From the "Egyptian Symbols" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Includes: White Crown of Upper Egypt; Red Crown of Lower Egypt (showing cobra and false beard); Double crown of unified Egypt; wedjat (eye of...
"The First Days of Spring inaugurated a series of works in which, determined to be more Surrealist than the Surrealists themselves, Dali elaborated a symbolic language for delineating, with microscopic precision, his erotic obsessions. It...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Figurines; Men; Bodyguards; Guards; People associated with health & safety; Clothing & dress; Boots; Footwear; Hairstyles; Fasces; Ceremonial objects; Emblems; Symbols; Lifting & carrying
"When the emperor passed by a crowd, lictors were responsible for holding the onlookers back. The statue here is composed of three lictors standing side by side, their heads turned slightly toward their right. They wear long togas draped over...
Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Memorial works; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Bas-reliefs; Portraits; Families; Men; Women; Couples; Spouses; Fathers; Mothers; Children; Boys; Youth; Slaves; Servants; Women domestics; Working class;...
"The father (pater in the epitaph) was the libertus of Quintus Servilius (Q.L.) and took his patron’s name upon manumission (gaining freedom). His wife (uxor) was formerly a slave of a woman named Sempronia. She too assumed her patron’s...
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Standing; Gestures; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress;...
"Augustus in Armor, found in Primaporta" (caption)
"Relief from the northern side of the entrance to the Arch of Titus depicting Titus, the conquerer of Jerusalem, in triumph. The tympanum to the top of this scene is elaborately decorated." (caption, p.94); “The panel on the north side...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Battlefields; Details; Men; People associated with military activities; Military...
Photomontage (design for pamphlet cover); "Heartfield also produced a montage for the cover of the 1943 Free German League of Culture anthology, Freie deutsche Dichtung (Free German poetry), titled And Yet It Moves! […]. Like the world...
“Moreau has rendered Salome as an enchantress, the archetypal femme fatale who seduces Herod into performing her will. Moreau was very careful to avoid endowing the figure of Herod with any magisterial dignity but rather shows him as an old man,...
