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Brenna Reistad
Apr 229 min read
Renaissance
Cross Byzantine 11th-12th century iron, bronze 67.6.4 Faith Italian, Florentine ca. 1468 tempera on wood 46.18.1 This painting is called...
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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...
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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 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
Sacred and Divine
VICTORY MONUMENTS Warriors often dedicated miniature versions of armor in thanksgiving for their survival (79.4). This cuirass recalls...
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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...
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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...
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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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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 182 min read
Reliefs
Cast of Battle Relief of Sethy 1 at Karnak Egyptian 20th century Plaster cast L.5.52.58 More about this relief may be found here:...
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