Arcadia Discussion Zone

Thank you Serendipity, that is fascinating. I know that the Turin Shroud was
analyzed as being very ancient by the exceptional care taken in the weave.
Binary code weaving - interesting. In the history of the computer, the story
begins with a loom so that makes a lot of sense.

By MJA Studio, Tucson, Az.

That is something else...I really like the eyes. It needs to be made into a window....

Thank you Serendipity. It is a portrait with a transparent

collage over it.



Masonic signature on a stained glass window in the chapel

of Mary Magdalene, Sainte-Baume Grotto.

"The Flight into Egypt" by Edwin Long.

"The Visit of the Queen of Egypt to the Court of King Solomon" 1890

by Sir Edward John Poynter.

"St. Mary Magdalene".

Great find Renne!!!

Mary Magdalene at the tomb of Christ.

I like the picture of the magdala. Magdala was a mysterious woman.

Kevin

Magdala was a village. But in your believe system ... who knows?

"The Return of the Prodigal Son" by Sir Edward John Poynter.

Knee to knee, very interesting?

Kevin

OFFS....Your two sandwiches short of a picnic Kevin

St. George Fighting the Dragon - for art critics everywhere.

Mason's mark

"Peaches and a Glass Jar" a wall mural from Herculaneum 56 A.D.

Did the apocalyptic "Revelation of St. John" foretell the eruption

of Vesuvius? The characters certainly fit, it was written during

the reign of Nero.

The RLC tower enhanced by computer tone-mapping by a computer artist.

"The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Nicholas Poussin.



"Faithful Unto Death" by Poynter, an illustration of Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton`s

"Last Days of Pompeii", 19th c.

Just an interesting observation...the donkey in "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" isn't very happy, look at his ears...(if they were back any further everyone in the painting would be in danger of getting kicked.)

Life in ancient Pompeii. (Good point about the donkey!).
Below, the rediscovery of Pompeii.

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"In the spring of 1624 Poussin arrived in Rome, where—except for a stay in Paris during 1640–42—he was to remain for the rest of his life. His first years there were marked by hardship and misfortune. Soon after his arrival, his early champion, Marino, moved from Rome to Naples, where he died in 1625. Destitute, Poussin executed a large number of biblical and mythological paintings in the hope of finding buyers. These works reveal the influence of the art of Venice—which he had visited en route to Rome—in their glowing colourism and loosely constructed compositions. Determining the exact chronology of his works during these years is highly problematic. However, an increasing level of skill in draftsmanship and use of colour in the large number of paintings datable to this period have led to a general consensus among scholars of the progression of his art between 1624 and 1627. Many of these works are poetic mythologies on themes of unrequited love, which are pervaded by an air of languor and melancholy. In their emotional intensity these pictures reveal an ardent Romanticism in the young Poussin that he would soon suppress."

Inscription from Herculaneum. Is this what the Greek inscription on the

Poussin tomb really represents? Does it symbolize the writing discovered

during the excavations in the formerly Greek cities near Naples which were at

that time a secret?



Life in Pompeii.

Graffiti at Pompeii. Archaeologists have learned much from the political ads

and other statements in the graffiti at Pompeii.

Mythical animals of Viet Nam.



Vietnamese artist, scenes from Viet Nam.

4 Desert Watercolors.