#silver stater

[annemarieyeretzian]

ANCIENT ART 🏺 love, ur local art mom 🩵

link, more information, and disclaimers under the cut ✂️

link to the last week tonight episode here

hi I’m annemarie and I’m an art historian! not adjuncting for the first time in five years was rly hard for me so I threw some slides together so I could still (sort of) teach the same material as my language of art class but a) I threw these slides together for instagram so space was/is limited and b) language of art is a ten week run through art history so I’m presenting only the most accessible information here – there’s so much more to this art period! – please don’t expect it to be comprehensive and please do ask if you have any questions!

oh p.s. my first ever class of art history students came up with the name ‘art mom’ for me at the end of the quarter and yes it does make me cry if I think about it too long thanks so much for asking

[mudwerks]

Fantastic beasts and the currency that depicts them

For thousands of years, humanity has been fascinated by the allure of fantastical beasts and mythical creatures—so much so that many depictions of these unknown animals have been featured on coins and banknotes around the world, and their portraits have stood the test of time.

A silver stater from Corinth, dated to 400–350 BCE. The reverse features the goddess Athena wearing a helmet, while the obverse boasts an impressive depiction of a Pegasus.

This gold 20 won coin from Korea was minted in 1906 and offers an alternate depiction of the mythical dragon.

A coin worth 50 cents from Szechuan, China, minted around 1901, features a powerful design of a coiled dragon on the reverse.

via adventures-of-the-blackgang