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Brenna Reistad
May 192 min read
Saints and Dragons: Saint George and the Dragon
Saint George and the Dragon with Scenes Alyona Knyazeva 2011 Russian Egg tempera on wood Museum of Russian Icons R2011.102 The emperor...
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Brenna Reistad
May 192 min read
Saints and Dragons: The Mother of God
Pendant with the Mother of God Madonna and Child Flanked by Four Saints Attributed to Naddo Ceccarelli ca. 1339-1347 Tempera and gold...
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Brenna Reistad
May 197 min read
Saints and Dragons: Saints
Selected Saints with Relics 19th century Russia Egg tempera on wood with metal oklad R2011.89 Selected Saints with Relics, 1800s Russia...
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Brenna Reistad
May 196 min read
Saints and Dragons: Icons
How to Read an Icon Icons may look simple at first, but they rely on a sophisticated set of symbols to express complex religious ideas....
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Brenna Reistad
May 193 min read
Saints and Dragons: Jesus
Iconoclasm and Depictions of God You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or...
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Brenna Reistad
May 193 min read
Saints and Dragons
Exhibition: Saints and Dragons: Icons from Byzantium to Russia
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 303 min read
MIA - Jewish Art
Arm reliquary c. 1350-1400 France Silver, parcel gilt, ruby, saphires, garnet, spinel, beryl, quartzes, pearls, rock crystal 2016.37 A...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 281 min read
Modern Jewelry
Bracelet Blue Shell 18-karat gold, platinum, diamonds, fancy colored diamonds, sapphires 2015.198 Flower and Leaves Ca. 1958 18-karat...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 242 min read
Religious
Christ Pantocrator Russian 1899-1908 Oil on panel, silver, enamel, pearls 47.20.3 Christ Blessing the Universe Flanked by St. Nicholas...
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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...
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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...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 182 min read
Jewelry and Statues
Broad Collar Egyptian ca. 2030 - 1640 B.C. Faience 2017.447 Statuette of a Woman Egyptian 664 – 525 BC Fine-grained diabase (dolerite)...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 91 min read
Gems and Minerals
All photos by Brenna Reistad Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 95 min read
Jewelry
My photos of some of the jewelry from the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
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