All Things History & Culture

[davidhansendesign]

Agate slices in the windows of the Cathedral of Zurich, Switzerland

#Built Beauty

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statuette of Artemis. Culture: Greek Period: Archaic Date: ca. 530–520 B.C. Place of origin: Laconia, Greece Medium: Bronze

• Inscription: “Chimaridas [dedicated this] to [Artemis] Daidaleia” (on skirt) ΧΙΜΑΡΙDΑΣΤΑΙDΑΛΕΙΑΙ Σ in retrograde.

[rigueur-dionysienne-deactivated]

Dionysus, Ariadne and Satyrs  __  Amphora, attributed to the Andokides Painter                             and Lysippides Painter,  ca 520 - 510 B.C.

[artist-vangogh]

Vase with Asters, Salvia and Other Flowers, 1886, Vincent van Gogh

Medium: oil,canvas

[hellas-inhabitants]

Caryatids - Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

Καρυάτιδες- Μουσείο Επιστημών και Βιομηχανίας, Σικάγο.

[thefugitivesaint]

Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980), ‘The Challenge’, 1934 Source

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Greek Helmets [1024X681]

[queenmarytudor]

Gold Ryal, Queen Mary c.1553 - 1554

[historicaltimes]

Marina Ginesta, seventeen year old revolutionary during the Spanish civil war 1936

via reddit

[historyfilia-deactivated2025061]

Gold necklace, part of the Treasure of El Carambolo. 9th to the 6th centuries BCE, Tartessian/Phoenician. From the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Sevilla.

[artist-davinci]

Study of David by Michelangelo, 1505, Leonardo Da Vinci

Medium: pencil,ink,paper

https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonardo-da-vinci/study-of-david-by-michelangelo-1505

[thefugitivesaint]

Utagawa Yoshitora (fl. c. 1836-1882), ‘John Adams’,  ’'Osanaetoki Bankokubanashi’’, 1861 Source

[artist-michelangelo]

Tomb of Lorenzo de Medici, 1531, Michelangelo Buonarroti

https://www.wikiart.org/en/michelangelo/tomb-of-lorenzo-de-medici-1531

[arthistoryfeed]

Icon Saint Warriors George, Theodore and Demetrius #Byzantium, #Constantinople, Late 11th - early 12th century Source: @state_hermitage

[artist-raphael]

Ceiling, 1514, Raphael

Medium: fresco

https://www.wikiart.org/en/raphael/ceiling-1514

[lonequixote]

Gustav Klimt

Danae (detail)

(via @lonequixote)

[met-european-paintings]

A Masked Ball in Bohemia by Andreas Altomonte, European Paintings

Bequest of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, 1934 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Oil on canvas

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436861