99nomsdedieu
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Maputo, 2017
Louis Marzin at Saint Laurent, Fall 2017
The Alaskan Grand Slam by Aaron Barrett
This extremely detailed 19th-century icon depicting various religious scenes is a miniature representation of the traditional icon screen, also known as the iconostasis, which is used to separate the nave from the sanctuary in Russian Orthodox churches. The icon features six registers separated into smaller images of the prophets, saints, and church feasts. The scenes of the Synaxis of the Archangels, the Pokrov of the Mother of God, the Trinity, the Beheading of St John the Forerunner, the Dormition, and the image of St. Nicholas are placed between the Deacon's Doors. The main Orthodox church feasts can be seen in the second register. As for the compositional center of this antique piece, it is reserved for the image of Christ Enthroned. The icon is currently part of a private collection located in Germany.
Berbère girl with all the traditional jewels, Morocco.
Folk magic in the Phillipines part 2: The Orasyon protective tattoos.
To understand the mystical orasyon tattoos you have to go back to the folk belief of Anting-anting, which is the term for amulets and talismans. In phillipino folk belief, amulets have a preventive force against evil things, places and events, whereas talismans bring good luck. Anting-anting come in various materials like rocks and minerals, teeth and bone, bark of trees, strange roots of plants, seeds, shrunken animal parts , feathers, miniature icons, images of Jesus Christ and the Saints, oils, cloth, medals, prayers, prayer books, anagrams, codes in pieces of paper and tattoos.
An orasyon written on paper by a tambalan (healer) might be enclosed in a container by the owner and worn around the neck. In order to avoid losing the orasyon some people have it buried under the skin or tattooed on the skin and explains the existence of the orasyon tattoos. The codes and texts are a wild mix of spanish, vernacular tagalog dialect, latin, occult symbolism and sometimes straight up gibberish. Most of these images are taken from the photo blog of Sidney Snook and the info comes from the thesis Yunal: the orasyon tattoo as folk practice and art in Leyte.
Anok Marial , Mayor , Baba Chogwu & Nyaueth Riam by Gabriel Moses for Dazed Magazine Winter 2021
“too much love” - photo sequence by katja kemnitz
FALLING THE SAME WAY_AFFIRMATION RUPTURE
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Illustrated descriptive price-list of magical apparatus and illusions, 1884
Don’t get angry, West and East - Robert Lucander, 2006.
Finnish,b.1962-
Acrylic and pencil on wood, 2 parts, 140 x 200 x 2.3 cm
An elaborate embroidered Sabbath tablecloth, Jerusalem, 1821, 135.9 by 139.5 cm
This colourful Sabbath tablecloth embroidered with images of the holy sites of Israel is one of an exceptional group of decorative textiles created in the Holy Land in the nineteenth century.
In the central panel, the artist has featured an idealised vision of the sacred sites of the Temple Mount; the Midrash Shlomo (Solomon’s school), Bet Ha-Mikdash (The Temple) and the Kotel ha-Maaravi (the Western Wall). Surrounding the central panel are ten pavilions each denoting a tomb of one of the famous men or sages of Israel. In addition, the well of Miriam is also depicted and a fanciful chained lion represents the tomb of Rabbi Solomon Luria (known by his acronym as Ha-Ari = the Lion). In the outside corners are depictions of the tombs of Rachel, Samuel, Hulda the prophetess and the Kings of the House of David. Several prayers recited on Friday evening at the start of the Sabbath meal, (including Shalom Aleichem) are decoratively inscribed in concentric circles.
Fernando Reis
Isotta Fraschini 8A Flying Star Roadster 1930. - source We love classic cars.
Reclining Nymph by Clodion (1782)
Photographs taken in various cities across Florida by Alex Webb (1980s-1990s) via Magnum Photos
Vintage blue Togo lounge set
Diogo Gomes and Alberto Perazzolo by Giampaolo Sgura for Man About Town Magazine , November 2020