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Minoan fresco panel from the 'Lily Frescoes' from the 'Villa of the Lilies' Amnisos, 1600-1500 BC. The fresco depicts white lilies against a red background and red lilies against white background with long stems in front of a fence. The wall art uses fresco and 'in cavo' technique. Neopalatial Period, Heraklion Archaeological Museum , Heraklion,... Continue Reading →
Designer Daniel Voshart's works use a technique that has become popular online. You probably know about Nero, the tyrannical emperor who ruled Rome for 14 years in the first century—the one who perpetrated political murders, persecuted Christians, and fiddled while his city burned. But have you ever wondered what he looked like? Daniel Voshart did. The Toronto... Continue Reading →
The Felix Gem. Flat-faced carnelian. (The theft of the Palladion by Diomedes and the reaction of Odysseus.) Ashmolean (1966, 1808) Intaglios and sealstones are engraved gems that were both worn as decoration and used as a device to make an identifying mark in wax. They are often decorated with subjects of significance to the owner.... Continue Reading →
Monday, August 24, 2020(Baltimore Museum of Art, Kerr Portfolio 2868, Photo by J. Kerr)BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—According to a Science News report, neuroscientist Alan Cowen and psychologist Dacher Keltner of the University of California, Berkeley, turned to ancient sculptures to see if human facial expressions could signal the same emotions across cultures. Previous comparisons of facial expressions of living... Continue Reading →
The three mummified animals showcased in this video—a cat, a snake, and a bird—remained shrouded in bandages, and mystery, for more than 2000 years. But a new 3D look inside is revealing deeper insights into how they lived and died. Scientists utilized so-called micro–computer tomography (micro-CT) scanning, which creates 3D images by merging thousands of... Continue Reading →
People from all over the world have visited Santorini in Greece. Even more will visit the island in the future. But can you visualize the island's "metamorphosis" throughout time and the impact & consequences of the volcano eruption? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag18yf9u7e4 Source: http://www.cuervito.gr/santorini-volcano-history/
The Director of the Museum of Cycladic Art, Professor N. Chr. Stampolidis narrates the rise of the Early Cycladic society (3200 to 2000 B.C.) and its civilization through the prism of the cycladic figurine, the symbol that defined globally the history of Art from the Prehistoric Age up until the 21st century because of its... Continue Reading →
Our conversations are centering more and more on the topic of racial justice, and families and educators are trying to help their children understand current events. In many cases, this task requires soul-searching about how little we had been talking to children about race and racial justice previously. To help in this process, we have compiled a... Continue Reading →
Το Λούβρο έχει μία από τις πιο εντυπωσιακές συλλογές στον κόσμο. Ανάμεσά τους η Μόνα Λίζα, μια συλλογή του Μικελάντζελο, η Αφροδίτη της Μήλου και η Νίκη της Σαμοθράκης. Η εμβληματική Νίκη, ίσως στο ωραιότερο σημείο του μουσείου, αποτελεί πόλο έλξης για τους επισκέπτες. Το γλυπτό άγνωστου καλλιτέχνη της ελληνιστικής εποχής βρέθηκε στο Ιερό των... Continue Reading →
June 26, 2015 marks a major milestone for civil rights in the United States, as the Supreme Court announces its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. By one vote, the court rules that same-sex marriage cannot be banned in the United States and that all same-sex marriages must be recognized nationwide, finally granting same-sex couples equal rights to heterosexual... Continue Reading →
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