a trail of thoughts

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Heddal Stave Church

In Notodden, Norway. Photographed after 1865

Midt-Telemark museum

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Albert Weisgerber

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Audrey Bialke (American, 1991) - Who Watches Over Creeping Things (2022)

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God of hosts Viktor Vasnetsov Date: 1885 - 1896

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Maximilian Liebenwein - The Legend of Saint George: The Rescue (1903)

[weepingwidar]

Elisabeth Frink (British, 1930-1993) - Cormorant (1974)

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2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.

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'The Songs of Bilitis' illustrated by George Barbier, 1921-1922

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Kawanabe Kyosai, White Heron in the Rain, colour woodblock print, Japan, 1880

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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1968

Acrylic on paper mounted on linen 39 ¼ x 25 3/8 in. (99.5 x 64.5 cm) Estate/Inventory MAR G Collection of Kate Rothko Prizel.

 © Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / ARS

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Annunciazione by Agostino Arrivabene, 2019

[virtual-artifacts]

A western asiatic copper hand with dagger, circa mid-late 3rd millenium b.c.

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guiding light

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Kaoru Yamada - Familiar Landscape