#hermitage

[bobobkins]

can you believe these three clowns have made me cry for two separate events in the last month

[soviet-amateurs]

Dancing in front of Matisse in the Hermitage

Photo by Sergei Podgorkov, 1970

[thatshowthingstarted]

Sarmatian Diadem, 1st century AD, Scythian Culture,

Found at the Khokhlach kurgan burial mount, Novocherkassk, Russia,

The diadem consists of three hinged parts, the whole surface inlaid with garnet and glass. In the center is an amethyst bust of a woman wearing a tunic and crowned with a gold wreath inlaid with almandine.

The upper edge of the diadem is decorated with a figurative frieze representing a ritual scene of sacred animals processing towards the Tree of Life. The lower edge is decorated with pendants bearing rosettes rimmed with gold beads, pearls and small plaques.

This diadem is a typical example of the eclectic art which combed both Classical features and elements of Sarmatian art. It was intended for ritual use and was associated with the cult of fertility.

Gold, amethyst quartz, almandines, garnets, turquoise, coral, glass, pearls, resinous mass.

H. 15 cm.; L. 61 cm.

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 

[livesunique]

Temple of sun, Hermitage, Bayreuth, Germany

[periodinteriors]

Eduard Hau, The Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting, from Interiors of the New Hermitage, 1859, watercolor.

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Fire (aka Fire in Rome) Artist: Hubert Robert (French, 1733-1808) Date: 1787 Genre: historical painting, architectural interior Movement: Neoclassicism Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 cm (31.8 in) high x 65 cm (25.5 in) wide Location: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Hubert Robert, nicknamed "Robert of the Ruins," was known for his depictions of classical architecture, some of them on a grand scale. Here, he uses such an elaborate architectural setting as a frame for the Great Fire of Rome (64 AD/CE). People flee in panic while Rome burns in the background, its flames set against the night sky in a way that showcases Robert's skill in chiaroscuro.

[m1male2]

Museo del Hermitage, San Petersburgo.

[metamorphesque]

haruki murakami (pinball 1973)