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thesilicontribesman · 2 months

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Trajan Recruits Soldiers. Arch of Trajan at Beneventum, 114 CE

A cuirassed military god in the centre presents a recruit to the roman emperor. The new soldier stands feet together: his height is being measured by a wooden frame held by the soldier on the right (in situ, west side, middle zone)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

#roman #romans #roman empire #roman army #roman soldiers #roman sculpture #roman craft #roman statue #roman society #trajan #ashmolean #archaeology #relic #ancient cultures #roman emperors

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luv4kokafox · 3 months

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brooxonianbek · 18 days

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WEEK QUADRATIC

{Feb 12th ~ 18th}

The unfortunate fact that I have left this periodical hanging loose at my third week on this weather-beaten island (as I currently fritter away at my twelfth) is not an irredeemable one. I am going to attempt in the next two weeks to intersperse your days with the photographic evidences of my travels and compliment them with the sundry annotations necessary for mine own satisfaction.

For those who have not been thus informed, I began (after overcoming a debilitating confusion of bureaucracy) a module descriptively entitled Oxford Buildings. It’s a 2nd year history of architecture class centred around the history of Oxford in particular, in which we wander around the city looking at pretty buildings. The tour for this week was of a selection of University buildings, the most notable of which was the famed Divinity School, which we entered without the high tourist’s fee because my lecturer begged them to. It’s an incredible room, with a fascinating history — I’ll go into it at a later point if anyone is interested. Overall, this new module is great fun and my new lecturer happens to be married to my other lecturer. She’s the best I’ve had so far, and took me along to the after-class weekly History of Art discussion group at a local pub — at which a peer of mine assisted me in the ordering of a solitary alcoholic beverage at the bar. Her assistance was necessary and appreciated.

I visited a beautiful exhibition of illuminated Chaucer manuscripts at the Weston Library that has inspired me to study more medieval illumination — and I have a feeling I’m going to be including more gold in my artworks from now on. Blame the Middle Ages.

Spring has begun to peek its tentative nose out at this point (exhibit. e & f, the first blossoms on the trees and daffodils in every patch of dirt accessible to their weaselly bulbs), though the weather remains as charming as a damp robin in a birdbath — so, pretty charming.

This was a week saturated with art and architecture — I visited, along with my elegant French flatmate, an exhibition at the Ashmolean of Victorian art, fashion and craftsmanship, with a focus on colour. It was a stunningly curated exhibition — what I wouldn’t give to curate a show as rich and seamless as this one. Strong jewel hues on the walls accentuated the focus colour for each section, some separated by bright, sheer curtains. I might end up going back to the museum to buy the exhibition book for it.

The Saturday was my first day trip ‘internationally’ — to the foreign land of Wales. The grand and dignified Abaty Tyndyrn was our first stop, and the poetry there was tangible, although our visit was far too short for my liking. I did complete a sketch there of the Abbey nave, which I will post in future. We travelled on to spend the rest of our time in Cardiff, which was moist and had a castle. Popping over into the National Gallery of Wales, we accidentally stumbled ourselves into a room teeming with Impressionists. Monet and Rodin took pride of place, and it brought me a surprising amount of joy to see their work in the flesh, for I had never before considered myself a huge fan of either of them until this point.

If I don’t post more in the next week, please send me an mouldy loaf of bread in the mail as a just consequence.

#oxford #wales #cardiff #tintern abbey #ashmolean #victorian art #colour revolution #chaucer #monet #rodin #academia

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lindahall · 11 months

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Elias Ashmole – Scientist of the Day

Elias Ashmole, an English collector of curiosities and manuscripts, was born May 23, 1617, in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

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centuriespast · 2 years

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Princess Fresco (detail) Tell el-Amarna, Egypt c. 1345–1335 BC Painted plaster

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bwthornton · 3 months

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Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design exhibition - open now in Oxford, UK Ashmolean Museum

#Art #ashmolean #oxford #stratford upon avon theatre review

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harlequinartiste · 5 months

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#Pierrot #Ashmolean

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weehughie · 1 year

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Stairwell, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford… • • #ashmolean #ashmoleanmuseum #oxford #museum #museums #museumlover #museumart #museumlife #architecture #architectural #architecturephotography #staircase #grandstaircase #staircasedesign #marble #statue #chandelier #granddesign #inscription #charlescockerell #classical #classicaldesign #1800s #art #artlovers #artlove #history #historical (at Ashmolean Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CphbNYuo0wS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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annauramoon · 1 year

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Aphrodite 🍎

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arthistoryanimalia · 4 months

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For #Baturday, check out this fab little friend:

Ojime in the form of a bat Japan, late 19th century cast copper alloy (sentoku), H 2.3 x W 1.2 x D 1.4 cm Ashmolean Museum EA1956.3749

#animals in art #19th century art #ojime #bat #metalwork #sculpture #bead #Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #Ashmolean Museum #Baturday

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thesilicontribesman · 2 months

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Bronze Stag Statuette from the Persian Empire, 550 to 330 BCE, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

#stag #bronze statuette #animals #symbols #metalwork #metalworking #ancient living #ancient craft #ancient cultures #persian #persian empire #archaeology #ashmolean #beasts

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luv4kokafox · 3 months

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paintings! 🌷🫶

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barbucomedie · 1 year

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Bronze Helmet from Greece dated between 1400-1300 on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England

This rare bronze helmet from the Aegean area of mainland Greece and the Greek islands has intricate punched decorations of bands of crescents, imitating the appearance fo boars' tuck helmets. These featured sections of tusks attached to a leather base and are often shown in Aegean art. The Greek poet Homer tells us Odysseus wore a helmet of leather, strengthened with boars' tusks, during the Trojan War (Illian 10, 260-264).

Real boars' tusk helmets have been found in tombs at Mycenae in the Peloponnese area of Greece and other Aegena sites of the Late Bronze age (1600-1200 BCE). The only close parallel to this bronze helmet was discovered by Sinclair Hood during excavations of a grave near the palace of Knossus on the Island of Crete, and dated to about 1450 BCE.

Photographs taken by myself 2019

#armour #armor #archaeology #art #fashion #ancient #military history #bronze age #greek #greece #mycenaean #ashmolean museum #oxford #barbucomedie

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jacquesbonhomie · 2 months

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John William Inchbold (1830-1888)

‘A Study, in March’

#john william inchbold #ashmolean museum #favourite

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flintdibble · 8 months

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When you hear people claim that the pyramids weren't tombs but granaries, you can always point out that these were what 4th dynasty Egyptian grain silos looked like (my photo, Ashmolean Museum)

#nippled grain silos #egyptology #pyramids #archaeology #ashmolean museum

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bwthornton · 1 year

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#History Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality – exhibition opens 10 Feb 2023 in #Oxford Ashmolean Museum

https://stratford-upon-avon-theatre.blogspot.com/2023/02/history-labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality.html

#ashmolean #Oxford #exhibition #stratford-upon-avon theatre review

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