MOVING THROUGH LIGHT AND SILENCE

: Through this blog I'd like to share the things that I am fond of. Visual musings. :

[thebeautifulbook]

CODEX AUREUS OF ST. EMMERAM

The illuminated gospel book, made in 870 for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles II. An important example of Carolingian art, it features a handmade relief cover in gold, decorated by sapphires, emeralds, and pearls.

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[ganymedesrocks]

What made the Carolingian Renaissance a world-changing historical period, punctuating Charles’ reign as a particularly glorious era, was that unlike what Medieval historians remember him as Charlemagne, Charles the Great, for his impressive military conquests, as he literally redrew the map of Europe and created the greatest European empire in five hundred years, was the ways in which he midwifed Europe, patronizing and promoting nearly every advancement in European society west of Byzantium. He maintained peace within his borders, allowing for sustained growth, gathered the greatest scholars and artists of his time together in one place, then sent them throughout the empire to spread their knowledge to his people.

[70sscifiart]

Robert McCall, 1975

[ganymedesrocks]

Robert McCall (1919 - 2010), as our Weekly calendar tackles on a new Space Odyssey… Happy Moon Day…!!!

[wonders-of-the-cosmos]

Red sprites formed above thunderstorms in the southeast Aegean Sea, as captured from the eastern suburbs of Athens, Greece on December 4, 2021.

Credits: Copyright Thanasis Papathanasiou

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[nikutai]

写狂人大日記, 1990-1999

荒木経惟, Araki Nobuyoshi

[kitten-and-crow]

“Celestial globe, 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D. Paris, Kugel Collection The constellations depicted on this silver globe are based on the iconographic tradition of Hyginus. This is one of the oldest extant depictions of the celestial sphere.” x

[ganymedesrocks]

Antefix of a Maenad, Etruscan, Cerveteri Terracotta, 4th century BC. On temple roofs, maenad antefixes were often prominent roof tiles, as the case he where the maenad wears an elaborate diadem and very large grape-cluster earrings, a type of jewellery especially popular in the fifth and fourth centuries BC. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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[memories-of-ancients]

Front and rear cover of the Lindau Gospels, Carolingian, 9th century AD

from The Morgan Library and Museum

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[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

A 16th Century German Pomander 

a spherical vessel segmented into six compartments containing different spices and herbes (cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, rosemary). Worn around the neck or waist, pomanders were thought to be a protection against infections and unpleasant smells.

[lesbianherstorian]

an illustration by george barbier for les chansons de bilitis (the songs of bilitis) by pierre louÿs, 1922

[memories-of-ancients]

Silver ring with carnelian intaglio depicting a chariot, the intaglio is 2nd century Roman, the ring itself is 9th-10th century Byzantine.

from The Walters Art Museum

[jareckiworld]

TM Davy — Partial Solar Eclipse from the Beach at Fire Island                        (oil on linen, 2017)

[othersystems]

5000 year old “spider stone” from Denmark

[weepingwidar]

Marin Majić (German, 1979) - Under the Radar (2023)

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[frawth]

Rest is productive