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Lamp
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Date: 1st–4th century A.D.
Creator: Unknown, Roman
Place: North Africa
Size: 3.2 × 8.6 × 12.2 cm
Material: Terracotta
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103YAH
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random


Elizabeth Siddal, the Real-Life “Ophelia”

A working-class woman with artistic aspirations of her own, Siddal nearly died of pneumonia after posing for John Everett Millais’s iconic painting.

By: Emily Zarevich via @JSTOR_Daily

https://daily.jstor.org/elizabeth-siddal-the-real-life-ophelia/

About John Everett Millais at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=John+Everett+Millais&submit_search=Go%21

#art #culture #painting


Female Head Fragment
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Date: 4th century B.C.
Creator: Unknown, Greek (South Italian)
Place: South Italy
Size: 3.9 cm
Material: Terracotta
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1063MM
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random


Sabrina Carpenter Lands on Google’s List of Most Popular Halloween Costumes of 2024: Here’s How to Channel Her Signature Look

Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/sabrina-carpenter-most-popular-halloween-costumes-2024-1235797873/

#Lifestyle #Halloween #Culture #ProductRecommendations #Culture


John Ashton, who played gruff but loveable detective John Taggart in “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died at 76. The actor also had memorable roles in “Midnight Run” and “Some Kind of Wonderful.”

"John was a loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather who will be deeply missed by all who knew him," his agent Alan Somers said in a statement. @ew has more: https://flip.it/5G6nHb
#Culture #Entertainment #Movies #TV #Film #EddieMurphy #BeverleyHillsCop


[Child standing in snow]
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Date: about 1920–1940
Creator: Unknown
Place: United States
Size: 10.3 × 5.9 cm
Material: Gelatin silver print
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1097AC
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random


Initial D: David Kneeling in Prayer (Ms. 46 (92.MK.92), fol. 5)
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Date: text and illumination about 1285
Creator: Bute Master, French
Place: Northeastern (illuminated), France; Paris (written), France
Size: 17 × 11.9 cm
Material: Tempera colors, gold, and iron gall ink
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109CV3
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#Art #History #Museum #ArtHistory #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random


"Karl Kraus : comment le langage nous rend bêtes."

Comment expliquer la montée du nazisme ? Comment, au pays de Goethe et d’Einstein, a-t-on pu passer de la République de Weimar à la dictature nazie ? Selon l’écrivain et satiriste autrichien Karl Kraus, la bêtise entre d’abord par la porte du langage… et des médias.

https://theconversation.com/karl-kraus-comment-le-langage-nous-rend-betes-238005

#Culture #Histoire #Langage