Archaeology & Art(@archaeologyart)さんの人気ツイート(新しい順)

2001
Earrings. Place of origin: Italy Date: ca. 1870. Medium: Gold with granulation and filigree work. Now on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
2002
John William Waterhouse - Hylas and the Nymphs (1896).
2003
Chandelier. Date: 15th century. Culture: German. Medium: Wood, bone, iron. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
2004
Statue of Diana the Huntress in a landscape by Charles Meynier (1768 – 1832).
2005
A man stands on Ramses II lap. Abu Simbel. Egypt, c. 1910s.
2006
Head of a goddess or princess, from Alexandria (blue chalcedony, height: 6.8 cm) Ptolemaic Period. ca. 120-80 BC. Now at the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva.
2007
Tomb in the Crypt of Arundel Castle by Samuel Rayner (English, 1806–1879)
2008
Roman fresco recovered at Arles, France. Photo Credit/ Read More: archaeology.org/issues/207-160…
2009
Memorabilia, Ludwig van Beethoven by Salomon Garf (Dutch, 1879–1943)
2010
Nessus Abducting Dejanira. Modeled in 1814–15, carved in 1821–23 or 1826 by Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish). Now on display at the Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 548, NY.
2011
2012
Giusto de’ Menabuoi (1330-1390): Cycle of the Apocalypse (fresco).
2013
Bust of a woman, possibly the younger Antonia. Long identified as the nymph Clytie. Date: c. 40/50 AD. Excavated/Findspot: Naples. Now on display at the British Museum.
2014
Ancient Greek gold earrings with pendants of amphoras, dated to the 2nd century BC. Private Collection (?)
2015
Jephthah's Vow: The Marty by Edwin Long (1829–1891). Collection: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.
2016
Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (?)
2017
Aztec Sun Stone, 1886. Photograph: New York State Archives. The Aztec Sun Stone - also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone - is an enormous circular stone carved from basalt, covered with hieroglyphic carvings, weighing 25 tons, 3.60 meters in diameter and 98 cm thick.
2018
The Goddess Uma. Medium: Sandstone. Geography/ Culture: Cambodia, during the Angkor period, 900s AD. Photo: National Museum of Asian Art.
2019
Amethyst bottle, made in Egypt, c.2.675-2.130 BC - National Museum of Asian Art. This small container made of beautifully veined stone would have been a luxury item, most probably filled with an expensive, fragrant oil. The container would have had a stopper.
2020
‘Medea Restoring Aeson’s Youth’ by Charles-Alexandre Crauk, 1865.
2021
“Principal types of pottery in Ancient Egypt.” The Encyclopaedia Britannica. v.9. 1922, Fig. 112.
2022
Theseus defeats the Centaur (1805-1819) is a neoclassical sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), on display on the Grand staircase at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
2023
Table's pedestal (Trapezophoros) with two griffins devouring a deer. Polychrome marble carving (4th century BC) belonging to a Dauni's citizen high society grave.
2024
Ophelia by Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser (1857-1921).
2025
Ancient Egyptian cosmetic container (soapstone) with round receptacles and inscriptions. Artist unknown; 663-332 BC (Late Period). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.