Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem

aic-asian:

Grave Guardian Beast (Zhenmu Shou), -400, Art Institute of Chicago: Asian Art

Antlered creatures with long, protruding tongues are the most distinctive burial gifts that have been discovered in Chu tombs. “Antler and tongue” figures may have been used in shamanistic rituals or may represent local deities. Typically centered at the head of the coffin, perhaps to protect the deceased from evil, such grotesque images assume a variety of forms with single or double heads. The painted scrollwork on this example is unusually well preserved. Gift of Florene M. Schoenborn
Size: 48.9 × 25.5 × 20.0 cm (19 ¼ × 10 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Medium: Wood with polychrome pigments and lacquer horns

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/65914/

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scoutingforqueers:

David Giorgadze

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thusreluctant:

Fugue by Mikalojus Čiurlionis

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thelowchurch:

Barry Flanagan, ‘Clay Figure’ (1975)

contemporary-art-blog:

Urs Fischer, Wednesday, 2016

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stallation:

Barry Flanagan

june 2 ‘69, 1969

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topcat77:

Corydon Cowansage

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eiginleiki:

Tomtyve

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thunderstruck9:

Adolf Dietrich (Swiss, 1877-1957), Sonnenblumenstrauss mit Zitronenfalter [Bouquet of Sunflowers with Brimstone Butterflies], 1943. Oil on wood, 77 x 54 cm.