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Statute of an American Indian chief and an Australian aborigine woman and child on the side of the old Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Dates from the imperial period of the Hapsburgs when Vienna was a centre of power.
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Palermo, Italy - October 17, 2022: Detail of a fresco of the Pompeiana hall in the apartments of the Norman Palace also known as the Royal Palace
Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini at Loggia dei Lanzi on Piazza della Signoria. This sculpture which is in a public space on a town square was built between 1545-1554.
Naples, Italy - October 31 2023: Fresco and wall paintings in House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum in the archaeological site of Pompeii
Paris, France-04 14 2022: Statue and mausoleums in the Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France.
Mannekin Pis wearingas a climber
Indian deity - Goddess Durga idols being prepared for the festival Durga Puja. Its a 5 day long festival which ends with the immersion of these idols in the river.
Vienna, Austria - April 26, 2024: Austrian composer Johann Strauss monument, located in the city park (Stadtpark)
Johann Strauss Monument in Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria
Pompeii fresco painting cupid making perfume\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
Roman marble statue of the Tigris River God from Greek mythology, dating to the 2nd century and restored in the 16th century by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli. It is on display at the Vatican Museums.
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Adam and Eve
Vipiteno, Italy - September 19, 2020: A Ghotic style fresco in the Holy Ghost church
Ornate stone statue on the Pont Alexandre III bridge and the Eiffel Tower in the background, Paris, France
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Photo image a Beautiful panoramic view of Paris City
Io with bovine horns is kept under surveillance by Argos to prevent Zeus from seducing her, as requested by Hera.\nPompeii - House of Meleagro.\nIo was, in Greek mythology, one of the mortal lovers of Zeus. An Argive princess, she was an ancestor of many kings and heroes, such as Perseus.\nIo was tied to an olive tree in Heraion, the holy temple of Hera outside Argos, and the fierce hundred-eyed dog, Argus Panoptes, was guarding her and keeping Zeus away. However, Zeus found the way to set Io free and disregard his wife without doing it in person.
Marble sculpture of Zeus and Cupid, culture of Europe
The Seine and the Marne at the Jardin des Tuileries
Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 06, 2024: fountain with sculpture in Peterhof Palace park
Religious art and architectural details in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy
Mosaic of Saints. Religion. Orthodox church in Kirowograd Ukraine
Perseus statue by Cellini in the historical center of Florence, Signoria Square, Italy
Brussels, Belgium - May 19, 2023: Facade of tenement house called The Fox, House of the Corporation of Haberdashers. It is one of magnificent halls of the former Brussels guilds in Grand Place
The tympanum sculpture on the pediment is one characteristics of old Supreme Court building. These were the work of Cavalieri Rudolfo Nolli, a Milanese sculptor. The centre figure in the tympanum, holding a sword in the left hand and scales in the right, is Justice. The figure immediately to its left represents the lost soul begging for protection from it.
Spello - The fresco of Baptism of Jesus in the church Collegiata di San Lorenzo from 15 - 16. cent.
Herculaneum, Augusteum (cd. Basilica)\nAs a boy the Greek hero Achilles was entrusted to the wise Centaur Chiron. The centaur Chiron raised Achilles at the request of Achilles' mother. This centaur, half man, half horse, was, in classical mythology, a famous teacher to various heroes and gods. Attributes in the oil sketch, such as lyre, arrow and hunting horns, refer to his lessons in music and poetry and hunting.\nThe prototype for this fresco was not another painting but a statue that Pliny the Elder recalls was exhibited in Rome in the Saepta Iulia.
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