Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Long Boat with Hindu Gods Courtesy of http://lotus-sculpture.stores.yahoo.net/3b39.html
Winged Nike of Samothrace Detail
greek statue nike victory
Greek statuary British Museum  Thanks to http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2154702540094065741jFMiBJ
Խաչքար - Stone cross (Khachqar) Thanks to http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/expressioniste/reviews/
centuriespast: Head of AphroditeRoman, Imperial Period, Antonine, about A.D. 138–192 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
amare-habeo: A Roman Marble Torso, 2nd Century A.D. Collection New-York
iznogoodgood: Damián Campeny y Estany - The Dying Lucretia (1834)
ratak-monodosico: Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi), from the Great Stupa at Sanchi is an Indian sandstone sculpture from the Great Stupa at Sanchi. It dates from the Sunga period, 25 B.C.–A.D. 25. It depicts a yakshi fertility goddess. It is currently located at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Torso of a female figure bending to one side. The figure wears a necklace and elaborate beaded belt. Both arms are now void, but it is clear that one arm was raised above the figure’s head while the other was pendant. One leg crosses in front of the other, though both are now void at mid-thigh. On the reverse, the figure’s braided hair and elaborate jewelry are carved in low relief. The figure appeared toward the top of one of four stone gateways (toranas) leading to the Great Stupa at Sanchi. It formed a bracket between two horizontal elements and one of the torana posts. There were two large and at least two smaller female figures per gateway, but few survive, with only one or two still in situ.[1] See also: Venus in India
Jean-Pierre CORTOTParis, 1787 – Paris, 1843Daphnis et ChloéMarbre
« Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »
concept theme
powered by tumblr