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I want my own flying saucer

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Geoffroy Amelot

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Yusho KAIHO （海北友松 Japanese, 1533-1615）

Drying Fishnets in the Four Seasons 網干図屏風 1610 Ink, color and gold on paper via

artsyskills

VINTAGE POP SURREALISM DESIGNS BY SAMMY SLABBINCK

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Anne Lindberg

Notations,2014

graphite & colored pencil on mat board

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OSCAR NIEMEYER, Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer (The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre), Avilés (Asturias), Spain (2008-2011).

jonasgrossmann

ludwig mies van der rohe… präsentationsmappe für den bau der neuen nationalgalerie, 1963 @ smb

archaicwonder

A Recently Destroyed 7th* Century BC Assyrian Statue, Photo c. 1850

:( Unfortunately, by now I’m sure most of you have heard the heartbreaking news that this statue and many others at the Mosul Museum fell victim to the deplorable practice of iconoclasm by the Islamic State this week.

This photo is from the mid-19th century excavation of the colossal statues at the Nergal Gate of the ancient city of Nineveh. This statue was one of two winged bull-men (aka lamassu ) that guarded one of several entrances to Nineveh dated to the time of King Sennacherib*. Named for the Mesopotamian god Nergal, the gate was possibly used for ceremonial purposes since it is the only known gate flanked by stone sculptures of winged bull-men, which were believed to be protective deities.

*Some news sources (e.g. BBC, and Al Jazeera) are dating these statues to the 9th century BC whereas others say the 7th century BC (e.g. CBS, ABC). I am not certain which is correct.