Rincón de Sibaritas

Dedicado a los finos amantes de las bellas artes y el estilo exquisito del buen comer.

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Nymphéas, Claude Monet

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The new Witch’s Broom is amazing and I am so happy I got one.  The new Cookies are by far my favorite collection. 

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J.E. Larson

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It’s spooky time!

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Nymphéas, Claude Monet

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Statue of Horemheb and Horus

This nearly life-size statue is made of white limestone. Horemheb is seated on the right side of Horus, who places his right arm around the king’s waist. The god’s left hand is holding the sign of life. The two figures greatly resemble each other. Both have bare upper bodies and wear the short ritual kilt and the double crown. The king is also wearing the striped royal headdress and a false beard.

On first inspection, the sculpture appears to be in a perfect state of preservation, but this is deceptive. The statue has been extensively restored in modern times and several parts were added: the two outer arms and the feet of both statues, the left hand, beard, and the tip of the nose of the king, as well as the beak of the falcon.

The appeal of this work lies particularly in the contrast between the traditional rigidity of the overall modelling on the one hand and the face on the other, the style of which has been largely determined by late Amarna art. The realism with which the anatomical details have been represented and the retaining of the portraiture despite the idealizing nature of the piece are a continuation of the art of the pharaoh Akhenaten. All in all, this sculpture seems to bring us closer to the personality of the forceful statesman Horemheb more than any other of his portraits.

New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, reign of Horemheb, ca. 1319-1292 BC. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Inv. 8301

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Ms. Codex 273 - Liber ethicorum Aristotelis

This manuscript features a compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics (both the Nicomachean and the Eudemian, or Great Ethics) in the translation made by the Italian doctor and scholar Taddeo Alderotti in the 13th century, followed by a list of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire. It was written in Italy, before 1356 CE, in Italian.

Click here for additional information, or here for the facsimile.

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Mummy of a Monkey

This sad-looking young baboon is seated with its knees drawn up to its chest, and its tail curving around the right side of its body.

The monkey appears to have been mummified through an enlarged cut in the anal area rather than evisceration through enema; radiographs show that a series of large packets that appear to contain soil were inserted into the animal’s torso to help hold its original shape. Traces of resin, natron, and exterior bandages are still visible on the animal.

Excavated by Mr. Theodore M. Davis in 1906 from Tomb (KV51) nearby the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 38747; CG 29837

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La actriz mexicana María Félix.

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La actriz mexicana Dolores del Río.

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Mummy of Queen Henuttawy

The whole body of Queen Henuttawy’s mummy was colored in yellow, while the cheeks and lips were painted red to improve her appearance. The head is adorned with an artificial wig made of strands of black string; she was given stone eyes. Her mummy was found in the Deir el-Bahari cache (“DB320”).

Her embalming wound was covered with a gold plaque that bears the wadjet eye and the queen’s name and titles. Her body exhibits many of the new techniques that developed for mummification in the Third Intermediate Period, notably the subcutaneous packing of linen and sawdust to preserve the shape of the body. In this case, however, the face of the mummy had burst due to being too tightly packed, it was restored to its original form in 1974.

Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 26204; CG 61090

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Nun Raises the Sun

Nun, god of the primeval waters, origin of all life and chaos, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra (represented by both the scarab and the sun disk) into the sky at the beginning of time. Nut, goddess of the Sky, is hanging from above, holding the god Osiris, also hanging from upside down, who holds the sun from above. This union, between the sun and Osiris, represents a solid eternal union between the soul and the body which meant to be a complete resurrection of the human being.

Vignette from Book of the Dead of Anhay. Ramesside Period, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1189-1070 BC. Now in the British Museum.

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Zucchini Spaghetti with Prawns