#ram's head

[toyastales]

David Webb ram's head bangle from the 'Kingdom' or 'Zodiac' collection.

[thejewellerybox]

Necklace with Human and Ram’s-Head Pendants, Nubian, 270–50 BC.

Gold and cornelian.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

[blondebrainpowered]

Ancient Necklace from Georgia (South Caucasus), ca. 100-200 CE: this piece includes an amulet case with a central relief of a ram's head carved in amethyst, a garnet-studded perfume vial, and a thick chain woven out of gold.

[mythologypaintings]

Jason and Eros

Artist: Gustave Moreau (French, 1826–1898)

Date: 1890-1891

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private collection

Description

At the heart of a narrow, wooded valley the almost naked figure of Jason brandishes the ram’s head in his right hand. The bloody corpse of the dragon, from whom he seized his trophy, lies at the bottom of the altar on which the Golden Fleece was originally placed. The hero, whose adonis-like physique draws upon Donatello’s David, carries on his left arm a haloed putto representing Eros, the god of love, thanks to whom Jason managed to acquire the Fleece. As is usual in Moreau’s later works, the texture of the glistening paint surface is thick and highly wrought. Two small harpies, symbolising lurking death, flutter on the right-hand side.

[allegorypaintings]

Terra (Earth)

Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1526–1593)

Date: ca. 1570

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna

Description

“Earth” from the cycle of the “Four Elements” is one of Arcimboldo’s typical compositions, here put together from native and exotic mammals: the nose is formed by a hare, the chin by a cheetah, ears and cheeks by an elephant’s head, while a recumbent cow links the shoulder – represented by a lion’s head – and the breast, formed by a ram’s fleece. A number of these animals can be interpreted as allegories on the ruling dynasty, such as the antlers and horns forming the imperial crown. The lion’s head and pelt symbolize the Kingdom of Bohemia, but can also be interpreted as the lion’s skin of Hercules and thus as representing strength. The ram’s head at the breast is a metaphor for the Golden Fleece, the Habsburg dynastic order.

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artist of the Day (3/14/23) Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986) Ram's Head, White Hollyhock-Hills (1935) Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 91.5 cm. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Lowenthal Bequest)

Georgia O’Keeffe filled her landscapes of the desert Southwest with an abundance of horns and antlers. This painting features an enlarged ram’s skull and antlers hovering emblematically over landscape and sky; the organic lines and complex orifices of these nearly abstract forms conjure associations both phallic and feminine. Sexuality was a complicated issue for O’Keeffe. She famously denied that her landscapes or flower paintings were allegories of the female form, yet their lineage is obviously physical. In both cases, she asserted her own vision of the female body —- camouflaged with protective layers of meaning.

More of this artist's work appears in these MWW galleries/albums: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1843108375794523&type=3

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Gold earring in the form of ram's head and crescent.

Place oforigin: Egypt or Nubia

Date: ca. 900-200 B.C.

Period: Late Period

Medium: Gold, hammered, soldered and engraved

[vysjewelry]

Gold ram's head ring (at STAIR)