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The Harbour at Marseilles, 1906, Paul Signac

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-signac/the-harbour-at-marseilles-1906

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Fernando Best Pontones (Mexicain, 1889 – 1957)

Young peasant woman (in the lagoon) (Joven campesina (en la laguna)), 1919

Oil on cloth, 84 x 64 cm.

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Dope…Yak in Tibet by Vincent Munier

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Colleen Tighe

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Mount Rainier, Washington

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FREUND, Hermann Ernst Girl Picking Flowers c. 1840 Marble Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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Akika Kurata’s “And It Will Be Winter” at Corey Helford Gallery.

Currently on view at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, California is artist Akika Kurata’s solo exhibition, “And It Will Be Winter.” The stunning work will be on view until February 16th, 2019 and should be sought out if in the area.

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Beautiful Axe From A Danish Vikings' Tomb

In the winter of 970 to 971 CE, a Viking magnate was buried in a chamber grave in Mammen, Denmark. He lay on two down cushions inside a wooden coffin. It’s important to be comfortable in your eternal resting place. With him were symbols of his power: an expensive outfit of red and purple silk with blue and red embroidery, a large wax candle, a bronze bucket and two wooden buckets, and a ceremonial axe inlaid with silver decorations.

What does his tomb tell us about this man? It is unclear if he was Christian or pagan. The decorations on the ceremonial axe could be interpreted either way, but the wax candle was likely a Christian symbol, so its more likely than not that he was Christian. The fine quality of his grave goods, and the timing of the burial, suggest the Viking belonged to the circle around King Harald Bluetooth.