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Mythology


Mythology



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Monsters

MONSTERS

Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Frantiskovy Lazne (Franzensbad), Art Nouveau Sphinx in front of the colonnade.
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Frantiskovy Lazne (Franzensbad), Art Nouveau Sphinx in front of the colonnad...

Baden near Vienna, "Undine-Fountain" in the park. This Art Nouveau fountain is named after a fairy- tale water nymph.
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Baden near Vienna, "Undine-Fountain" in the park. This Art Nouveau fountai...

The "Deer of Balazote".
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The "Deer of Balazote".

The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania)consists of 23 pure gold vessels weighing a total of 10 kg.The medallion on this golden pitcher shows Ganymede carried off by Zeus'eagle.
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The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagysze...

The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania)consists of 23 pure gold vessels weighing a total of 10 kg.The medallion on this golden pitcher shows Ganymed carried off by Zeus'eagle. Detail.
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The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagysze...

The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania)consists of 23 pure gold vessels.The medallion on this gold pitcher shows a rider on a mythical ani- mal aiming an arrow at a panther.
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The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagysze...

The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Romania)consists of 23 pure gold vessels.The medallion on this gold pitcher shows a griffin killing a hind.
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The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagysze...

"Basiliskenhaus",a gothic building,present facade 1740.The house-sign, a "basilisk",was a fabulous animal whose poisonous breath killed.A plucky Viennese youth held a mirror towards the dragon,which died when it saw its own horrid image.
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"Basiliskenhaus",a gothic building,present facade 1740.The house-sign, a "...

Bauakademie (Building Academy),Berlin, 1831-1836. Detail from the terracotta frame of the surviving door to the Bauakademie: left Orpheus, an allegory of harmony in architecture and, on the right, a genius of architecture.
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Bauakademie (Building Academy),Berlin, 1831-1836. Detail from the terracot...

Twelve beasts of the Apocalypse, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in champleve technique on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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Twelve beasts of the Apocalypse, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

Phaedra, wife of Theseus, confesses her passion to Hyppolitos, her stepson.Amor,god of love, on her knees, her nurse as procuress behind Phaedra. From the "Sarcophagus of Phaedra and Hyppolitos",imported Attic work. Marble, mid-3rd. Cat. 153
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Phaedra, wife of Theseus, confesses her passion to Hyppolitos, her stepson....

The exorcism of Gadara: Christ heals a man possessed; the demons flee into pigs who drown themselves in Lake Tiberias. From Milan,Italy. Carved ivory tablet (ca. 970)
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The exorcism of Gadara: Christ heals a man possessed; the demons flee into p...