This painting, titled Dos Mujeres (Two Women) or Portrait of Two Women, was created by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in 1914. It is an important early work from Rivera in Paris, where he explored Cubism alongside Picasso and Braque.

This painting, titled Dos Mujeres (Two Women) or Portrait of Two Women, was created by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in 1914. It is an important early work from Rivera in Paris, where he engaged with Cubism alongside Picasso and Braque.

Illustration by Joyce Mercer from Rachel and the Seven Wonders by Netta Syrett, New York, 1923. #booksky #artsky #travelsky

So nice 😊

Late lunch

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I could think of worse things to do while eating my oatmeal

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My photo shows a Paleo-Babylonian clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform text, still partially enclosed in its original clay envelope. The clay is pale orangey-brown in colour displayed against a grey display case background. The outer envelope has been broken open, revealing the inner tablet beneath. Both surfaces are covered with densely packed wedge-shaped characters, which record a contract for the sale of a house purchased by Mannum-balu-Samas at the price of 1/3 shekel and 15 grains of silver. This is followed by the names of the numerous witnesses including the mayor Sin-magir and the courier Apil-ilisu. The same text is repeated on the envelope in the event of a dispute, which was broken to inspect the internal document. It is dated 32nd year of Hammurabl's reign, 10th month, c. 1750 BC. The clay envelope measures 87 mm (height) × 55 mm (width), while the inner tablet measures 64 mm (height) × 43 mm (width). On display at the Museum of Antiquity in Turin. Collection number MAT 740.

A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope!

Museo di Antichità, Turin
📷 by me

#Archaeology

This mid-19th century tsuba from the Edo period, crafted by the artisan Seki Yoshinori, is a masterful example of late samurai metalwork. The guard is sculpted into the form of a heavily coiled snake, its muscular body overlapping to create the perimeter of the tsuba while leaving open voids for a balanced, airy composition. The snake's head is positioned prominently at the top right, its smooth scales and alert eye rendered with exceptional realism. The central nakago-ana (blade opening) is set within a flat, oval plate that bears the artist’s signature, providing a sturdy anchor for the fluid, organic form of the reptile.

Tsuba (sword guard) with design of snake, Japan, Edo period, mid-19th century, Seki Yoshinori. MFA

#drawing #art #artist #belgian

Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921)
Des cheveux noirs (L'Ange du mal)
1914

#undersea twilight
kelp fronds sense the unwary
it stirs in the deep

#vss365 #haiku

📸: Deadcurry on Reddit

Digital painting. A Dreamcatcher readies his equipment in a city backstreet

Dreamcatcher

Daphne Odjig #ojibwe #artist #art #painting

Yay!

Amazing work

Carolyn L. Mazloomi, "Gathering of Spirits," cotton/silk quilt with beads, metallic thread & shells, 1998; The Mint Museum. #fiberart #art #arte #textile #textileart #blackculture #blackhistory #africanamerican #womanartist #femaleartist #quilt #quilting #modernart #museum #artgallery

Sneaky cat 😊

Walasse Ting (1929-2010)
Reclining nude

Great advice

“Be still and the earth will speak to you.”

~ Hopi

These are seriously cool. The trees are amazing

This is so true

"Grief changes shape
but it never ends."
-Keanu Reeves-

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Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art

#oiloncanvas #nudeart #artist #art

Sergey Marshennikov
Old vase
2006

Seraphina, reverse (2021), by British sculptor, Michael James Talbot (born in 1959).

Bronze

Weight 21 kg, 46 lbs

Dimensions 13 × 33 × 92 cm

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Clytemnestra (1882) by British painter and writer, John Collier (1850-1934), who painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation.

Oil on canvas

239 x 174 cm,

Guildhall Art Gallery, London

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He Jiaying (Chinese Artist, born 1957)
"Portrait of Qiu Ming", 1991.
Ink and Color on Silk, 42.7 × 29.2 inches.
Private Collection.

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