Ethereal Worldliness

psaaok:

The Cyclops Polyphemus tosses rocks at the fleeing Odysseus and his crew.

Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history.  Charles F. Horne, editor; Louis Frédéric Schützenberger, artist.  1894.

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thingswoolike:

Turner, Odysseus Deriding Polyphemus (by Real Distan)

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hadrian6:

Hellenistic bronze head. 3rd.-2nd.century.B.C.E.

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hadrian6:

Farnese Hercules.   P.Brad Parker. American sculptor. charcoal sketch. 

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sullenmoons:

The Finding of Moses - Lawrence Alma Tadema

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yasatunobier:

The Spell of the Fire by Konstantin Vasiliev

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archaeologybabe:

Erechteion- Acropolis Athens

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artdetails:

Jose Echena, Samson and Delilah (detail)

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buonfresco:

Albert Bierstadt

Sunlight and Shadow

1862

Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 90.2 cm

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sirnot:

ancientart:

Chiron instructs young Achilles, Ancient Roman fresco from the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy.

I need more Roman frescos on my blog.

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ancientpeoples:

Bust of a companion of Ulysses

AD 100-150

Roman (Hellenistic)

(Source: The British Museum) 

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"Only a God can save us."

Martin Heidegger

The Spiegel Interview (1976)

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"The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs deeper than death."

Socrates

Apology

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arthistry:

Fragments of the colossus of Constantine in Rome at the Capitolene Museum. The colossus’ face is thought to have been remodelled from its original form, which depicted the likeness of either the Emperor Hadrian or the Emperor Maxentius. The reworking and/or appropriation of old art was widespread in the middle ages. Not only did it save the commissioner a lot of money in terms of labour and materials; in many cases, the ‘reborn’ art retained the connotations it originally held. For example, the colossus reworked into Constantine’s likeness would have held implications of the power and prestige of the older Roman emperors. In depicting himself as a ruler of old, Constantine was telling his subjects he was akin to them in greatness. The term used to define re-used art is spolia (used from the sixteenth century onwards).

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