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thehistoryboard · 2 years ago
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~ Humbaba demon grinning mask.
Date: 2000 B.C.-1000 B.C.
Place oforigin: Iraq, Diqdiqqah (Ur)
Medium: Fired clay
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, Edouard Manet, 1864
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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🇮🇹 Women carrying pitchers, Sardinia, c. 1900-1920s
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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🇳🇱 A snowy winter day on the streets of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, c. 1910s-1930s
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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Mieczyslaw Jakimowicz
Foreboding
1907
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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 Terracotta jar, 1600BC-1500BC, Minoa.
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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Miro Svolik (b. 1960). Sometimes I try to establish contact with other civilizations of human beings (series),1990. 
https://www.mirosvolik.cz/
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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~ Portrait of two brothers.
Period: Roman Period
Place of origin: Hawara, Fayum
Medium: Cedar wood with encaustic painting
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~ Seated Puppy.
Culture: Jalisco
Date: 300 B.C.-A.D. 300
Period: Late Pre-Classic
Medium: Ceramic buffware with ochre paint overall
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~ Seated Brahma.
Place of origin: Cambodia (Bàyon)
Date: late A.D. 12th-early 13th century
Medium: Bronze
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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The German zeppelin Hindenburg flying over New York while on a visit to the USA, 1937
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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Depiction of Croesus, king of ancient Lydia who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 BC. From an Attic red-figure amphora, painted c. 500–490 BC
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thehistoryboard · 3 years ago
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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Joseph Hapner at the beach (1950).
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Kaiser Wilhelm bridge, Berlin, Germany, 1890s (photochrome)
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Marilyn Monroe on the Nevada desert during the filming of “The Misfits”, 1960. Photo by Eve Arnold.
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Lyrical, Wassily Kandinsky, 1911
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Tower of Ryonkaku, Nagashima Shungyo, 1891
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