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Scanned from Yasuhiro Ishimoto 1948-1989 retrospective photobook.

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[arte-artem-artibus]

Georgia O'Keeffe - From the Old Garden No. I, 1924, oil on canvas, 91.4 x 76.2 cm

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[nemfrog]

"Berrak, the animal on which the Prophet visited heaven." The dervishes. 1868.

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• Headdress.

Date: early 19th century

Culture: Russian

Medium: Silk, pearls, metal, cotton, paper.

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Azerbaijani painter writes Quran on transparent silk pages

Azerbaijani painter and decorative artist Tünzale Memmedzade has transcribed the Quran onto transparent silk pages. Memmedzade, a 33-year-old artist, used 50 meters of transparent black silk, and 1,500 milliliters of gold and silver inks in the project, which has taken three years to complete. (read more) 

Mashallah, how incredibly beautiful. 

[thekimonogallery]

A kimono with very rare aquatic-themed artwork.  

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[oncanvas]

Deux femmes (Two women), Baya Mahieddine, 1947

Gouache on board 24.75 x 18.88 in. (62.9 x 47.9 cm)

[4eternal-life]

Baya Mahieddine (Algerian, 1931–1998)

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze statuette of a centaur, Etruscan or Greek Southern Italian, 6th-5th century BC

from The MET

[floridensis]

made some great friends today

[along-the-silkroad]

Sindhu (Saindhava) Ragaputra of Shri Raga, from a Ragamala, Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, c. 1680–90. Cleveland Museum of Art (ID: 2018.90) The hero launches into the saddle with vigor, as he embarks on a journey to meet his lover. He has tucked one end of his coat into his sash, so it will not be in the way. The horse’s mouth opens in a whinny, aligning with a poem that forms the basis of this image.

Once part of a large series in the Mandi royal library, it is now widely dispersed. The name refers to the coastal region of Sindh in present-day Pakistan. The scene evokes the music of Sindh, which is well known for expressing emotional anguish of separation. (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Ragamala paintings are a tradition of Indian miniature art that emerged in Rajasthan and flourished across regional schools from the 16th century onward. Based on the “Garland of Ragas,” they visually interpret Indian musical modes by combining painting, poetry, and classical music. Each raga is personified through specific colours, moods, seasonal and daily associations, romantic themes, and links to Hindu deities such as Shiva or Devi. The paintings also depict the ragas’ symbolic families, including wives and children. The six principal ragas—Bhairava, Deepak, Sri, Malkaunsa, Megha, and Hindola—were traditionally associated with the six seasons of the year.

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Spirit of the Renegade Monk, a woodblock print by Katsukawa Shunsho, 1783.

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[arte-artem-artibus]

Georgia O’Keeffe - Stump in Red Hills, 1940, oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 24 in

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[koenji]

Ketubah, Isfahan, Iran, April 9 1886.

Jewish marriage contract, ink and paint on paper. Dated 4th of Nisan 5646.

Bride: Gavahar? bat Ya'akov.

Bridegroom: Me'ir ben Yitshak.

Witnesses: Avraham ben Ya'akov, Nisan ben Eliyahu, and one more."

Red and light blue colored floral illumination surrounds the text. In the center above the text there is a large cypress tree with two lions with a rising sun behind them on either side of the tree, and with two birds above. There is a scalloped arch on the top of the document and two smaller arches framing the text. The frame of the document contains blessings for the bride and the groom. The text concludes with the tosefet (addenda) in which the groom adds to his financial commitments to the bride, written in Judeo-Persian. x