1101
The Colossal Octopus (Le Poulpe Colossal) - Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere, des mollusques, animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc. Felix de Roissy and Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1805.
1102
Lovers. Wall painting, from a bar in Pompeii. Epigraphic Collection - Naples Archaeological Museum, Italy. Photo by Carlo Raso (CC0).
1103
Human-headed winged bull (lamassu). Collection: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, USA. It originally guarded the throne room of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC). Photo Credit:Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
1104
A Scythian Gold Comb with Battle Scene from the Solokha Kurhan. Date: Late 5th-early 4th century BC. Technique: casting, chasing. Dimensions: 12.6 x 10.2 cm. Collection & Credit: Hermitage Museum.
1106
John William Waterhouse - Ulysses and the Sirens, detail.
1107
Mushhushhu dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk, Panel from the Ishtar Gate - Babylon. Date: 604 - 562 BC. Now on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
1108
Ancient Greek gold earrings with pendants of amphoras, dated to the 2nd century BC. Private Collection (?)
1109
Campana relief with Hercules fighting the Lernean Hydra. Period: Roman. Date: 50 BC.-AD. 50. Medium: Fired clay.
1110
Details, Portrait of a Young Woman (Simonetta Vespucci) by Sandro Botticelli, c.1480–1485.
1111
Spoon with Jackal Handle. Place of origin: Saqqara, Egypt Date: ca. 1539-1292 B.C. Period: 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom. - Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum.
1112
Head of a horse Greek (probably from Attica), Archaic Period, c. 515 B.C. marble Museo del Prado.
1113
A Gargoyle of Notre Dame, Paris 1920. Photographer: Pierre Yves-Petit (1886–1969).
1114
Ancient Roman amethyst intaglio of Fortuna, dated to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.
1115
Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace at Nineveh, depicting King Ashurbanipal (r. 669-631 or 627 BC) killing a lion. Now in the British Museum. Photo credit: Aiwok/Wikimedia Commons.
1116
"Cave canem" (beware of the dog) mosaic. From Casa di Orfeo, Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum.
1117
Late Medieval heart-shaped gold brooch with twisted bands of blue and white enamelling. Date: c.1400-1464. Inscription on the back ‘Je suy vostre sans de partier’ (I am yours forever). © The Trustees of the British Museum.
1118
Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents sexual union of a man and a woman, Moche style, Period: 1 AD - 800 AD. Currently located at Museo Larco in Peru. #museumweek #sexualityMW
1119
Details, Circe Invidiosa by John William Waterhouse (1892).
1120
Plaque of a man and woman on bed engaged in sexual intercourse. Place of origin: Bismaya, Iraq. Period: Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian. Collection: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
1121
Monument of king Leonidas, Sparta, Greece.
Leonidas, (died 480 BC), Spartan king whose stand against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece is one of the enduring tales of Greek heroism.
1122
Reconstruction of Hecataeus’ world map. Hecataeus of Miletus ( c. 550 BC – c. 476 BC), was an early Greek historian and geographer.
1123
Yazilikaya - Midas Monument (Currently located in Yazili Village, Eskisehir, Turkey)
The most important and the most spectacular structure in Yazılıkaya is called the Midas Monument.
1124
Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220. Stained glass, rose window approx. 43’ in diameter.
1125
The lyre of Orpheus. Art by Eduard Ritter Von Engerth (1818 -1897)
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