process, memory, material, touch / philly

[thomasmartinnutt]

Lee Ufan. The Memory of Mine 2, 1984

[didoofcarthage]

Head of Polyphemus. Greek or Roman, Hellenistic or Imperial Period, 150 B.C. or later. Dolomitic marble. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

From MFA Boston: 

This is the head of the one-eyed, man-eating Cyclops whom Odysseus finally outwitted and blinded. Here the monster is in a peaceful mood, either waiting to receive the cup of wine offered him by Odysseus, or, more likely, gazing love-struck at the indifferent sea nymph Galatea. The head comes from a sculptural group that might have adorned a public fountain or a luxurious seaside villa. The type originated in the second century B.C., yet the lively and direct style of this piece makes difficult to judge whether it is a contemporary variant or a Roman copy.

[boywrencher]

[terminusantequem]

Nemesio Antunez (Chilean, 1918-1993), La Caja [The Box], 1970. Oil on canvas, 23 ½ x 23 ½ in. 

[subnitida]

Ilona Keserü, Pasted Forms, 1971-1973, marble, sandstone and mortar

[nemfrog]

Cloud-to-cloud lightning. Elementary meteorology. 1833.

Internet Archive

[abstrakton]

Luke Diiorio

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Ewer and Tray.

Date: 4th quarter of the 16th century; 1st quarter of the 17th century (around 1585 - 1615)

Place of origin: Gujarat, India

Medium: Mother-of-pearl, shell.

[jareckiworld]

Lee Jaeseok — Linkage (○―○―●―○―○) [acrylic on canvas, 2024]

[pairs-studio]

[mimeticspace]

sterling ruby

[389]

Sumerian Cuneiform Nlist Of Five Fields On A Sumerian Circular Plano-Convex Clay Tablet Form Lagash C 1980 BC

[frostedmagnolias]

Belt Clip

c. 1900

Edward Colonna (1862-1948) (designer)

Galerie L'Art nouveau (jeweler)

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

[nobrashfestivity]

Robert Mapplethorpe, from the Flowers book

[rosieandthemoon]

[cozycoffeereads]

Ancient Roman Mosiacs

[tirodiritto]

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[memories-of-ancients]

Armenian Bible crafted in Constantinople in 1623

from the Gulbenkian Museum

[pmamtraveller]

Chen Zishan aka 陈紫珊 aka Zishan Chen (Chinese, China) - Consideration