I Always Return, Belkis Ayón - 1993
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On Mondays, we go to the art museum 🖌️
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Nathaniel Olds, Jeptha Homer Wade , 1837, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and Sculpture
The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon became one of Cleveland's wealthiest industrialists. His grandson, Jeptha Wade II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art and donated the land upon which it stands as a Christmas gift to the city in 1892.
Size: Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Medium: oil on canvas
https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.134.2
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People in Dark Academia.
The ones who stay up late at night to finish their favourite books, fingers tracing the lines as they whisper the words. The ones who strut the hallways with their head high as if the world was buring behind them. The ones who write in the dark, tears rolling down their cheeks because oh, they feel too much.
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Sirène, Charles-François-Prosper Guérin, 1896, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints
Size: Sheet: 40.1 x 30.5 cm (15 13/16 x 12 in.); Image: 28.1 x 23.8 cm (11 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Medium: Color lithograph from bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard
https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.695.ii
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Executioner's Sword, late 1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Medieval Art
Although the axe was favored in England, for centuries swords were used throughout Central Europe for beheadings. The blades were often etched with moralizing inscriptions and designs representing Justice (as here), the gallows, the rack, or the Crucifixion. By the early 1700s swords were no longer used in Europe for executions, but they still functioned as symbols of power. This sword was probably ceremonial.
Size: Overall: 108.9 cm (42 7/8 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Grip: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
Medium: steel, wood, brass and copper wire
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1620
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Incense Burner, 1736-1795, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art
Size: Overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
Medium: jade
https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.620.a
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The Jockey, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints
Medium: lithograph
https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.125
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Lobster, c. 1500-1550 or later, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture
Size: Overall: 7 x 8.5 cm (2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Medium: bronze
https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.6
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Needlefish (Yagara), Raisho Nakajima, 1870, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art
Size: Painting only: 42.2 x 62.5 cm (16 5/8 x 24 5/8 in.); Including mounting: 133.4 x 80.7 cm (52 1/2 x 31 3/4 in.)
Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.56
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The Pipes of Pan, Mariano Fortuny y Carbó , 1865, Cleveland Museum of Art: Drawings
Medium: Watercolor with traces of pen and black ink; border in graphite
https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.446
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The Wandering Jew: The Forest, Henri Rivière, 1864–1951
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Ring, 1700s-1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African Art
Size: Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Medium: gold
https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.124
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Maternal Solicitude, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait , 1873, Cleveland Museum of Art: American Painting and Sculpture
Size: Unframed: 49.5 x 61 cm (19 1/2 x 24 in.)
Medium: oil on wood
https://clevelandart.org/art/452.1915
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Clio, Muse of History, Charles Meynier , 1800, Cleveland Museum of Art: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Size: Framed: 290 x 192.4 x 7 cm (114 3/16 x 75 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 273 x 176 cm (107 1/2 x 69 5/16 in.)
Medium: oil on canvas
https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.5
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The Golden Legend (Legende Dorée), Armand Point, 1897, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints
Medium: color lithograph
https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.233
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