Head of a Buddha
In Sanskrit, Buddha means ‘awakened one.’ A Buddha is someone who has achieved enlightenment and so escaped the cycle of death and rebirth. Dazu, original location ...
16 Dec
Best-of-the-First-Year: Spanish or Portuguese Doorway
Best-of-the-First-Year: Spanish or Portuguese Doorway
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01626 Photograph date: ca. 1865-ca. 1895 Location: Europe Materials: albumen print Image: 8.4646 x 10.8268 in.; 21.5 x 27.5 ...
21 Oct
Spanish or Portuguese Doorway
Spanish or Portuguese Doorway
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01626 Photograph date: ca. 1865-ca. 1895 Location: Europe Materials: albumen print Image: 8.4646 x 10.8268 in.; 21.5 x 27.5 ...
28 Sep
Armchair (Egyptian Revival style)
Armchair (Egyptian Revival style)
The form of this easy chair, or bergère in French, was introduced in France in about 1725 and has remained popular. To preserve the chair ...
22 Aug
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Kachina Doll (Paiakyamu)
W5RAn best-of-wknd: Kachina Doll (Paiakyamu)
Culture: Pueblo, Hopi, Native American Medium: Wood, pigment Possible Place Made: First Mesa, Arizona, USA Dates: late 19th century Dimensions: 11 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/16 in. (27.9 x 8.9 x 8.1 cm) Collections: Arts ...
14 Jul
archaic woman sculpture
archaic woman sculpture
Image: "Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece". Lantern slide, 3.25 x 4 in. Brooklyn Museum, Goodyear. (Photo: T.H. McAllister, S03i2425l01.jpg) Notes: Greece - Archaic woman, Athens; Acropolis Museum. Lantern slide ...
01 Jul
Big, Beautiful Sausage Curls
Big, Beautiful Sausage Curls
Hair carved in marble, photographed at the Louvre, Paris
27 May
Runic inscription, Ekeby, Uppland, Sweden
Runic inscription, Ekeby, Uppland, Sweden
Runic inscription (U 308) on a rock at Ekeby, north-west of Skånela Church. The inscription says: "Gunne had these runes carved in memory of himself, ...
29 Apr
Kachina Doll (Paiakyamu)
Kachina Doll (Paiakyamu)
Culture: Pueblo, Hopi, Native American Medium: Wood, pigment Possible Place Made: First Mesa, Arizona, USA Dates: late 19th century Dimensions: 11 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/16 in. (27.9 x 8.9 x 8.1 cm) Collections: Arts ...
13 Dec
Devil Delight
Devil Delight
Angelica Paez Old carved Mexican devil and folk art lady carving. Artwork by our friend, Matt Sontheimer. link
Tag: carving