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Sustenance
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Catharine Roehrig
Statue of an Offering Bearer [Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre]
They’ve captured her in a moment in time.
#36
Cinematic
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Helen Evans
Marble statue of a kouros (youth) [Greek, Attic]
One doesn’t tend to think of silver plates as being quite as emotionally involving.
#35
In Conversation
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Ellenor Alcorn
Ewer [English, London and Chinese]
The whole world is encapsulated in one piece.
#34
Playing from Memory
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Eric Kjellgren
Slit Gong (Atingting kon) [Tin Mweleun; Vanuatu, Ambrym Island]
The ancestors watch over human activities, but are also connected with the larger workings of the cosmos.
#33
Healer
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Jim Draper
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French): Le Trait d’Union
What may initially look like a few blobs upon contemplation turns into be a family story.
#32
Unfinished
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Andrea Bayer
Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) (Italian): The Baptism of Christ
I think his age liberated him and that he was working on it for himself.
#31
Originality
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Dita Amory
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch): The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci
The density of lines enhances the extraordinary emotion of the moment.
#30
Sealed
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Yelena Rakic
Cylinder seal and modern impression: nude bearded hero wrestling with a water buffalo; bull-man wrestling with lion [Mesopotamia]
It does seem to indicate the balancing of forces of nature.
#29
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