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The well-dressed scarecrow (Explored)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 02:25:24 +0000

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Seen at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, a recreation of the 17th-Century English village in Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Doorway topper 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:24:21 +0000

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The entrances to the various rooms filled with art at the Vatican Museum were often extraordinary works of art themselves. This one bears the the symbol of the papacy, which is the image of two crossed keys that represent the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.

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3D ceiling art

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:37 +0000

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Not only are you surrounded by art in the Vatican Museums, many of the ceilings and walls are decorated as well.

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Flat ceiling art

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:19 +0000

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Not only are you surrounded by art in the Vatican Museums, many of the ceilings and walls are decorated as well.

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Dome ceiling art

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:09:29 +0000

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Not only are you surrounded by art in the Vatican Museums, many of the ceilings and walls are decorated as well.

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Pentagonal ceiling art

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:55:31 +0000

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Vatican Museums Ceiling

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Grumpy face

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:41:01 +0000

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Although most of the artwork in the Vatican Museum is Euopean art that is centuries old, they do have a section for more modern art and art from Africa.

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Doorway topper 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:24:15 +0000

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Sarcophagus carving

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:24:08 +0000

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This sarcaphagus at the Vatican Museum was ornately carved with scenes of battle. It was probably designed as an above ground last resting place.

"The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek σαρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγειν phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarkophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos (λιθος σαρκοφάγος). Since lithos is Greek for stone, lithos sarcophagos means 'flesh eating stone'. The word came to refer to a particular kind of limestone that was thought to decompose the flesh of corpses interred within it."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagus

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Corridor ceiling

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:45:08 +0000

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Vatican Museums Ceiling

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Octagonal ceiling art

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:55:19 +0000

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Vatican Museums Ceiling

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Rectangular ceiling

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:55:41 +0000

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Vatican Museums Ceiling. This ceiling bears the the symbol of the papacy, which is the image of two crossed keys that represent the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.

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Corridor ceiling detail

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:44:59 +0000

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Vatican Museums Ceiling.

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Bronze Beauty

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:30:36 +0000

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The Hall of Hanibal in the 15th Century building of the Capitoline Museums in Rome Italy is named after the image of Hannibal on the central wall.

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Museo Chiaramonti

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:27:57 +0000

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The Vatican Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006. The Museo Chiaramonti which comprises one of the museums is named after Pope Pius VII (whose last name was Chiaramonti before he became pope), who founded it in the early 19th century.

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Where have all the tourists gone?

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:26:34 +0000

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The oft photographed staircase at the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy in a rare moment when it was unoccupied.

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Mosaic floor

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:28:15 +0000

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The Vatican Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006.

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Murano Glass Chandelier

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:30:42 +0000

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Located in the Conservators' Apartment - Hall of the Triumphs in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy. The frescoed frieze on the upper part of the walls was commissioned in 1569. It portrays the victory of Lucius Aemilius Paullus over the King of Macedonia Perseus.

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Hey big guy!

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:30:31 +0000

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The Colossus of Constantine was a gigantic statue of Roman emperor Constantine the Great (280–337) that once stood in the Basilica of Maxentius near the Roman Forum in Rome. The remnants of the Colossus can now be viewed in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy.

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Decorative armor

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:28:26 +0000

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The Vatican Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006.

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