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Fikellura Amphora

East Greek, ca. 525 B.C.

Ceramic 

Princeton University Art Museum

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THE STAFFORDSHIRE HOARD

The publication of this amazing archaeological discovery is now Open Access, check it out here! 

While it isn’t Classical archaeology (my main did), there are some amazing objects here (garnet studded gold? yes please) and there is even a wonderfully abbreviated passage of Latin from the Vulgate bible:

[S]URGE:DNE:DISEPENTURINIMICITUIE/T

[F]UGENT QUIODERUNTTEAFACIETUA

SURGE DNE DISEPINTUR [...MIC]ITUIE/TFUGIU[N/T]QUIO DE

[R]UNTTE AF ACIE TU[..]DIUIE NOS[.R.]

“The inscribed text is a rendering of a well-known Vulgate text, which appears in the following form in Numbers 10, 35: cumque elevaretur arca dicebat Moses surge Domine et dissipentur inimici tui et fugiant qui oderunt te a facie tua, 'When he had lifted up the ark, Moses said "Rise up, Lord, and may your enemies be dispersed and those who hate you flee from your face"'.” Source.

Image source. 

#staffordshire #hoard #gold #garnet #anglo-saxon #archaeology #staffordshirehoard #animalart #art history #early christianity #latin #vulgate #bible

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Illustration from Daphnis and Chloe by John Austen (1931)

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The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty 

Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty.

#julia margaret cameron #john milton #nymph #Greek Mythology #art #19th Century #poetry

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The Echo 

“And music born of morning sound shall pass into her face.”

#julia margaret cameron #hetty cameron #echo #19th Century #art #Greek Mythology

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shoutout to this 19th century italian painter (ettore forti) who specialized in the genre “women being sold things in ancient rome”:

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Archaeologists Excavate a Stunning Roman Mosaic That’s Untarnished From an Italian Vineyard

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Minnie Jane Hardman

Study of a Bust of Hermes (c. 1883-1889)

#ancient greek mythology #hermes #ancientart #study #drawing #realism #statute #tagamemnon #classics #ancient greek art #ancient history #ancient greece #ancient art #museum #athens #statue #art #greece #greek gods #olympia #olympus #beauty

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Minnie Jane Hardman

Studies of the Discophoros (1882-1883)

Submitted by Hardman for admission to the Royal Academy. She needed to produce an “undraped antique statue” despite the fact that women were still not allowed into “undraped” life drawing classes.

#minniejanehardman #womanartist #ancient greek mythology #ancient art #greek sculpture #greek art #classical art #classical reception #discophoros

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EDWARD LEAR (2 OF 2)

Greek landscapes

Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show a variety of Greek landscapes, including the pass of Thermopylae.

You can read more about Lear’s trip to Greece here.

#edward lear #greece #landscape #thermopylae #watercolour #art #art hsitory

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It is easy to forget just how detailed and characterful the portraits on Greek coins could be...

#portrait #coin #numismatics #ancient greece #ancient history #kore #athena #perseophone #philistis #tagamemnon #ancientart #art #detail #character #hairstyle #silver

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The Iliad, cover illustration by husband and wife illustrator team Leo & Diane Dillon, 1969

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EDWARD LEAR (1 of 2)

Athens: Three Views of the Acropolis (with Frankish tower still standing), and the Temple of Zeus (with later brickwork still on top).

Mostly know for his nonsense poems (The Owl and the Pussycat), Lear was a prolific and talented watercolourist. He visited Greece in 1848-9, and, both during and after his trip, created numerous sketches and watercolours. These show some views of Athens, around 15yrs after it was instated as the capital of Greece. 

You can read more about Lear’s trip to Greece here.

#Athens #edward lear #watercolour #greece #ancient greece #acropolis #temple #athena #zeus #pnyx

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Robert Macpherson (Scottish, 1811 - 1872) [Statue of Demosthenes - Vatican Museum], 1850s, Albumen silver print 37.1 × 16.7 cm (14 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.), 84.XM.502.27 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

#demosthenes #albumen print #museum #statue #ancient greece #ancient art

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A harrowing but important thread.

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John McKirdy Duncan, 1866-1945

The Legend of Orpheus [Eurydice] (detail of the central and final panel), 1895, watercolor, 80x60 cm 

Private Collection

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As Cicero said: O tempora, o mores!