Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland. Built for Admiral George Delaval in 1720. Darkroom reprint of my photo of 2012. A story of land, inheritance, entrepreneurial opportunity, the roots of local power in global interconnections – and quirky radical taste transformed into an archetype of architectural style. [Link] to a previous post. The Delaval family had owned…
through a glass
Ovidiana — archaeological theatre
Becoming stone [Link] [Link]
Roman
A Roman. 300 CE? No provenance, no context. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Classical figuration
National Museum Athens. 1992.
From Gitte and Poul’s garden
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Intestinal figuration
Vitrine with canopic jars – intestinal containers. Middle Kingdom Egypt, 12th dynasty. Glyptotek, Copenhagen.