Ancient art and art from antiquity and cultural treasures from the past

[ringo]

I missed the beginning of the programme, but did he mention that the statues would have been brightly painted. I don't remember him saying that in the part I did see.

I missed the start too. I couldn't work out if that was the first or second programme either, I'll check Sky now and try and set up a recording.

I didn't hear that. Blimey that's garish isn't it? Not sure if I like or not. That reminds me, loads of Christian churches and cathedrals were once brightly painted too, must find some pics

 

[ringo]

Looks like I'll have to download them on the Iplayer so won't be able to keep them. Oh well, I did see this to watch though:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...autiful-ancient-greeks-good-looks-and-glamour

 

[RoyReed]

I missed the start too. I couldn't work out if that was the first or second programme either, I'll check Sky now and try and set up a recording.

I didn't hear that. Blimey that's garish isn't it? Not sure if I like or not. That reminds me, loads of Christian churches and cathedrals were once brightly painted too, must find some pics

It really is garish to our eyes and changes how we perceive the form. And yes, churches used to be very brightly painted - and the Victorian Gothic revival tried to bring some of that back. Have you ever seen All Saints, Margaret Street (just north of Oxford Street)?


All Saints Church, Margaret Street by RoyReed, on Flickr

 

[wayward bob]

best (and i think oldest - bronze age origin?) white horse at uffingdon

cern abbas giant (likely modern)

stayed at the priory within sight of the wilmington long man once fucking steep hill

 

[RoyReed]

stayed at the priory within sight of the wilmington long man once fucking steep hill

Ooh, that's my photo!

 

[wayward bob]

oh god do i need to pay for the rights now?

 

[RoyReed]

oh god do i need to pay for the rights now?

Nah - I'll let you off this time

 

[wayward bob]

i appreciate your spirit of artistic solidarity

*prints available enquire for prices*

 

[Cid]

Lammasu.

 

[Cid]

The bull leapers of Knossos! How have they not been posted yet?

 

[Cid]

Swimming reindeer, ice age carving at the BM.

 

[Cid]

Bit of audio; Radio 4 series on key artifacts at the BM - A history of the world in 100 objects.

 

[ringo]

Imagine finding this in your garden

The moment of discovery of ‪#‎Antinous‬ at Delphi 1894

 

[ringo]

Vaulted ceilings.

Lincoln's Inn:

Winchester:

 

[ringo]

The wild boar seems to have had huge importance to the people of the European Iron Age, I'd love to know why.

 

[Pickman's model]

The wild boar seems to have had huge importance to the people of the European Iron Age, I'd love to know why.

 

[DotCommunist]

not only good eating- a dangerous thing to hunt without guns so test-of-manliness as well

 

[trabuquera]

Not just delicious, it was/is also bloody dangerous, exceedingly aggressive and hyper-male - and is/was often a top predator in its niches ... so an obvious symbol for ruling houses / men / bosses / bastards / kings to take on as their own.

Then you got a good feast and maybe some sausages out of its corpse ... and the more artistic types could make their puny little paintbrushes from its bristles. win win win (for everyone except the boar, obvs)

 

[ringo]

All good contenders

 

[DotCommunist]

tbh I wonder often about pre-modern humans and if they had a materialist/non-materialist dual nature. Because if they didn't, the hunt would be tied to the god to the spirit- you know, a life lived utterly within that spirit/ancestor/totem animal thinking. Or if they were as cynical as todays leaders who pay lip service to God but in reality are concerned with power and manouvering. Damn them for not preserving a written culture

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Imagine finding this in your garden

The moment of discovery of ‪#‎Antinous‬ at Delphi 1894

The last time I found a naked man in my garden, I called the cops!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

That was a great show, I loved the Minoan murals and would love the spring one in my house somewhere

Those birds would make a great tat.

 

[Sirena]

The wild boar seems to have had huge importance to the people of the European Iron Age, I'd love to know why.

I don't have the answer but pig/boar is a sacred/taboo animal in a great number of ancient cultures.

Here's a magickal example from Britain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twrch_Trwyth

 

[ringo]

Sirena I think the wild boar myth in Arthurian legend is probably a later recording/retelling of the Iron Age boar story/belief, passed down through the ages.

 

[ringo]

There's some debate on an archaeology Facebook group I use as to whether this depicts circumcision or castration in Ancient Egypt.

 

[DotCommunist]

looks like he's measuring from the base of the shaft, so I'm going castration. Big on eunachry, the gyptians?

 

[ringo]

looks like he's measuring from the base of the shaft, so I'm going castration. Big on eunachry, the gyptians?

I think both were practiced in ancient Egypt. Castration:

http://www.well.com/~aquarius/pharaonique.htm

Would you really do much measuring before either?

Seems a slightly odd choice to have carved into your tomb, unless maybe he was a practitioner.

 

[DotCommunist]

well yes, the femoral artery runs through your shaft and if thats cut open you'll bleed out in around 6 minutes. So you'd probably want to be a bit careful. Marking out and so forth


maybe its the tomb of Grey Worm

 

[ohmyliver]

On a slightly different tangent has anyone watched


I was slightly obsessed with cave art when I was painting. I also have the documentary on 3d bluray, albeit for the wrong region for my ps3

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

China and Japan have always been my favorites.