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Prometheus by Luca Giordano PROMETHEUS was the Titan god of...
Prometheus by Luca Giordano
PROMETHEUS was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was entrusted with the task of moulding mankind out of clay. His attempts to better the lives of his creation brought him into direct conflict with Zeus. Firstly he tricked the gods out of the best portion of the sacrificial feast, acquiring the meat for the feasting of man. Then, when Zeus withheld fire, he stole it from heaven and delivered it to mortal kind hidden inside a fennel-stalk. As punishment for these rebellious acts, Zeus ordered the creation of Pandora (the first woman) as a means to deliver misfortune into the house of man, or as a way to cheat mankind of the company of the good spirits. Prometheus meanwhile, was arrested and bound to a stake on Mount Kaukasos where an eagle was set to feed upon his ever-regenerating liver (or, some say, heart). Generations later the great hero Herakles came along and released the old Titan from his torture.
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Sarcophagus Of Gemenefherbak - Detail [Turin - 28 October 2011]...
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The Antichrist, detail from the Beatus Apocalypse.
The Antichrist, detail from the Beatus Apocalypse.
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From the Liber Floridus (Book of Flowers), a Medieval...
From the Liber Floridus (Book of Flowers), a Medieval encyclopædia produced some 900 years ago by Lambert, Canon of St Omer, in the NE France/Flanders/Belgium region.
Via http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/liber-floridus.html
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Glastonbury AbbeyFeathers Inn, Ludlow (Shropshire)1886Building...
Glastonbury Abbey
Feathers Inn, Ludlow (Shropshire)
1886
Building Date 8th-14th century
Europe: United Kingdom; Glastonbury
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THE FIORAVANTI FOLIO “Guess the Words” GAME Lots of squiggles,...
THE FIORAVANTI FOLIO “Guess the Words” GAME
Lots of squiggles, two transcriptions, endless possibilities:
Fioravanti di Domenicho i[n] Firenze e co[m]pere amantissimo quant’e mio… [squiggles]
Fioravanti di Domenico in Florence is my most beloved friend, as though he were my… [squiggles]
(J.-P. Richter in 1880)
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Fioravanti di Domenicho i[n] Firenze e che a parve amantissimo quanto mi e una vergine che io ami.
Fioravanti di Domenico in Florence is one who seemed very loving towards me, and is a virgin whom I might love.
(Jens Thiis in 1913)
[ Well, snap. My thoughts? - A bit of both. And squiggles. ]
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PROPHECY TIME! Molti figlioli da dispietate bastonate fien...
PROPHECY TIME!
Molti figlioli da dispietate bastonate fien tolti delle proprie braccia delle lor madri e gittati in terra e poi lacerati.
With merciless blows many little children will be taken from the arms of their mothers and thrown to the ground and then torn to pieces.
[ Leonardo called these riddles “prophecies”, simply because of the way he phrased them to sound like one. Most of them were rather bleak and violent, too, while the answer was usually a complete anti-climax - just like here, written above the riddle… ]
Delle noci e ulive e ghiande e castagne e smili.
Walnuts and olives and acorns and chestnuts and the like.
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Leonardo… … beating Jean-Paul Gaultier’s “Le Male” to the...
Leonardo…
… beating Jean-Paul Gaultier’s “Le Male” to the nipple flowers since 1466.
( “David” - Bronze statue by Andrea del Verrocchio, universally accepted to be modelled on the then 14-year-old Leonardo )
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The false door of an egyptian tomb, believed to be a threshold...
The false door of an egyptian tomb, believed to be a threshold between the dead and the living through which the spirit of the deceased could freely enter and exit.
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White Angel is a detail of a world famous fresco from the...
White Angel is a detail of a world famous fresco from the Mileševa monastery circa 1230 AD in Serbia, Mironosnice na Hristovom grobu (Myrrhbearers on Christ’s Grave). It is also one of the most famous frescoes in Serbian culture. It depicts an angel sitting in front of the tomb of Christ. This monastery belongs to a Latin period in Byzantine art.
The first satellite broadcast in 1963 between Europe and North America sent a picture of White Angel from Mileševa in first broadcasting frames to salute American people from Europeans. Later the same signal was transmitted to space to meet eventual extraterrestrial life forms. It once again contained the White Angel, as it has been recognized world wide as a true and unique message of overall peace.
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Guanyin and attendant bodhisattvas
Guanyin and attendant bodhisattvas
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Maenad in Silk Dress, Roman.
Maenad in Silk Dress, Roman.
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