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Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci
Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci, painting by Adolph von Menzel, Berlin, c. 1850. Frederick the Great was known for both his martial stratagem and his patronage of the arts. An avid...
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Woman Playing the Tympanon
Painted terracotta statuette of a woman playing the tympanon (tambourine), 4th century BCE. Altes Museum, Berlin.
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Red-figured Jug - Girl Playing with Tortoise
Red-figured chous (jug). Girl playing with tortoise: in her left hand she holds a white oinochoe; in the right she holds out a tortoise, by a string tied to its hind-leg, to a spaniel to right which looks...
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Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.
Sard gem engraved with a grasshopper marching to the right, wearing a lion-skin and playing on a lyre.
Length: 1 centimetres
Height: 1.3 centimetres
1st-3rd centuries CE
London, BM, 1814,0704.1447.
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A Teton Ghost Story
A Teton Ghost Story is a tale from the Native American Teton (Tetonwan) of the Oceti Sakowin (People of the Seven Council Fires), better known as the Sioux, on one of the possibilities of the state of the soul after death and...
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Effigy of Henry the Young King, Rouen
Effigy of Henry the Young King (r. 1170 - 1183 CE), the son and brief co-regent of Henry II of England (1154 - 1189 CE). From Henry the Young King's tomb in the Rouen Cathedral, France.
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 / Sviatoslav Richter, Stanislaw Wislocki (1959/2015)
Sergey Vasil’yevich Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 2 C-moll Op. 18 1 Moderato 2 Adagio Sostenuto 3 Allegro Scherzando Recorded: #1-3...
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Statue of a Girl Playing Knucklebones
The motif of the seated young girl dates back to a late Hellenistic model, which in the Roman version, was supplemented by the game gesture. The knucklebones (astragalus) game are often also depicted on funerary...
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Interview with Michael Levy
Join World History Encyclopedia as they talk to Michael Levy, a prolific composer of the ancient lyre all about his inspiration and knowledge of the instrument. If you want to hear Michael perform, be sure to check out...
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Christian & Muslim Playing Chess
An illustration from The Libro de los Juegos (13th century CE) that shows a game of chess between a Muslim and a Christian. (Monasterio de El Escorial, Spain)