Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"Ma'at"
6:50am
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
"Ma'at"
6:50am
 Ink pen and colored pencil on acid free paper, 17.8 x 25.3 cm (7 x 10 in.) Printable version of line drawing is available. |
 I created a template from two different photos of Ma'at in Seti I's temple, one of her head and shoulders and one showing her torso - (both photos by "Mutnedjmet").
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If I am ever lucky to visit Egypt, the site I'd most want to see is Seti I's temple at Abydos. He featured beautiful renderings of various deities, among them the Goddess Ma'at. No doubt this was partially influenced by his throne name "Men-Ma'at-Ra", "Eternal is the Truth/Justice of Ra".
Friday, February 22, 2013
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 The Libyan Sibyl, 1861; this carving, 1868 William Wetmore Story (Salem, Massachusetts 1819 – Vallombrosa, Italy 1895) Marble; 57 x 30 7/8 x 43 3/4 in. (144.8 x 78.4 x 111.1 cm.) Bequest of Henry Cabot Lodge through John Ellerton Lodge, Smithsonian American Art Museum 1925.6.3 |
Sunday, February 24, 2013 A
"'Diana' by Hiram Powers"
1:24pm
 Diana, 1853 Hiram Powers (Woodstock, Vermont 1805 - Florence, Italy 1873) Marble; 29 3/8 x 21 x 12 7/8 in. (74.7 x 53.3 x 32.7 cm) Gift of William H. Gerdts, Smithsonian American Art Museum 1973.129 Interesting that this piece, "carved in 1853, was discovered in an antique shop in Portugal more than a century later." Also, note that both William Story and Hiram Powers were both two American sculptors who died in Italy. |
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