top of page
Portfolio by Brenna Reistad
Search
Brenna Reistad
Apr 262 min read
Glass Making Techniques
How was glass made in ancient times? Core-formed glass The earliest glass vessels were made by forming a core of sand, mud, or clay...
0 views0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 223 min read
Pottery
Black-Figured Amphora and Lid with the apotheosis of Herakles Attributed to, Antimenes Painter, or his manner Greek (Attic) ca. 520-510...
1 view0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 221 min read
Jewelry
ANCIENT GOLD Gold is Zeus’s child, nothing erodes or consumes it. It conquers the mind of man and is the most powerful of...
0 views0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 222 min read
Sculpture
Adaptation of Apollo Lykeios by Praxiteles Roman 2nd century Marble 96.6 “The place…is dedicated to the Apollo Lykeios [the wolf]. You...
1 view0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 222 min read
Sacred and Divine
VICTORY MONUMENTS Warriors often dedicated miniature versions of armor in thanksgiving for their survival (79.4). This cuirass recalls...
1 view0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 222 min read
Life and Death
Life Section of a Floor Mosaic Depicting the Four Seasons Roman (Antioch) Late second-early third century A.D. Stone and glass Museum...
1 view0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 222 min read
Athletics and War
Black-Figured Kalpis (Water Jug) Greek (Attic) 500 BC Terracotta 60.32 The archer’s soft, pointed cap identifies him as a Scythian, whom...
1 view0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 222 min read
Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
All photos by Brenna Reistad. All italicized information are statements copied directly from exhibit materials on display at Virginia...
2 views0 comments
Brenna Reistad
Apr 221 min read
Ancient Greek Glass
Goblet Egyptian (New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20) ca. 1550-1080 BC Core-formed glass, 59.29.1 This goblet and jug are the earliest examples...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page