Samothrace

Entrepreneur. lifelong learner. Dreamer. Challenger of the status quo. Enthusiastic about change and evolution. Beauty seeker.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Crucifixion Triptych – Audience of Birds. Artist: Western German School. Date: c. 1374 AD. Medium: tempera on panel; H 41.5 × W 24.6 cm. Collection: The Courtauld, London, Samuel Courtauld Trust.⁣

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

"It is a tremendous honour to have won this prestigious award and hugely gratifying for the Ashmolean team and our many supporters who helped bring this remarkable painting into a public collection." - Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

The Black Dog of Newgate, frontispiece woodcut from Luke Huttons pamphlet The Discovery of a London Monster called the Blacke Dogg of Newgate. Printed in London, England. Date: late 16th to early 17th century AD, with a known edition of 1638. Medium: woodcut print on paper. Collection: Guildhall Library, London.

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

Anyone want to join me at a pumpkin patch?
(Art by R.W.Alley)

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

Wonderfully-detailed reconstructed depiction of a pied kingfisher, found in the ruins of a royal palace in ancient Egypt, painted over 3,300 years ago
https://t.co/4mHrdTC0Uk

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

The Bugs & Beasties Banquet - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 411

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Woman’s chopping knife (Ulu). Culture: Nuniwarmiut (Cup’ig), Nunivak Island, Alaska, c. 1920–1930 AD. Medium: walrus ivory and iron. Size: 5 × 7½ in. Collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis.

[Titania @TitaniasRealm]

Autumn as depicted by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

[gregorio catarino @gregcatarino1]

Morning 2

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

The hunger NEVER fades 🗣️🗣️

@DjokerNole #RolexShanghaiMasters

[Samothrace @samothrace02]

Macorís River, just before reaching the sea. Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

[Muse @xmuse_]

Nike of Samothrace — the most beautiful sculpture ever!

[Patrick Witty @patrickwitty]

RIP Jane Goodall. My all-time favorite photo of Jane by Michael “Nick” Nichols…

[Samothrace @samothrace02]

Thanks to adriana macias for making this photo available on @unsplash 🎁 https://t.co/oowxO6OTX5

[National Gallery @NationalGallery]

Are red pigments really made out of bugs? 🐞

In episode 3 of our podcast, Stories in Colour, join historian and writer Amy Butler Greenfield and National Gallery host Beks Leary as they search for the 'perfect red', a pigment that was so prized t inspired international espionage and carried the death penalty if exported without a license!

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://t.co/ypmnJrnoHF

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

The famous winged sandals of Hermes, 1st century AD, Vatican Museums, Rome

[Ghost of Hellas @ghostofhellas]

Ephesus with blooming poppy flowers, Izmir

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

The things that matter are honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.

[Samothrace @samothrace02]

Egyptian “Dummy” Canopy Jars. The jars’ heads represent the Four Sons of Horus. Third Intermediate Period |1076-723 BCE. These jars were used for storing internal organs of the deceased during the mummification process.
Carlos Museum | Atlanta, GA

[Hyperion @Ortgeist]

Casa Rosabaya, Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic