The Museum Guy

Writer, Classical Archaeology student. I invent true stories.

[met-medieval-art]

Plaque with Two Saints, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Fletcher Fund, 1947 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Silver, parcel gilt

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468198

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Bowl Base, Medieval Art

Rogers Fund, 1918 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Glass, gold leaf

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/465927

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Plate with the Presentation of David to SaulGift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Silver

[ancientpeoples]

Carved Wooden Doors

Egypt, 4th-7th century (Byzantine/Late Antique)

47 cm high by 35 cm wide by 4.8 cm thick (~19 x 14 x 2 in)

These wooden panels are the finest and most complete examples to survive from the Early Byzantine period, having been preserved in the dry sands of Egypt.  The panels, made for a cupboard or cabinet (or possibly used as window shutters), each have richly carved medallions of interlacing bands set with rosettes or eagles. A very similar pair of wooden doors is in Athens, Benaki Museum, inv. 9083.

Source: The Walters Art Museum

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A highly decorative belt buckle with an incised image of a man spearing a lion, surrounded by simple designs.

Cast out of bronze, with gilding.

Made in the late 5th century for a Vandalic nobleman in Hippo, modern Algeria.

Currently held at the British Museum.

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Knight Lombard. Taken from the “Shield of Stabio”, VII century. Bern, Historisches Museum. artofthedarkages

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Grand Salon de l’Impératrice, Château de Fontainebleau (by Sydney on the Go).

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Stucco relief panel, Greek and Roman Art

Medium: Stucco

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1892 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245839

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Head from a Statue of a Youth. Culture: Roman Date: 100 B.C. - A.D. 100 Medium: Bronze

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~ The Morgan Cup. Place of origin: Roman Empire, probably Italy Date: A.D. 1-99

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~ Ephebe (so-called “Saarbrucken Ephebe”). Date: 1st century B.C.- A.D. 1st century Medium: Marble Provenance: Athens, National Archaeological Museum (Αθήνα, Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο)

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“Coptic Textile with Aphrodite Anadyomene”

A textile fragment depicting the Birth of Venus in the center roundel and surrounded by decorative Nilotic motifs (water, ducks, fish, lotus flowers).

Woven out of dyed wool and linen, and part of a tunic or cloth.

Made in the early 500s at Antinopolis in Egypt by Coptic monks. Buried in the necropolis of Christian anchorites at Antinopolis and unearthed by archeologist Albert Gayet, a pioneer in the field of Coptic textiles, in the 1890s. Purchased by the Louvre, where it is currently held.

[marmarinos]

Head of an Amazon, Roman copy of an original Greek bronze, which would have dated to 440-430 BCE. Greek marble. Currently located in the Capitoline Museums.

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Christo The Floating Piers, Lake Iseo, Italy, 2016

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Marcus Aurelius

“The point of life is to follow reason and the divine spirit and to accept whatever nature sends you.”

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was born on this day in AD 121. This striking half-life-sized bronze portrait was found near Brackley in Northamptonshire. Marcus Aurelius’ philosophical ‘Meditations’ are considered to be one of the world’s most influential works, incorporating stoic principles he used to cope with life as a warrior and leader. Aurelius’ reign was troubled by natural disasters and war. His personal writings outline a philosophy of commitment to virtue above pleasure, and tranquility above happiness.

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Portrait of emperor Caligula in cuirass. Found in Rome. 37-41 AD. Marble.  Ny Carlsberg Glyptoteket, Copenhagen. Inv. 1453