Friday, March 24, 2017

The dying lioness, a detail taken from the reliefs of Ashurbanipal’s palace at Nineve. Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian king (685 BC – c. 627 BC).


2600 years ago, there was great art

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  1. EskymanMarch 25, 2017 at 1:33 PM

    We've certainly progressed a lot since then, haven't we. Here's some of today's "great art:"

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Marcel_Duchamp_Fountain_at_Tate_Modern_by_David_Shankbone.jpg

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    1. c w swansonMarch 25, 2017 at 1:55 PM

      That will NOT be getting oh's and ah's 2600 years from today. But, maybe it will get this kind of attention:
      http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/46506

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