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Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveler's Journal

Myth major seeks armchair travelers, art lovers, a more...0 points

Myth major seeks armchair travelers, art lovers, and born-again pagans for a ramble through the ruins of ancient Greece.
OdysseyLatest Upda...0 points

Michelangelo's David

The stature and prominence, the importance and inf more...0 points

The stature and prominence, the importance and influence of Michelangelo's David statue may surprise you!The David statue tells a story, ye...0 points

Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – Novembe more...0 points

Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), (full name Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao ...0 points

John William Waterhouse

Waterhouse, known to his family and friends as Nin more...0 points

Waterhouse, known to his family and friends as Nino, was born in Italy in 1849 to English parents. He moved to London at an early age. His f...0 points

Saint Michael The Archangel

Saint Michael  the Archangel belongs to the T more...0 points

Saint Michael  the Archangel belongs to the Third Hierarchy of  the Choirs of Angels known as Messengers.We first hear of Saint Mi...0 points

Lalique Crystal Sculptures

Lalique Crystal epitomizes the Art Nouveau era. La more...0 points

Lalique Crystal epitomizes the Art Nouveau era. Lalique created exquisite glass and crystal vases, centerpieces, glassware, lighting, jewele...0 points

Moai Statues of Easter Island

Second only to my fascination with the stoneworks more...0 points

Second only to my fascination with the stoneworks of Ancient Egypt are the haunting stone statues of Easter Island, or, as the natives call ...0 points

Toby and Character Jugs

Love them or hate them, most people can identify a more...0 points

Love them or hate them, most people can identify a Toby jug. They depict a multitude of characters from historic times to the present day an...0 points

Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 – 2 Aug more...0 points

Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788) was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. ...0 points

Sir Frank Dicksee

Francis Bernard Dicksee English pre-Raphaelite pai more...0 points

Francis Bernard Dicksee English pre-Raphaelite painter was born in London on the 27th November 1853, the son of Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819...0 points

Dali

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Dom&eg more...0 points

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), popularly known as Salvador Da...0 points

Remedios Varo

Remedios Varo (December 16, 1908 - October 8, 1963 more...0 points

Remedios Varo (December 16, 1908 - October 8, 1963) was a Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter. She was born in Anglés Cataluña,...0 points

John William Godward

9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an more...0 points

9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Pre-Raphaelite into Neo-Classicist era. He was a prot&eac...0 points

Paperweights

Who can resist paperweights? Made by master crafts more...0 points

Who can resist paperweights? Made by master craftsmen, they are objects of supreme beauty. Is it any wonder that they were hardly ever used ...0 points

Herend Porcelain

If you have read my other lens about the Monarch, more...0 points

If you have read my other lens about the Monarch, by now it should be no secret for you that I love orange butterflies. Herend Fortuna porce...0 points

Collecting Thimbles, Old and New

Most people who do much hand sewing will own and u more...0 points

Most people who do much hand sewing will own and use a thimble, a simple, utilitarian object worn to protect the finger-tip. For collectors,...0 points

Matryoshka Russian Nesting Dolls

Matryoshka dolls are set of dolls designed to nest more...0 points

Matryoshka dolls are set of dolls designed to nest one inside another. They are cut in half at the waist to be opened.

The original set o...0 points

Limoges Porcelain

This lens will explore the porcelain style known t more...0 points

This lens will explore the porcelain style known to collectors as Limoges. Limoges is not really a maker's brand, rather, it is a collectio...0 points

Masks and Masked Rituals in World Cultures

Masks are used by many cultures around the world.& more...0 points

Masks are used by many cultures around the world.  They can be made for art, for rituals of healing and for spiritual purposes.  M...0 points

Cranberry and Ruby Glass

Because ruby and cranberry glass is so beautiful a more...0 points

Because ruby and cranberry glass is so beautiful and has been made in so many different styles, from the simply elegant to the ornate, it lo...0 points

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was one of the most infl more...0 points

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Multi-talented, he designed buildings, furniture, t...0 points

Kutani Porcelain

This lens is about one of my favorite Japanese Ant more...0 points

This lens is about one of my favorite Japanese Antique porcelain styles named KUTANI. I hope you'll enjoy reading about it! It is not only ...0 points

Faberge Egg

A Fabergé egg is one of 50 (52 if we co more...0 points

A Fabergé egg is one of 50 (52 if we count the unfinished Karelian Birch and Tsarevich Constellation eggs) Easter gifts made by Peter...0 points

Satsuma Porcelain

This lens is about Japanese Satsuma porcelain, one more...0 points

This lens is about Japanese Satsuma porcelain, one in a series of lenses I will write about Asian Antique ware. I have been admiring  S...0 points

Sir Alfred Munnings

Alfred John Munnings (1878-1959) is known as one more...0 points

Alfred John Munnings (1878-1959) is known as one of England's most talented painters of horses. During  WWI his engagement by Lord Be...0 points

Lord Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (3 December more...0 points

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (3 December 1830–25 January 1896) was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted histor...0 points

Art Nouveau

An international style of decoration and architect more...0 points

An international style of decoration and architecture which developed in the 1880s and 1890s. The name derives from the Maison de l'Art Nou...0 points

antique Izannah Walker painted cloth dolls

Izannah Walker (1817 to 1888) of Bristol, Rhode Is more...0 points

Izannah Walker (1817 to 1888) of Bristol, Rhode Island was one of the earliest known female dollmakers in America. Her cloth dolls were all ...0 points

Cranberry Glass

I grew up with a house full of beautiful glass vas more...0 points

I grew up with a house full of beautiful glass vases. I'm told my great-grandparents once had one of the finest collections of antique Amer...0 points

Repair and Restoration of Works of Art

You might wonder why the topic or title of this le more...0 points

You might wonder why the topic or title of this lense sound funny. Hospital is place for people who are sick or dying but in this case ...0 points

Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better kn more...0 points

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli (March 1, 1444/45 – May 17, 1510) was an Italian painter of...0 points

Bernstein Zimmer Amber Room

This lens describes the famous Bernstein Zimmer as more...0 points

This lens describes the famous Bernstein Zimmer as the Amber Room is called in German. Information about the mysterious disappearance of thi...0 points

William Morris, Designer

As William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones were walk more...0 points

As William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones were walking down a street in Oxford in 1853 they were instantly captivated by a painting in a shop...0 points

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 195 more...0 points

Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combini...0 points

Imari Porcelain

This lens is one in a series of lenses I will writ more...0 points

This lens is one in a series of lenses I will write about Asian Antiques, especially Japanese and Chinese Art. I always admired the intricat...0 points

Pysanky -- Ukrainian Russian Polish decorated Easter eggs

A pysanka (plural: pysanky) is an egg decorated in more...0 points

A pysanka (plural: pysanky) is an egg decorated in the Ukrainian style using a wax-resist method. Many other cultures in Eastern Europe deco...0 points

Investing in Antique English Silver

Financial experts predict that over the course of more...0 points

Financial experts predict that over the course of the next five years the price of silver is likely to rise by 1000 percent.  During th...0 points

South American Paintings at Kew Gardens by Marianne North

Marianne North was a remarkable Victorian artist w more...0 points

Marianne North was a remarkable Victorian artist who travelled the globe in order to satisfy her passion for recording the world's flora wi...0 points

Moorcroft Pottery

Moorcroft Pottery whether it is a Victorian or Edw more...0 points

Moorcroft Pottery whether it is a Victorian or Edwardian piece signed by William Moorcroft himself or a much more modern piece is highly col...0 points

Iznik

This lens is about Iznik, the town and its probabl more...0 points

This lens is about Iznik, the town and its probably most famous product, the Iznik tile. Iznik, which is 85 km. from Bursa, having fertile l...0 points

vintage Japanese wooden Kokeshi dolls

Kokeshi are wooden peg-style dolls. They are handm more...0 points

Kokeshi are wooden peg-style dolls. They are handmade from cherry or dogwood and painted with a simple facial design and a floral design on ...0 points

Tiffany Design

Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January more...0 points

Louis Comfort Tiffany (February 18, 1848 - January 17, 1933) made a lasting impact on stained glass Art as well as interior design. More tha...0 points

China Pottery History

China, a country with one of the most ancient civi more...0 points

China, a country with one of the most ancient civilizations in the world, has a time-honored history of producing pottery.  Pottery war...0 points

Blanc de Chine

Blanc de Chine also known as Dehua or Monochrome p more...0 points

Blanc de Chine also known as Dehua or Monochrome porcelain is called so because it involves items without colorful details, made in one colo...0 points

Louvre

French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, Fran more...0 points

French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest, and most famous art galleries and muse...0 points

China History

The Art of War is a Chinese Military treatise writ more...0 points

The Art of War is a Chinese Military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. {Born in state of Qi dynasty, 544BC,a Chinese Ge...0 points

The World of Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan

Netsuke is a form of miniature sculpture that deve more...0 points

Netsuke is a form of miniature sculpture that developed in Japan over a period of more than 300 years.

Netsuke served both functional and...0 points

Rachel Field Hitty dolls

Hittys are wooden dolls based on the doll in the b more...0 points

Hittys are wooden dolls based on the doll in the book Hitty: Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field (the 1930 Newberry Award winning book)....0 points

Meissner Porcelain

This lens is about the Meissner porcelain, an admi more...0 points

This lens is about the Meissner porcelain, an admired European antique, that came to being more or less by coincidence. Wouldn't it be for ...0 points

Tanabata Star Festival

Tanabata Festival is a traditional celebration hel more...0 points

Tanabata Festival is a traditional celebration held in Japan in July, as a tribute to love. Tanabata are colorful paper stipes on which peop...0 points

Holiday Shopping with Victoria's Curio exclusively on Ruby Lane

Welcome! We at Victoria's Curio are collectors a more...0 points

Welcome! We at Victoria's Curio are collectors also and understand that there is not always room in a budget for extravagances. Yet, when...0 points

Jean Honore Fragonard

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806). Fre more...0 points

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806). French painter whose scenes of frivolity and gallantry are among the most complete embodiments of...0 points

Antique Dragon Urn

This urn is 12 1/2 inches tall and very heavy. It more...0 points

This urn is 12 1/2 inches tall and very heavy. It has a full bodied dragon entwined around it. It might be bronze and made in the 1800s, but...0 points

Netsuke: Japanese Miniature Carvings with Beauty and Function

Netsuke is a Japanese form of miniature sculpture more...0 points

Netsuke is a Japanese form of miniature sculpture of toggles. Men wearing kimonos, which don't have pockets, would keep their small persona...0 points

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (January 8, 1836, more...0 points

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands.- June 25, 1912 Wiesbaden, Germany ) was one of the most renown...0 points

Greek Museums ~MACEDONIA~

When I started my first lens about the Greek Museu more...0 points

When I started my first lens about the Greek Museums I hadn't taken under consideration the amount of museums you can find around Greece! B...0 points

Greek Museums: Peloponnese

This lens is dedicated to Peloponnese, Greece. Pel more...0 points

This lens is dedicated to Peloponnese, Greece. Peloponnese has some of the richest historic and archaeological traditions in Greece. Enough ...0 points

SWIMS WITH FISHES VINTAGE HOUSE

Swims With Fishes Vintage House sells Japanese ant more...0 points

Swims With Fishes Vintage House sells Japanese antiques, antique photos, WWII photos, concert photos from the 70`s, vintage knives, vintage ...0 points

St. Anthony

I promised to make a lens in honor of Saint Anthon more...0 points

I promised to make a lens in honor of Saint Anthony as my gratitude for finding a very important card that got lost in the confines of my ho...0 points

Art Deco

Art Deco is a style that was popular bewtween 1920 more...0 points

Art Deco is a style that was popular bewtween 1920-1939 in Europe. Many of the Art Deco designers rejected traditional materials for their w...0 points

Sevres porcelain

In this lens I will decribe the origin, the histor more...0 points

In this lens I will decribe the origin, the history and the characetristics of Sèvres Porcelain. Sevres porcelain was known for centu...0 points

Tiziano

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1485 more...0 points

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1485 – August 27, 1576), better known as Titian was the leader of the 16th-century Veneti...0 points

Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (born November 30, 1825 more...0 points

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (born November 30, 1825 – died August 19, 1905 in La Rochelle, France) was a French academic painter. A stu...0 points

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6 more...0 points

Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna ...0 points

Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the development of the (F more...0 points

Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the development of the (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painterImpr...0 points

Greek Museums

My first encounter with the term archaeology was w more...0 points

My first encounter with the term archaeology was when I was 8 years old, one evening in Hydra. I was returning home with my mom and we met a...0 points

Goya

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Mar more...0 points

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a court pai...0 points

George Stubbs

George Stubbs (born in Liverpool on August 25, 172 more...0 points

George Stubbs (born in Liverpool on August 25, 1724 – died in London July 10, 1806) was a British painter, best known for his painting...0 points

Bayeux Tapestry: The Best Tapestry Ever

The best tapestry ever is ...   &nb more...0 points

The best tapestry ever is ...       ... the Bayeux Tapestry.
I saw the Bayeux Tapestry in the summer of ...0 points

Home Designs

Are you wondering how you can avoid all the stress more...0 points

Are you wondering how you can avoid all the stress and hassles involved in building your dream home? Search no further, the renowned home de...0 points

The Art Market Lens - www.artmarketblog.com

Art Market Analysis and Art Investment Advice with more...0 points

Art Market Analysis and Art Investment Advice with Nicholas Forrest from Art Market Blog  http://www.artmarketblog.com 0 points

Greek Museums ~CRETE~

When I started my first lens about the Greek Museu more...0 points

When I started my first lens about the Greek Museums I hadn't taken under consideration the amount of museums you can find around Greece! B...0 points

O'Keeffe

 Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887&am more...0 points

 Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887—March 6, 1986) was an American artist. She is typically associated with the American ...0 points

Antique fire trucks for sale

Talking about genuine gift for an antique collecto more...0 points

Talking about genuine gift for an antique collector. You wont believe how many people are actually in love with fire trucks. I guess its the...0 points

Kimono: Wind and Water Made Wearable

The kimono is the wrapped-and-tied, robe-like garm more...0 points

The kimono is the wrapped-and-tied, robe-like garment that is the national costume for Japan. Whether your kimono interest is historica...0 points

Prado

The Museo del Prado also referred to es El Prado i more...0 points

The Museo del Prado also referred to es El Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid, Spain on the European continetn; the capital...0 points

Archaeological Sites in Greece

My first encounter with the term archaeology was w more...0 points

My first encounter with the term archaeology was when I was 8 years old, one evening in Hydra. I was returning home with my mom and we met a...0 points

Book Reviews Needed!

I need book reviews on WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled. more...0 points

I need book reviews on WORDS A Prophecy Fulfilled. The book has been recently released in November 2007 and has drawn a wide range of respon...0 points

George Henry Boughton

George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) was an Anglo-Ame more...0 points

George Henry Boughton (1834-1905) was an Anglo-American painter.  THIS LENS IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PLEASE VISIT SOON!He was born ...0 points

William Holman Hunt

William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 Se more...0 points

William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was a British painter. He was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherh...0 points

Art Market Blog - www.artmarketblog.com

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Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 3 more...0 points

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of a...0 points

Velázquez

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Vel&aacu more...0 points

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, wa...0 points

Antique Art Headquarters

Antique Art This group is created for Antique Art more...0 points

Antique Art This group is created for Antique Art enthusiasts. Lenses about American, European and Asian (Oriental) Antiques are welcome! T...0 points

William Heath

William Heath (1795 - 1840) was a British artist. more...0 points

William Heath (1795 - 1840) was a British artist. He was best known for his published engravings which included caricatures, political carto...0 points

Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 3 more...0 points

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of a...0 points

George Romney

George Romney (December 26, 1734 – Novem more...0 points

George Romney (December 26, 1734 – November 15, 1802) was a noted English portrait painter. He was born on Boxing Day 1734 in Dalton-i...0 points

Berliner Kunsthalle

This lens is under development. Please excuse the more...0 points

This lens is under development. Please excuse the scaffolding, and come back later! Thanks for your patienceEine Kunsthalle auf dem Berliner...0 points

Kutani wine cups

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