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Brenna Reistad
May 193 min read
Ancient Greek and Roman Art
Bowl Ennion (probably active in Sidon, modern-day Lebanon) mid - 1st century C.E. Mold-blown glass 71.6779 Bowl of mold-blown transparent...
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Brenna Reistad
May 195 min read
American Art
Ariadne Chauncey Bradley Ives modeled 1852, carved 1853 America Marble 86.477 As told in ancient myth, Ariadne, the beautiful daughter of...
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Brenna Reistad
May 191 min read
Art Index
America Ancient Asia Ancient Egypt Ancient Greek and Roman Paintings Sculpture
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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
Apr 306 min read
MIA - Sculpture
Funeral torch c. 1720 Italy Gilded and painted wood and wrought iron 79.5 A funerary torch is a symbol of life in a ritual commemorating...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 307 min read
MIA - Greek and Roman Art
Apulian Red Figure Fish Plate 4th century BCE Italy Ceramic L2001.443-5 This plate is typical of painted ceramics from Apulia, a region...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 2812 min read
American Art
Allegory of Painting (Primary Title) Pittura (Painting) (Former Title) Pompeo Battoni, Italian, 1708 - 1787 (Artist) 1772 Italian Oil on...
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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 272 min read
Romantic Bronzes
All Photos by Brenna Reistad “Bronze” “While the term ‘bronze’ is often applied to 19th century statuary, foundries frequently used...
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Brenna Reistad
Apr 241 min read
Sculpture
Ostrich Russian ca. 1900 47.20.262 Statuette of a Sailor Russian ca. 1900 Milky quartz, aventurine, onyx or calcedony, lapis lazuli,...
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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...
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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...
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