Historical Insights @hist_insights
"Human history in essence is the history of ideas." Joined May 2022-
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Ceremonial saddle and stirrups with detail of the Trojan Horse Saddle bears images of first & last episodes of the Trojan war: rape of Helen + Trojan Horse, w/ burning of the city By a Milanese armorer, c. 1550-1575. 🏛️: @Ambrosiana1609 #ironworkthursday #historicalinsights
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Cupid and Psyche Painter Jacques-Louis David included 2 butterflies in the painting: above Psyche + on base of bedframe. The butterfly was associated w/ Psyche in myth and, on turning immortal, she was given butterfly wings dated 1817, 🏛️: @ClevelandArt #historicalinsights
Halberd of Archduke Ernst of Austria One of a series made for the Trabanten (bodyguard) of the archduke. They commemorate his assumption of the title of regent in the Netherlands. Made of steel, wood, and textile, dated 1593. 🏛️: the Met. #ironworkthursday #historicalinsights
Plaque This plaque shows the fanged head of a powerful Chavín deity, its fur transformed into sixteen serpents that edge the plaque. Chavín style, from Peru. Made of hammered and cut gold, c. 500-200 BC. On display at the Cleveland Museum of Art #historicalinsights
Guanyin of the Southern Seas Guanyin is the Buddhist Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, often considered a goddess of mercy. Chinese, made of wood with polychrome, Liao (907-1125) or Jin Dynasty (1115-1234). 🏛️: @nelson_atkins #Woodensday #historicalinsights
Ewer Decorated w/ applied masks & frogs + variety of stamped & inlaid designs. Green tree frog was a symbol of Henry II of France, suggesting it may have been made for him or one of his courtiers French, Saint-Porchaire ware, c. 1540–67. 🏛️: @ClevelandArt #historicalinsights
"Witch Pot" By Laura Donefer. Made of glass and found objects, dated 1999. 🏛️: Corning Museum of Glass #WitchWednesday #historicalinsights
Pair of gold and glass earrings with baby Herakles The earrings show Herakles killing the snakes sent by the goddess Hera to kill him, following her discovery of Zeus's unfaithfulness. Hellenistic, c. 2nd-1st centuries BC. 🏛️: @metmuseum #WyrdWednesday #historicalinsights
Andromeda and the Sea Monster This pair of bronze sculptures depicts a moment from the myth of Andromeda and Perseus - specifically, Andromeda recoiling at the sight of the sea monster in horror. By Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, c. 1717-1725. 🏛️: Getty Museum #historicalinsights
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