#liebieghaus

[lionofchaeronea]

Mummy portrait (wax encaustic on sycamore wood) of a girl, from the Fayum region of Egypt. Artist unknown; ca. 120-150 CE (reign of Hadrian or Antoninus Pius). Now in the Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Photo credit: Carole Raddato.

[penguin--nipples]

I need you to know that these were teeny sculptures made out of ivory, literally some of these are smaller than the size of a child's palm and my mouth was literally AGAPE the whole time I was in this room

[samsi6]

Süßwasserwalfisch auf dem Trockendock im Hof des Liebieghauses. Speckstein kommt ganz offenbar von Anton Schneider 5 aus Frankfurt Schwanheim.

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Freshwater whale on the dry dock in the courtyard of the Liebieghaus. Soapstone clearly comes from Anton Schneider 5 from Frankfurt Schwanheim.

[no-passaran]

Funerary stele of Paramythion and Pheidiades, Athens (Greece), ca. 380/70 BC.

From left to right: 1) how it has been conserved nowadays, 2) the stele as seen in UV fluorescence, and 3) an experimental color reconstruction of how it would have looked like in antiquity.

Source: Gods in Colour: Polychromy in Antiquity online exhibit by Liebieghaus - Skulpturen Sammlung museum in Frankfurt (Germany).

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, aka L'Antico (c. 1460-1528) "The Belvedere Apollo" (1490s) Bronze, partly gilded Renaissance Located in the Liebieghaus, Frankfurt, Germany

[dwellerinthelibrary]

Mummy portrait of a girl, AD 120-150, Roman Egypt, wax encaustic painting on sycamore wood, Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main by Carole Raddato. Isn’t she splendid!

[samsi6]

Die Formen und die Farben des Alltags sind eine Richtschnur für das Leben. Ihre Bedeutung ist nicht starr, nicht fix. Der Blick auf die Dinge bleibt individuell. Die Funktion bleibt allgemein. Und die Wahrheit bleibt verborgen, denn im Kern möchte alles in Ruhe gelassen sein, als wäre das die Ordnung alles Seins, was einen Kreis schlösse, als wäre nicht die Offenheit Würze einer Lebenszeit...

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The shapes and colors of everyday life are a guide for life. Their meaning is not rigid, not fixed. The view of things remains individual. The function remains general. And the truth remains hidden, because at its core everything wants to be left alone, as if it were the order of all being that closed a circle, as if openness wasn't the spice of a lifetime...

[samsi6]

@caeliriva showed me Café im Liebighaus first. I'm forever grateful for that.