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Magazine cover Harper's March A line of hansom cabs in the background. In the foreground, pedestrians walk by.

Harper's March
Another fine Edward Penfield poster from the NYPL digital collection

Over 2500 years old! Head of Life and Death,300-600 BCE, Veracruz stone sculpture symbolizing duality, both life and death in the same face. It shows the region's rich artistic traditions, merging elements of spirituality and mortality, symbolizing the eternal cycle of existence and transformation.

“Saint Elesbaan having slaughtered Evil.”

18th-century painting depicting King Kaleb of Aksum defeating the Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas
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Black and white photograph of May Sarton.

“We shall go warm.
We shall go on by the light of our hearts.”

May Sarton

Eisenhower

An owl is perched on a tree stump leaning forward with head turned slightly towards the viewer.

'Owl on Tree Stump' - Tejima Keizaburo, ca. 1980s.
#OwlishMonday #JapaneseArt

Madonna of the Magnificat, 1483. Truly splendid in every way. By Sandro Botticelli, whose birthday was today.

Adventures & Mystery that way.. #SpaceGirl

A night scene of a river with several boats. A tree branch stretches across the scene and stats can be seen in the dark sky.

'Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe

“He Was Not Like Other Men” – Chopin as seen by his contemporaries As a pianist and connoisseur of Chopin, I have always been fascinated by how Chopin’s contemporaries perceived him, be they friends, admirers or critics.

“He Was Not Like Other Men” – Chopin as seen by his contemporaries – The Cross-Eyed Pianist crosseyedpianist.com/2020/07/18/h...

Edward Bawden
1935 linocut print "Mail Rail"

Poster Scribner's for March Now Ready Price 25 cents A flower vendor holds up a pot of daffodils, his long scarf blowing in the wind.

This is lovely
March Scribner's, an F. B. Masters poster from the NYPL digital collection

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'Antelope' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Ebony and Bloodwood.

Ara Güler, “Nightfall in the district of Zeyrek, Istanbul”

#photography #Istanbul #AraGüler

Nico

The interior dome of the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) in Germany.

The interior dome of the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) in Germany.

Catherine Deneuve - ©Jerry Schatzberg

Born (possibly) on this day in 1445, in Florence, the great Sandro Botticelli. Starting off his day with his Primavera, because don't we all wish spring would arrive?

Magazine cover Three prospectors climb an ice-covered mountain pass

Klondike: the March issue of Century magazine, 1896
NYPL digital collection

#BOTD 1910. Remembering actor and novelist David Niven. (d.1983) #Filmsky

Magazine cover A woman in a yellow coat carries a copy of the magazine

Lippincott's March, 1986
NYPL digital collection
#WomensHistoryMonth

Bonsoir
(Charlotte Rampling)

‘Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers

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Close shot of white hawthorn blossoms, tree branches behind and a clear blue sky.

Hawthorn.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekHForHs

A young man's hat goes flying in the wind, as a young boy flies his kite.

A March calendar poster from the NYPL digital collection.

Save this; it'll be good in 2037.

It’s March, so it has to be the daffodil dress 🌼

One of the Horae, or Hours, rushes in to cloak Venus (although Venus's nudity was too perfect for Botticelli to actually disturb it with drapery!). Full painting, which Bluesky will label sexually suggestive, coming up next…

Magazine cover A woman tries to hold back a fierce lion. Meanwhile, a lamb runs away.

Outing, March 1897
NYPL digital collection

The museum description: ‘Amber mould-blown glass conical beaker with a flat base. Decorated with six rows of almond-shaped bosses.’ But these types of knobby beakers are thought to represent Hercules club. Finds of this type from numerous military sites across the Roman empire may suggest that soldiers in particular liked to have glass tableware that recalled the strength and drinking prowess of the great hero. The deep amber color is very striking, and some multi-colored iridescence can be seen - little areas of green, purple, and blue. Roman, eastern Mediterranean, ca. 70-100 CE. Excavated around the early 20th century in Tyre, Lebanon. British Museum, London (1913,0522.18)

This type of mold-blown knobby glass beaker is thought to represent Hercules' club. Finds from numerous military sites across the Empire may suggest that soldiers in particular liked to have glass tableware that recalled the strength and drinking prowess of the great hero. 🏺 1/

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Hildegarde Haas (1926–2002)
Trees and Water, woodcut, 1949