#art
Pichhwai for the Festival of Cows (late 18th century)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/65576
#art of #India, #Deccan
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Pizza antique
Ce que l'on voit "ressemble à une pizza, mais évidemment ce n'en est pas une", assure le directeur du parc archéologique de Pompéi, car il manque les tomates, arrivées en Europe au XVIe siècle, et la mozzarella. Mais la ressemblance est étonnante et la qualité de la peinture remarquable. Cette nature morte représente une xénia. Il s'agit d'un présent d'hospitalité offert aux invités dans la tradition grecque du troisième au premier siècle avant Jésus-Christ. À peine arrivés, les hôtes savaient ce qui allait leur être servi. Si notre pizza contemporaine ne remonte pas aussi loin, il y a 2 000 ans, les fours à pain existaient déjà. La maison pompéienne, où la fresque a été découverte, abritait d'ailleurs une boulangerie avec un four attenant.
https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/105583-001-A/pompei-ses-nouveaux-secrets-1-3/
#art #archéologie #archeology #pizza #video #vidéo #pompéi #pompei
In seinem Wissenschaftsthriller lässt Douglas Preston ausgestorbene Tiere wiederauferstehen. Das klingt nach einem Abklatsch von »Jurassic Park«, ist es aber nicht. Eine Rezension
In seinem Wissenschaftsthriller lässt Douglas Preston ausgestorbene Tiere wiederauferstehen. Klingt nach »Jurassic Park«, ist es aber nicht. Eine Rezension (Rezension zu Extinction von Douglas Preston)#Extinction #De-Extinction #Thriller #Ökothriller #CRISPR #Art #Sterben #Aussterben #ausgestorben #Technothriller #Dinosaurier #Mammut #JurassicPark #Crichton #Biologie #ErdeUmwelt #Kultur
»Extinction«: Mord zwischen Mammuts
acrylic on paper
#30x40cm #malerei #paintings #art #kunst #gedöns #acryl #figurativ #komischefiguren #mandtmalerei #mywork #my_work
#writing #painting #art #acrylic on 40x50cm #copyright #abstract
Ep – 31
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Julie de Graag (1877-1924, Dutch)
Gefantaseerde vis die oprijst uit het water
Imaginärer Fisch, der aus dem Wasser steigt / Imagined fish rising from the water
Skizzenbuchseite, Bleistift auf Papier, 1894, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
#JuliedeGraag #zeichnung #fische #surreal #kunst #art #paintings #gemälde #peinture #fantasy #drawing #fishes
Star Axis (1971)
Star Axis is a part of the Land Art movement begun in the 1960s and 70s. Located in the New Mexico desert, Star Axis was conceived in 1971 and is now nearing completion. This earthwork is on an Egyptian or pre-Columbian scale. It includes a Solar Pyramid, where from inside you can view an hour of Earth’s rotation. The central element of Star Axis, the Star Tunnel, is cut into the side of a mesa with an ascending 60 metre stairway in perfect alignment with the axis of the earth. As visitors climb the stairs of the Star Tunnel they pass through 26,000 years of Earth/star history, viewing distant past and future aspects of Earth’s shifting alignment with the stars.
Eleven stories high and 1/10th mile across, Star Axis is an architectonic sculpture that literally places viewers inside the trajectory of the earth’s axis. Like the observatories of many ancient cultures, Star Axis captures earth/star alignments. Ross remarks: “Each element of Star Axis, every shape, every measure, every angle, was first discovered by astronomical observation and then brought down into the land – star geometry anchored in earth and rock.”
#art by Charles #Ross https://www.staraxis.org/
Maybe We Die So The Love Doesn't Have To (2015)
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#art #sculpture by Elizabeth #Jaeger https://www.elizabethjaeger.com/
