One of the most mystical gifts of art from the ancient world is the funerary masks of the pharaohs. The masksโ main purpose of being placed over the head of mummies was to emphasize the ancient Egyptian belief in the fragile process of transition that the dead would have to endure successfully to relish …
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Giuseppe Sanmartino “Christ lying under the Shroud” โฆ
What do alchemy and marble have in common? The subject of this sculpture piece has a lot to say about them both. For many centuries, it was thought that alchemy imposed magical elements into the marble so that the sculptor working on a subject could forge the marble in any way he desired. According …
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Transverberation of ‘Human’ Marble
“In his hand, I saw a long spear made of gold, and its tip, there appeared a small flame. It seemed as if he were occasionally thrusting it into my heart, piercing through my very core. When he pulled it out, it felt like he was drawing out my insides as well, leaving me ablaze …
Baltasar de Echave Ibia, “The Immaculate Conception”: A MAYAN TAPESTRY OF ETERNITY&WONDER๐จ๐จ๐จ
In the art world, the colour blue was highly sought after; however, in the Mayan world, it served quite a distinct purpose. As one can see in this portrait, the Virgin Mary has a Mayan quality, if one has studied the works and has categorized the process that the Mayan involved themselves in, in …
Edvard Munch: “Girl Under Apple Tree” An Imaginative Temptation of Innocence ๐จ๐๐๐
Edvard Munch was the architect of the German Expressionist movement, and this painting is a charitable example of that period. Upon first the gaze, the scene is colorful and jovial; the young girl, who is dressed in brightly clothed in white above her waist, and black below her hips, is strongly suggesting a disturbance …




