Sculptures of Iberia , 24 centuries past

Words of Iberia , 24 centuries past

The Lady of Elche & The Lady of Baza (4th Cent .B.C. )

roman sun

The V & A. ~details~

The V & A. ~faces~

The Golden Age of Couture ~Paris/London 1947-57 versus today's age of couture.

The V & A. ~beauty~

Helen of Troy - 19thC. - Rome


unfinished painting ~ love's wayfaring Burne-Jones 1895


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The V & A. ~sculpture~

Surya, the hindu sun god mid 13th C. - Karnataka,India


ivory comb. Sri Lanka - 18th C.


the "sanchi" torso, India. c.900. the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the most widely revered bodhisattva in buddhism.

from shobdon church, herts, c.1140 plaster cast of tympanum. Plaster cast from 1850 before church was demolished!

British museum ~ variety of treasures

A quadrant - medieval way to tell the time c. 1400
tekoteko - a figure to protect the threshold of maori doors ~ 1800's
Cotptic talismatic scroll ~ c18th-19th C.
from the palace of Darius ? Persia ~ c. 300 BC
Roman bowl 4th C AD ~ the symbol predates a religious use!

Dali in london

I love Dali.
The reality we see is limited to the 5 senses.
He goes beyond.
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/exhibits/past_exhibits.html
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/daliandfilm/roomguide.shtm

British museum - The pharoahs

traquair house

off to an auld Catholic laird's house.

longest inhabited house in Scotland, they say.

http://www.traquair.co.uk/

Edinburgh museum

If it's too wet, a museum always helps.

Some exotic~ Moa of N. Zealand. long done.

An armada 'treasure' chest & intricate lock mechanism.

Some taxidermy.

A victorian roof.

An eternal truth