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ADAM AND EVE

31 agosto 2012 d Culture, History Commenti disabilitati su ADAM AND EVE

ADAM AND EVE WITH CAIN AND ABEL – BAS-RELIEF OF 1186 – CATHEDRAL, MONREALE The breast-fed babies are tightly swaddled in a fishbone pattern; only their little heads sticking out, there is a trace of bonnets to protect them, but the loving – maternal and paternal – gesture …

GOLD METAL DEPICTION OF A KNIGHT PROBABLY INTENDED TO EMBELLISH THE BELT OF A LOMBARDY FIGURE – DATABLE AFTER DOPO 675 – NATIONAL MUSEUM, BERN

1 dicembre 2010 History Commenti disabilitati su GOLD METAL DEPICTION OF A KNIGHT PROBABLY INTENDED TO EMBELLISH THE BELT OF A LOMBARDY FIGURE – DATABLE AFTER DOPO 675 – NATIONAL MUSEUM, BERN

The Lombard art of metal work is attested to by these ornamental gold Stabio foil figures found in a tomb discovered : on the left is an elegant floral motif; on the right a vivacious portrayal of an animal. According to Baserga that ornament was applied to the belt, and …

Maasai

21 settembre 2009 d Culture, Poetry Commenti disabilitati su Maasai

Do not forget that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the impure… And when the impure will be no more, what will modesty ever have been if not a fetter and a contagion of the mind? And do not forget that the earth thrills to hear and …