Long-Beaked Jug with Paper Nautilus
Mycenaean, 1420-1370 BCE (Late Helladic IIIA1)
Objects seen in nature can be abbreviated into patterns and motifs that still evoke the whole. Three spiraling tentacles signify the paper nautilus (argonauta argo), a type of octopus; the motif is repeated three times around the body of the jug. The row of curving brown petals at the neck of the vessel mimics the unusual papery shell of the creature in shape and color, giving the illusion that the jug is the shell from which the tentacles emerge. The names for the octopus (nautilus and argonaut) are related to Greek terms for “sailor,” and in his treatise on animals (Historia Animalium), the late Classical philosopher Aristotle described the thin shell of this octopus as a boat, with tentacles as oars and sails.
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A secret slot canyon tucked away on Lake Powell, Utah.
By Austinjamesjackson on Reddit
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The Genius of Peace Taming the Horses of Mars. 1791. Joseph Chinard French 1756-1813. terracotta relief. Sotheby's Nov. 2023. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
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Greek birds
* Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Stockholm, November 2023
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Auguste Rodin: Torse of Adèle (1884)
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Invisible Solar
Invisible Solar is a new PV technology that take on the appearance of any building material. Each Invisible Solar module is more than a photovoltaic panel, it also is an active architectural element with various functionality.
Disguising solar panels as ancient Roman tiles in Pompeii
"They look exactly like the terracotta tiles used by the Romans, but they produce the electricity that we need to light the frescoes," says Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. This solution is part of a more comprehensive strategy to turn costs into savings opportunities and to embrace sustainable development.
Technically called "traditional PV tiles", the invisible solar panels used in Pompeii come from Camisano Vicentino, a little Italian town with slightly more than 10 000 inhabitants, halfway between Padua and Vicenza. They were created and patented by the family business Dyaqua.
How They Work
Operating of Invisible Solar modules is based on the low molecular density. Each module is composed of a non-toxic and recyclable polymeric compound we properly developed to encourage the photon absorption.
Inside the module there are incorporated standard monocrystalline silicon cells. The surface, that is opaque at the sight but translucent to sun rays, allows the light to enter and feed the cells.
Oh my goodness.
Solar voltaic’s designed for historic contexts that offers architectural and aesthetic integration?
AND they are already installed in Pompeii and not marketing vapourware?
AND they are made by a small Italian family business?
Be still my beating solarpunk heart 🥰 ☀️
via @stml in a forum.
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Polychrome terracotta sculpture of the god Dionysos, holding an egg and a rooster. The unusual attributes may hint at a connection to Orphism, which held that the first deity, Phanes or Protogonos ("First-Born"), was hatched from a cosmic egg. Adherents of Orphism saw humankind as the descendants of Dionysos (under the name "Zagreus"), created when the Titans devoured the young Zagreus and were then struck by Zeus' thunderbolt. Artist unknown; created in Tanagra, Boeotia (an important center of terracotta production) ca. 350 BCE. Now in the British Museum.
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Achilles. 1884. cast by P. Ipsen Comp. after Ernst Herter German 1846-1917. terracotta. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
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talking in bed by alessandro teoldi, 2023, terracotta, 22.5 × 21 × 20 centimeters
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