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"The Mirror and the Mask" 80's
A gouache on paper painting titled "The Mirror and the Mask" 80's by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. An age of glitter and unrest, where fame became faith and art spoke from the streets...
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"The Mirror and the Mask" (2)
A gouache on paper painting titled "The Mirror and the Mask" (2) by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the voice of the streets. From concrete walls to canvas...
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Folding Mirror
The cover bears a relief representation of Dionysos flanked by two Maenads or Adonis flanked by Aphrodite and Persephone. The female figures wear silver jewellery. Folding mirrors consist of two two bronze discs connected by a hinge. Their...
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Etruscan Bronze Mirrors
The Etruscan civilization flourished in central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century BCE and produced distinctive art in the form of decorated pottery, figure sculpture, wall paintings, and the focus of this article, engraved bronze mirrors...
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Tezcatlipoca - The Greatest of Aztec Gods
Tezcatlipoca (pron. Tez-ca-tli-po-ca) or 'Smoking Mirror' in Nahuatl was one of the most important gods in Postclassical Mesoamerican culture and particularly important for the Toltecs and the Aztecs, especially at Texcoco. He was an invisible...
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Amaterasu - Shinto's Greatest Goddess
Amaterasu Omikami ('the Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven') is the sun goddess and most important deity of the Shinto religion. Amaterasu is the ruler of Takama no Hara (the High Celestial Plain), the domain of the kami or spirits. The most...
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Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre (l. 1492-1549) was a writer, philosopher, diplomat, and Queen of Navarre, sister of King Francois I (Francis I of France, r. 1515-1547), mother of Jeanne d’Albret (l. 1528-1572) and grandmother of Henry IV of France...
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Ninigi
Ninigi-no-Mikoto, or simply Ninigi, is the grandson of the supreme Shinto deity Amaterasu, the sun goddess. He is the son of Ama-no-Oshiho-mimi and, descending to earth as the first just ruler, he brought with him gifts from Amaterasu as...
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Third Century Russian Mirror
Mirror, Southern Russia, 3rd century CE, Bronze, silver, glass paste. On the border, peacocks peck grapes. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (Musée du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belgium). Made of 200 pictures with Zephyr3D Lite from 3DFlow...
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Sargon and Ur-Zababa - Two Dream Visions and a River of Blood
Sargon and Ur-Zababa is a Sumerian poem, date of composition unknown, relating the rise to power of Sargon of Akkad (reign 2334-2279 BCE), founder of the Akkadian Empire. The work is classified as a Mesopotamian folktale, relying on motifs...