Tag: ancient art
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Poseidon, Neptune for the Romans, was god of the seas. Often depicted emerging from the waters with his curly hair still wet, as seen in this ancient sculpture found in the river Rhodanus.
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A photograph of the ancient sculpture of Eros and Psyche in Rome, where the monochrome language underline the tension between beauty and fragility, desire and despair, in a journey from blind passion to self-conscious love.
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A poet once said that a kiss is a way of savoring the soul of the beloved, just on the edge of the lips.
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According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…
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According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…
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Guardi a capo chino per terra e la mano sembra disfare la cinta. Perché? Il pudore è alieno da Afrodite: un cenno del capo dica, senza parole, che ti pieghi al volere della dea.
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Melancholy Of The Ancient World
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Melancholy Of The Ancient World
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An ancient sculpture of a wounded slave, probably a gladiator
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Metamorphosis is the way the human beings exist, never definitive in their shapes and always in search for significance in a rush towards the end. It is not possible to think of personal identity other than as the arbitrary, though necessary, meanings that everyone associates to that uninterrupted flow of images, words, memories, affections that…
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