Tag Archives: Sculpture

1953: Description

Posted on July 3, 2021 by corvusfugit

A description of what we would now call a depressive episode from a 1953 story by Jean Ferry, “The Traveler with Luggage”: As a result of incidents still obscure to me, I suffered an absolutely atrocious mental breakdown in the … Continue reading →

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1980: Burnt House

Posted on March 4, 2021 by corvusfugit

Robert Gober: Burnt House (1980)

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1673: Life Being So Short and Books So Plentiful

Posted on September 15, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1673, Antonio Magliabechi became librarian to Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was an eruidite scholar, fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and—according to his contemporary and biographer Giacinto Gimma—versed in physics, mathematics, rhetoric, grammar, history, … Continue reading →

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1929: ’ixtˈ

Posted on September 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

Every Tlingit clan in every major village was supposed to have its own shaman (’ixtˈ), who might also be a clan or house chief, uniting supernatural power with economic and ceremonial leadership….The functions of the shaman were several. He fought … Continue reading →

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1975: Fred Hampton’s Door

Posted on December 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

Dana C. Chandler: Fred Hampton’s Door 2 (1975) Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was drugged and murdered by the Chicago Police in 1969. Dana Chandler first memorialized the event in 1970 with a small trompe I’oeil painting of a … Continue reading →

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170 AD: Memnon

Posted on November 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Portrait of Memnon: Greek, c. 170 AD Memnon was the pupil, protégé, and adopted son of Herodes Atticus, a Greek aristocrat and sophist who served as a senator of the Roman Empire. He was named after the mythological Ethiopian king … Continue reading →

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2000: Guardian

Posted on November 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Klatle-bhi (Kwakwaka’wakw/Squamish): The Guardian; I had to guess on the date.

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6th Century BC: Mouthpiece

Posted on August 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

This silver-gilt mouthpiece comes from Cyprus and dates from the late 5th or 6th century BC. It would have been placed on the the mouth of a dead body as part of the burial process.

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1989: Walking House

Posted on June 3, 2018 by corvusfugit

Laurie Simmons: Walking House (1989)

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2018: Eagle

Posted on May 6, 2018 by corvusfugit

Jim Charlie (Squamish): Eagle Panel (c. 2018)

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