From Meroë. 2nd Century CE? Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
figuration
Becoming stone
Figuration. Statue. Flint pebble rolled by the Storebaelt, Nyborg, Fyn. Titan Kronos, fearful of the prophecy that his children would overthrow him, ate them whole upon their birth. Until Rhea, his partner, gave Kronos a stone that he mistook for the infant god Zeus. Having returned from Mount Ida where he grew to maturity, Zeus…
Becoming stone — death and transfiguration
Stevns Klint, Denmark. Connie Svabo and I are visiting this extraordinary geological site that achieved World Heritage status in 2014. She was part of the team that developed the concept for the superb new visitor center [Link]. Here is a vitalist and hylozoic commentary. Exposed limestone and chalk geology. Højerup old church. The beds of…
Statue – figuration – physiognomy
Roman, 3rd Century CE. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Intestinal figuration
Vitrine with canopic jars – intestinal containers. Middle Kingdom Egypt, 12th dynasty. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Statue – at prayer
“Man at prayer”. Egypt. 13th dynasty c1700 BCE. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.