White-tailed deer By: Leonard Lee Rue III From: The World of the White-tailed Deer 1962

Mercati di Traiano - Rome, Italy

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Zeus

Greek, Reign of Phillip II (359–336 BCE)

The official record of quadrennial games honoring the supreme Greek god Zeus at a sanctuary dedicated to him at Olympia began in 776 BCE. With few interruptions, they took place every four years for about 1,100 years. In 394, CE the Christian emperor Theodosius I (reigned 379–95) abolished them as pagan rites. The most prestigious competition remained the footrace, but eventually it was supplanted in popularity by the horse races. Horses were symbols of socioeconomic status, since only the privileged could afford to buy, feed, and train them and transport their teams and trainers to Olympia every four years. In time, many of the victors in the horse races included kings and tyrants. Philip II, king of Macedon, who minted this coin, owned the horse that won the race in Olympia in 356 BCE. The same year his son was born; he would grow up to become Alexander the Great (356–332 BCE). The head of Zeus on the front referred to Philip’s claim that his family descended from the god. On the back Philip commemorated his victory in the horse races of the Olympic Games with an image of a jockey astride his mount.

Doors

This one is the portal from Urnes church in Norway, the oldest Stave (wooden) church in the country, a protected UNESCO world heritage site. It was carved probably in the eleventh century, from a time when in much of Norway Christianity sat side-by-side with the old Norse religion of Odin, Thor and Loki. It was later incorporated into the Urnes Church which was built in 1129.

Modern contemporary artists are struggling to reproduce the intricate intertwined carvings, attempting to re-learn this ancient art form. 

Situated on Via dei Fori Imperiali, Trajan’s Market is an archaeological complex that currently holds the Museum of Imperial Forums (Museo dei Fori Imperiali). It is considered to be Rome’s first “shopping center”.

The complex, made of red brick and concrete, had six levels in which there was once up to 150 different shops and apartments.

When you visit the Imperial Forum Museum, you can stroll through Mercati di Traiano’s various levels, as well as admiring several exhibitions that show the Imperial Forums’ different aspects.

The exhibitions are comprised of models and videos that accompany the various remains that are left from the Imperial Forums to try to transport visitors to classical Roman times.

Swedish brown bear By: Eric von Rosen From: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt 1908

Portal to Urnes stave church, Norway

Coleman Library, Tougaloo College. Jackson, Mississippi. Gunnar Birkerts.

Gertrude Hermes - Wild Cat (1957)

Bonelli's eagle By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

Egon Schiele (Austrian, 1890-1918)

Frontal view of a woman’s torso with a large belly (Frontale Ansicht eines Frauentorsos mit dickem Bauch), 1910

Gouache, watercolor, charcoal on paper, 45.1 x 31.7 cm

Clouds and Spring Trees at Dusk, Gu Yun, 1888

Some of the 3-minute drawings I did during the Nudes 10 event with some fellow NYC illustrators

Gacougnol

Leaves

Ellsworth Kelly

graphite on paper, 2009