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The Perils of Fashion, a Nineteenth-Century Depiction
The perils of fashion, a nineteenth-century depiction. Pity there is no such picture for brains
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Three terracotta phallic amulets found during excavations at Omrit in northern Israel
Three terracotta penis amulets have been found at excavations in Omrit in northern Israel. A fairly ordinary find for ancient Rome, with its obsession with phallic imagery, which dominated public life
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Do Read Item 17 of a Circus Programme from 1885
Do read item 17 of a circus programme from 1885. A HORSE named Blondin WALKS A TIGHTROPE AT A HEIGHT OF 6 METRES. The horses I know can only booze and retouch their photos for Instagram 🙄
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A unique fifteenth-century lamp with an amber sculpture of the Virgin Mary on a walrus-tusk pedestal belonged to Sophia, Queen of Bohemia, of the German house of Wittelsbach, who was known for her Hussite sympathies
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A stone lady from a fifteenth-century Cistercian monastery in Irish Newry knows that the weekend is very nearly upon us 🌚
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Madonna and Child, St
Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Augustine, Jerome and Magdalene. Alvise Vivarini gave the "sacred conversation" a new form: the Christ Child sits on a flat rock within a protective circle formed by the Madonna and the saints
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Tauromachia etchings found in a hidden recess of a castle library are offered at Sotheby's
A Collection of Goya Etchings Found by Chance in a French Château. Published in 1816, the Tauromaquia was no commercial success, but the etchings that have now turned up are going under the hammer at Sotheby's with a starting price of $820,000 The rare prints were discovered
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In a French château, an inventory of the library has turned up a hiding place holding a rare set of Goya's bullfighting prints
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A few kilometres from Southwold Jack stands another similar "clockmaker" or bell-ringer, at Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh
A few kilometres from Southwold Jack stands another similar "clockmaker" or bell-ringer, at Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh. Fine armour, one must say.
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Stars and blue as symbols of the Virgin Mary in Christian art and church architecture
Readers ask: what makes me so sure this is the Madonna and not simply a lady with a child? In fact, it is obvious, if one knows the simplest Christian symbols. First, the tunic is strewn with stars. The star is a sign of the Mother of God, a reminder
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Terracotta Madonna in sandals by the French sculptor Gervais Delabarre
Terracotta Madonna in sandals, the work of the French sculptor of the 16th-17th century Gervais Delabarre. The toes are admittedly odd; I recommend replacing the sandals with loafers or espadrilles