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@chapps I used her as a #ReliefWednesday example once because we have no weekly statue hashtag, oddly.
#ReliefWednesday nos oferece a oportunidade de considerar quão duro e quão roxo era o #coração de #Nero (provavelmente não muito, em ambos os casos), e por que um paralelepípedo de #pórfiro leva seu nome no #Vaticano, o coração da #Cristandade #catolica.
#ReliefWednesday nos oferece a oportunidade de considerar quão duro e quão roxo era o #coração de #Nero (provavelmente não muito, em ambos os casos), e por que um paralelepípedo de #pórfiro leva seu nome no #Vaticano, o coração da #Cristandade #catolica.
#ReliefWednesday offers us the opportunity to consider how hard and how purple the #heart of #Nero was (probably not very, in both cases), and why a #porphyry cobblestone bears his name in the #Vatican, the heart of #Catholic #Christendom.
Funerary stele of a doryphoros (spear bearer), Nisiros, 5th century BCE. #ReliefWednesday
Detail from an Assyrian banqueting scene - part of several panels that linked a corridor in the South West Palace at Nineveh. The panel dates from 700-692 BC, and is part of the collections @britishmuseum #ReliefWednesday 📸 My own.
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Something a little unusual for #ReliefWednesday. Using very similar iconography to so-called Reiter tombstones, this relief from Arlon probably commemorates an unknown cavalry action in the 1st century AD.
Ancient Greek gold hair net with relief bust of the goddess Athena. Late 3rd-2nd century BC. Benaki Museum, Athens. 📷 my own. More: e.issuu.com/issuu-reader3-… #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday; from the National Archaeological Museum in #Athens, a gold naiskos with garnet and emerald decoration with an image of drunken Dionysus being assisted by a Satyr inside. Dated to the 2nd century BCE. #Archaeology #Greece
#ReliefWednesday Relief with a dedication to Palmyerene gods Aglibol and Malakbél. 235-236 AD, Capitoline Museums, Rome. Donated by Pope Benedict XIV in the 18th century.
#ReliefWednesday This stucco relief portrays Dionysus as a #wrestler; the athlete - god rests one elbow on a hoop used for gymnastic exercises. Found at the Palaestra at #Pompeii. (See Alt for more details) #Art #Archaeology #History #Artwork
#ReliefWednesday - The Medici Vase A gorgeous monumental marble vase, ca. Late 1st Century BC. The frieze has been much interpreted, but is complicated by 15th Century restorations. #Myth #Art Image: Uffizi Gallery (1914 (Sculpture) no.307). Link - uffizi.it/en/artworks/me…
#ReliefWednesday Dedicated to the Nymphs on the Island of Ischia by Pholia Three Nymphs. Ancient Rome, 1st century. Dimensions: 43x41 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
#ReliefWednesday #Egypt #Archaeology @FCGulbenkian Ivory Panel from a casket, Late Period, 26th dynasty
#ReliefWednesday Fragment of a acanthus scroll frieze, Roman workshop, first half of the 2nd century AD, probably from Villa Adriana (Tivoli), Girolamo Zulian collection #museum #Venice #Rome #collection
#ReliefWednesday This sarcophagus commemorates Marcus Cornelius Statius, who died young ~ c. 150 CE The scene is a poignant timelapse from birth to toddler suggesting a life lost far too soon and the grief accrued by the parents. 🏛 The Louvre
#ReliefWednesday Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) at his triumph after his success against Germanic tribes. Bas-relief from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.
The sandstone carved Victory Stele of Naram-Sin depicts a narrative scene of Akkadian king Naram-Sin leading his army to victory over the Lullubi people of the Zagros Mountains. It was discovered at the ancient site of Susa, Iran, and is dated to 2250 BCE. #ReliefWednesday
Garlandes, fíales, bucranis i palmetes a l'interior de l'Ara Pacis. August tenia els diners i el bon gust per contractar un taller grec per esculpir el millor marbre de Carrara. Té referents i l'elegància i contenció de l'art grec clàssic + l'esplendor de Roma #ReliefWednesday
