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Celestial Conch Shell with Skulls, Huastec, Veracruz (Northern), Mexico, 900–1521

Courtesy Alain Truong

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Ruben Monakhov（Рубен Монахов Xудожник Russian, b.1970）

The Log 2023 Oil on canvas 85x55 cm via

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Retró plakát gyűjtés 1

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Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) - Faet Fiada (The Appearance of a Wild Beast), 1951

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Nikolai Vorobyov • Tugarin Zmeyevich (detail)

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Abandoned mine, Slovakia

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A Long Night

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Lydia Pettit (American, 1991) - Dog Woman (After Rego) (2024)

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Maiden in Chainmail ⛓️⛓️‍💥

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Icon "Trinity of the Old Testament". Jerusalem, Hebron, Holy Trinity Monastery, late XIX century.

Wood, levkas, oil.

Preservation: crackle and darkening of the paint layer, swelling and chips (loss) of paint along the lower edge; traces of restoration (opening, restoration reinforcements of the paint layer and partial restoration of fragments).

The painting was made by a professional icon painter in the technique of oil painting on an oak board, symbolizing the Mamvrian oak.

This kind of icons were distributed in holy places revered by Christians (Jerusalem, Athos, Constantinople, etc.) and had the purpose of a memorial shrine (in Greek - eulogia), a sign of God's mercy, which the pilgrim could take with him. They were often passed down from generation to generation for the glory of the future century. Since the end of the 19th century, various souvenirs about visiting holy places have been actively sold near temples and at monasteries.

The icon depicts three angels sitting by the Mamvria oak. Angels are depicted sitting at the table with a meal prepared for them by Abraham and blessing it. A symbolic image of the triune God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) in the form of three angels. The vision was given in the form of a prophecy long before the birth of the Savior to one of the Old Testament forefathers. The plot comes from the Old Testament (Gen. 18: 1-16): according to the biblical tradition, Abraham and Sarah had no children until old age. Once God appeared to the righteous elder in the form of three angels and at the meal gave him a firm confidence that in a year Sarah would give birth to a son and from Abraham there would be a "great and strong people", among whom the Savior of all mankind would be born. The image of the Old Testament Trinity is popular in Russian icon painting. In the patristic tradition, the meal of angels is the prototype of the Last Supper and the sacrament of the Eucharist established on it.

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Lygia Clark

Staircase, 1951

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Sampler Quilt, about 1885 Possibly New York

Speed Art Museum

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Urn with human figurine, Oaxaca, 300 BC - 200 AD

from The Worchester Art Museum

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Been busy at work, but wanted to continue the theme of wings and snakes this year 🐍

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Natee Utarit — Allegory of the End and Resistance  (diptych, oil on canvas, 2015)