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The head of a goddess decorates the flat surface of this hollow gold scarab set in a silver swivel ring. Carved in relief rather than engraved as on a stone scarab, the goddess wears a stephane or crown decorated with three palmettes and a necklace with acorn-shaped pendants. Her locks of wavy hair radiate out from her face and she has a fierce expression. She represents Hera Lakinia, a local version of Hera, whose sanctuary was near the city of Kroton in South Italy. Coins of Kroton from the 300s BCE show similar images of Hera Lakinia, supporting this identification. Getty Villa Museum (85.AM.273)

You'd be forgiven if you thought that this figure on the bottom of a scarab ring was Medusa. In fact, it's Hera - Hera Lakinia, recognizable due to her image on the coins of the ancient Greek city of Kroton (Crotone) on the lonian coast of Italy. 🏺 1/

Greek, 4th c. BCE
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#TombTuesday

The Pyramid of Cestius is an ancient pyramid in #Rome, #Italy, near the Porta San Paolo. It was built as a tomb for Gaius Cestius during the reign of the emperor Augustus, probably between 18 and 12 BC. It is made from Carrara marble.

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Tudhaliya IV and Kurunta of Tarhuntassa in 1235BCE. With this treaty Tudhaliya promises the sovereignty of Tarhuntassa and another territory to Kurunta and his sons for the future, although Kurunta is advised to not want to imitate Tudhaliya's "Great Kingdom".

Found in Anatolia a Hittite text date circa 2000 BC.

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The Artist's House in Argenteuil - 1876 #artbots #monet
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A gold band alabastron, with irregular bands of colored glass (cobalt blue, green, white, and black) snaking across the surface of this elegant vessel. The opulent gold bands are in fact gold leaf sandwiched between layers of colorless glass. Gold band glass was a luxury ware and this alabastron, or perfume flask, would have been owned by a prosperous Roman woman. The term alabastron comes from alabaster, the material from which containers of this shape, used for perfume and scented oil, were originally made in Egypt. In the Roman Empire, the use of gold band glass was initially limited to the creation of alabastra, but the medium was gradually adapted for the creation of a variety of other shapes.

Honestly, I can never get enough of ancient glass. The vibrant colors, clever forms, and even the use of gold. This alabastron (perfume or scented oil flask) has swirls of gold between bands of colored glass. 1/ 🏺

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'Dance like no one is watching' ... Frozen while in motion, this statuette depicts a dancing woman, draped in a himation and wearing an ivy leaf wreath on her head. Her himation-wrapped right arm is folded back, her hand at her neck, her head lifted in abandon, and her right foot lifted backwards. Is it a religious dance, Dionysian, or instead linked to funerary practices? Perhaps all three. This figurine was certainly placed in a grave with the deceased person, likely a young woman. It still has traces of its original polychromy - particularly a bright pink pigment, which once covered the entire himation (cloak). Greek, Hellenistic, South Italian, Tarentine (the Greek city-state of Taras, part of Magna Graecia, or 'Great Greece', one of the Greek colonies in Italy), ca. 3rd century BCE. 6 × 2 7/16 × 3 3/8 in. (15.2 × 6.2 × 8.6 cm) Met Museum, New York (11.212.20)

Dance like no one is watching …

Frozen in mid-step, this little Tarantine terracotta dancer’s himation (with traces of bright pink pigment) swirls about her feet. She wears an ivy leaf wreath on her head, connecting her to the worship of Dionysus. Almost certainly placed in a tomb. 🏺

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Image description: Mars, the Roman god of war, stands on a plinth in a fresco from Pompeii. He holds a spear, shield and wears a crested helmet and a cloak, but is otherwise heroically nude. He appears in a garden seemingly at twilight a Gorgoneion seals the leafy border that frames the scene. Image credit to Carole Raddato.

This #FrescoFriday we’re in awe of the deep blue of this fresco from Pompeii. It depicts Mars, the god of war. He stands on a plinth adding a sculptural feel and is surrounded by bushes, trees, birds, and a rich blue sky that might be about to turn from twilight to night.

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Wheat Harvest - August 1884 #artbots #vangogh
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Edge of the Cliff, Pourville

Edge of the Cliff, Pourville, 1882 #artbots #monet
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Así, son bienvenidos.

An oil painting of the Annunciation. Mary, in a tannish robe and blue cloak, turns away from the table where she kneels reading to look up at the Angel Gabriel. The winged angel, who has long brown hair and wears a red robe with a yellow-gold cloak, holds a stalk of lily in his left hand. With his right hand he points skyward. Between them, above their heads, in an opening in the clouds, is the Holy Spirit in the form of a white dove.

Annunciation, 1659, by #MichaelinaWautier (So. Netherlands, 1617-1689). Held by Musée-promenade de Marly-le-Roi; source, KIK IRPA / Belgium's Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?ob... #artherstory #womenartists #LadyDay #FeastOfTheAnnunciation

All the replies/discussion on this are fascinating, thanks!

Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.

Amazing Late Iron Age finds from Melsonby in Yorkshire, including these mask-like faces on a vessel

🌱 Lo que hacen 20 cm de distancia. Ahora ya está mucho mejor.

Your A.I. Lover Will Change You A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?

People are already falling in love with A.I. What will happen once that becomes commonplace?

1/ #Onthisday in 1621, Hugo de Groot, child prodigee, humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright, escaped life imprisonment in a book chest. De Groot was a major figure in the fields of philosophy, political theory and law, laying the foundations for international law.

Paysage parisien, une rue avec l'établissement Thoumieux et la tour Eiffel au fond dans la brume...

Mon Ciel Bleu, il est tout beau sur mon nouveau téléphone... 😁
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🎁 pour vous, mon fond d'écran

The delicate aquamarine colouring of this 2,000-year-old Roman flask came from iron in the sand used to make it, and its iridescence is the result of weathering which turned the glass opaque
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'Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea' (1871) by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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We were meme'ing over on other platforms at @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social and it's too good not to share here! #archaeology Happy big C's day to those who celebrate!

Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Melchior Broederlam, artist in service of Philip the Bold of Burgundy. Here, Annunciation & Visitation from exterior of great Dijon Altarpiece, 1390s.

Detail of a polychrome relief with a lion, wide eyed

Detail of a shimmering gold leaf wreath big enough for a giant

Seuthes, horribly exposed, bronze head with insanely lifelike eyes

Detail of a horse rhyton protome

Details from a beautiful, missed exhibition- some of the most extraordinary ancient things to stand eye to eye with

#GardensHour Seeds planted - 5 trays nemophila, 2 trays cosmos, 1 tray blue kiwi, 1 tray cornflower, 2 trays sweet peas, 1 tray borage!! Slugs ate the crocuses!! 🌱🌿💜🌿💜🌿🌱 #EastCoastKin #flowers #Gardening #Ancoats #FlowerReport #Manchester #springtime #MyBalcony

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo artist, born #OTD 1696, master of decorative, illusionistic frescoes, with bold brushwork and vivid, luminous colours. Royal Palace of Madrid

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Venetian Rococo artist, born #OTD 1696, master of decorative, illusionistic frescoes, with bold brushwork and vivid, luminous colours.
Royal Palace of Madrid

Somewhat cartoonlike painted rendering of a male figure at center, rousing a crowd with a noisemaker, megaphone, drums, etc.

George Grosz, The Agitator, 1928 www.stedelijk.nl/en/collectio...

Bathers (Baigneurs)

Bathers (Baigneurs), ca. 1898

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Saisissant Rembrandt, avec ce visage qui sort de l’ombre

🌱 ¿Primavera?
La verdad es que no sé qué estación sea…

Self-Portrait with Palette

Self-Portrait with Palette, 1890

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