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by CHILLIDA

#eduardo chillida

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joseph beuys

#joseph beuys

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CURATOR’S CHOICE: Find out why this nearly thousand-year-old silver mask is Hiromi Kinoshita’s favorite piece in “First Look: Collecting for Philadelphia.” Ok … it might be a tad rare … but there’s more. Watch.

Funerary Mask, late 10th–early 12th century, China 

#funery mask #late 10th-early 12th century China.

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Jasper Johns liked Barnett Newman's early lithograph, Untitled (1961) [top, via MoMA] so much that he bought one. And in 1983 he included it as an element in several paintings (and related prints), including Racing Thoughts (1983) [below, via Whitney]

#jasper johns #barnett newman

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Franck Gérard, born in 1969, is a French visual artist

#franck gerard #french visual artist

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Hans Theo Baumann, Untitled (Tapestry), 1973, Bonn, Ausbildungsstätte für den Auswärtigen Dienst.

#tapestry #hans theo baumann #mid centuary modern

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Gold bracelet, Tierrandentro culture, Colombia, 200 BC - 900 AD

from The Museo del Oro, Bogota

#antiquities #pre columbian gold bracelet #ancient history #ancient art #ancient jewelry

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Willem de Kooning - Untitled, 1955, oil and tape on paper collage laid down on board, 41.3 x 36.2 cm

#willem de kooning #abstract expressionism #mid-centuary

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Tutankhamun Tall Vase Inlaid with Faience

A brownish residue from a perfumed oil was found inside this Egyptian alabaster tall vase from the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Oils, essential for rituals, were highly valued. The Tomb of Tutankhamun contained various artifacts, including perfumed oil vases. This vase was discovered during the excavation of his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It is believed that the vase was used to hold perfumed oils or other aromatic substances, which were commonly used in ancient Egyptian rituals and for personal grooming. New Kingdom, late 18th Dynasty, ca. 1332-1323 BC. Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, Thebes. To be in the Grand Egyptian Museum. GEM. 70

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#antiquities #ancient egypt #tutankhamun #18th dynasty #new kingdom #vase

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Gold armband with Herakles knot

Hellenistic period

3rd–2nd century BCE

Gold inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel

3 1/2in. (8.9cm)

The Herakles knot on this sumptuous armband is enriched with floral decoration and inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel. According to the Roman writer Pliny, the decorative device of the Herakles knot could cure wounds, and its popularity in Hellenistic jewelry suggests that it was thought to have the power to avert evil.

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

#greek art #hellenistic art #ancient artifacts #ancient art #antiquities #archeology #herakles #carnelian #met museum

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Pendant made from gold, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, Egypt, 16th-11th century BC

from The Miho Museum, Kyoto

#antiquities #gold pendant #ancient egypt #16th-11th centuary BC #the miho museum #kyoto

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by PICASSO

#pablo picasso

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Gold earring with amethyst, lapis lazuli, and glass beads, Greek, 5th - 3rd century BC

from Timeline Auctions

#gold earing #greek #5th - 3rd century BC #antiquities #ancient jewelry #ancient greece

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Cy Twombly, Untitled, (collage (drawing paper, shredded drawing paper, transparent adhesive tape, glue), acrylic, pencil, wax crayon), Gaeta, 1989 [© Cy Twombly Foundation, New York, NY]

/ l'Altissimo /

#cy twombly #drawing #collage #visual writing #mixed media #cy twombly foundation #1980s

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Gold and garnet cross pendant, Byzantine Syria, circa 475-525 AD

from The Louvre

#antiquities #ancient history #ancient art #ancient jewelry #byzantine syria

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The mysterious Pompeii bracelet

Found in the reamains of a young woman, inside an inn, it is the only specimen in the museum that has an inscription: "DOMINUS ANCILLAE SUAE" which means "From the master to his slave girl." In a documentary I heard an expert on ancient Rome and Roman jewelry say, "It was unusual for a master to give gifts to his slaves, much less gold gifts, this is a mystery."

#antiquities #roman jewelry #pompeii #archaeology #ancient rome #ancient history

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“Kogan («Weathered Shore»), Shino Water container. H. 18,0 cm. Important Cultural Object. Hatakeyama Collection.”

From: “Classic Stoneware of Japan, Shino and Oribe” by Ryoji Kuroda, Takeshi Murayama.

#kogan #'weathered shore' #stoneware