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“Angel scissors with short points and a pair of gold handle embroidery scissors marked local.”

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Fka twigs in a sheer pink dress leaving Mert Alas birthday party (2022)

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Countess Anna of Noailles

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Thirteen (2003)

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License to Drive (1988)

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 Cat in greenery -   Evy Láás

Swedish, 1923-1999

Oil on canvas on carboard , 23 x 33 cm.

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Experimental photographer William Mortensen took this photo of silent film actress Betty Compton in 1922. 

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ALPHONSE PELLET (detail)

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Amenhotep I or Ramesses II wearing the Khepresh

This striding statuette of a New Kingdom king, depicts the king in a kilt (shendyt) adorned with an elaborate belt, a usekh collar around his neck, and most notably, the "Blue Crown of War", known to the Egyptians as the "Khepresh" upon his head, which is given a realistic glisten by the addition of rounded blue faïence.

The statue is often associated with Amenhotep I, but others, including the Louvre, where this statue now resides, label this piece as Ramesses II. This may be confusing, but it was not uncommon for kings to reuse or usurp relics from past monarchs, in fact Ramesses II is very well known among scholars for his usurping of past monuments and statues, especially those made during the reign of king Amenhotep III.

However, a further reason for this confusion when it comes to identifying this piece may or almost certainly comes from the deification of Amenhotep I within the Deir el-Medina region, where this piece was found.

Both Amenhotep I and his mother Ahmose-Nefertari became deified after their deaths. Ahmose-Nefertari outlived her son by approximately a year at the least, and became worshipped alongside her son for centuries after. Therefore, depictions of both Amenhotep I and his mother Ahmose-Nefertari are found in tombs and among other types of relics and funerary items dating from much later from their life-times. Thus, explaining statues and other depictions of either of the two dating from later king's reigns.

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as plural as we: zhou ye  周也 for cosmo cn april 2024

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The divine twins Artemis and Apollo 🏛🏹🏹☀️🌛🐕

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Ghost    -   Cindy Rizza , 2018.

American, b. 1984  -

Oil on linen  , 18 x 24 cm.

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The Monk (2011) | dir. Dominik Moll