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THE CONSUL MAGNUS – IVORY DYPTICH TABLET – DATING FROM THE YEAR 518, MILAN MUSEUM OF ART. Roman costumes, along with many of the empires’ institutions were kept under the gothic rule, as shown in this image of the consul Magnus wearing a Toga picta and holding a sudarium to …

Its main characteristic is the ends pointing up which convey a feeling of happiness.

The appaloosa is a horse breed from North America. With its typical spotted coat the appaloosa strikes the imagination. This horse has been hunting the buffalo together with the native Americans. Its name comes from the Palouse river which delimited the lands of its first farmers. Between Indians and horses …

FRAGMENT OF  BYZANTINE SILK FABRIC SHOWING THE ANNUNCIATION, DATING FROM THE VI CENTURY (?), VATICAN LIBRARY. The exquisite Byzantine decorative sense is shown here by this red silk fabric (dyed with kermes). The scene of the Annunciation is artistically reproduced within a large circular red and green floral motif on …

Sandra Tomboloni the childhood’s colours brought into the adults’ world When the childhood decides to live also in adults, it gives origin to wonderful worlds, made with fabulous colours and objects melted with magic. Who has ever tried to use plasticine for modeling animals or flower shapes, small and shacking …