Inspirations

Illustration, design, spirit of art & nature

[memories-of-ancients]

Mosaic floor tile excavated at Bayland Abbey in Yorkshire, England, 13th century

from The British Museum

[joeinct]

The Fisherman’s Daughter, Singapore, Photo by Yip Cheong Fun, 1950s

[lovelyangryheart]

Stefano Belotti

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold earrings, Minoan, 1850-1500 BC

from The British Museum

[memories-of-ancients]

The Cloisters Cross, a Romanesque style alter cross made from carved walrus ivory, England, 12th century

from The MET Cloisters

[thesixthduke]

Bronze Winged Helmet (4th Century BC), Phrygian-Chalcidian type with a spiked crest.

[thecollectibles]

Quest for the Gorgon Head by Tyler Miles Lockett

[cappellapaolina]

Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Saints and Bishops, mosaic (detail), 13th century

Pietro Cavallini, 1240-1330

The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, İtaly

[homomenhommes]

Persia

[hinducosmos]

King Adityavarman as Bhairava The large Buddhist statue of Bhairava, the depiction of King Adityavarman of Malayu (1347-1375). Discovered in Rambahan, Padangroco, West Sumatra. The collection of National Museum of Indonesia, Jakarta. (via Instagram: Octav Sitompul)

[lutin39]

[ancientorigins]

The Dar al-Hajar is a royal palace located in Wadi Dhar near Sana‘a, Yemen.

[ancientculture-blog]

'Horus in Dendera.' A relief in the Hathor Temple at Dendera shows Horus of Edfu, sitting on a throne and wearing the combined crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. The relief is located on the (interior) eastern wall of the outer hypostyle hall of the temple and dates from the first century AD.

Photo: Paul Smith

[lionofchaeronea]

Stater, minted 380/379 BCE at Tarsus in Cilicia, of Pharnabazus II, former satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia under the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia and a major figure in the internecine conflicts of the Greek city-states during the late 5th/early 4th centuries. The coin shows the complex intermingling of Greek and Near Eastern cultures characteristic of Anatolia under Achaemenid rule. On the obverse, Ba'al of Tarsus is shown seated, holding a lotus-tipped scepter and wearing the Greek chlamys. On the reverse, a bearded man wears a helmet in Attic style. Both sides are inscribed in Aramaic, which served as the lingua franca of the Near East under the Achaemenids. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

[romegreeceart]

stater

[memories-of-ancients]

Yue battle axe with turquoise inlay, China, Late Shang Dynasty, 13th-12th century BC

from The National Palace Museum, Taipei

[pipsneldo]

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