ancientart:

Helmeted Minerva (Athena) holding a tiny owl. Marble and golden onyxmarble, 2nd century AD and 18th century restorations. The onyx body is a Roman copy of the Hera Borghese type; the statue was restored as Minerva by adding marble head and arms.

Courtesy & currently located at the Louvre, France. Photo taken by Jastrow 

Elisa Sighicelli, Untitled (Wood), 2012, photograph mounted on the same wood photographed

23 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches

Jimmie Durham, Himmel und Erde mussen vergehen, 2000, rock, shirt.

cavetocanvas:

Betty Woodman, June in Italy (View A), 2003

thegetty:

This is a 2400 year old marble Pelican’s Foot.

Yep. Sculpted in marble. Of a Mediterranean shell called Pelican’s Foot.

This 9 inch wide and highly detailed reproduction of a shell is a mirrored and much larger version of an actual specimen found on the Grecian coast. This particular sculpture has been hollowed out for libations for religious worship. 

Offering vessel in the shape of a seashell, about 425 B.C., Greek, Marble, J. Paul Getty Museum.

hifas:

Cornelia Parker

The Distance (A Kiss with String Attached)

aleyma:

Howling wolf, made in Southern Siberia, c.500-200 BC (source).