Wäldä Maryam – Prayer book with case (mahdar) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/307602
the book at a later date, a suggestion supported by the presence of writing in a hand
the book at a later date, a suggestion supported by the presence of writing in a hand
A portrait does not merely record someone’s features, however, but says something about who he or she is, offering a vivid sense of a real person’s presence.
The hand in the book confers an air of learned nonchalance on sitters both like and
Known as hoplites, these [foot] soldiers were characteristically equipped with about seventy pounds of armor, most of which was made of bronze.
The heavy bronze shield, which was secured on the left arm and hand by a metal band
I was thinking of “voice” here not as the sound one makes, but as the feeling of a specific presence behind the words, animating them.
And so I decided to try my hand at writing an incantation, beginning with the ingredients
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exposure, combination printing, photomontage, composite portraiture, overpainting, hand
mouth of a column krater, bent forward with his head between his legs, in his right hand
[ Dikran G. Kelekian (American, born Turkey)Istanbul, Paris, London, New York, and Cairo]; [by descent, Charles Dikran Kelekian (born France), Paris and New York]; by descent, Nanette B. Kelekian, New York (until 2020)
Her raised right hand holds a small object resembling a leaf, perhaps alluding to
By using the virtuoso hand-sewn details of the couture as both structural and decorative
Judith Ogden Thomson , Princeton, N.J. (1986–1996; sale, Christie’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, June 5, 1986, lot 3, as „A Neolithic basin,“ to private collection; her gift to her son; on loan to MMA 1986–1996); Private collection , New York (1996–present; on loan to MMA 1996–present)
On the outside wall, "hand" motifs are painted in a natural, fluid brush line; on
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2389 B.C. or later Base from the Ézá»�Ì�má»�’s Ikẹ̀gòbá»�Ì€ (Altar of the Hand