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Tom Swope's blog: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture at Harvard
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Saturday, May 9, 2015. Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture at Harvard. I will feature in this post the pieces on view currently that most relate to the material I have been fortunate to handle. Chief among them is the piece below, in two images, one I took showing the difficult lighting conditions, the other from the Harvard website, optimally if not dramatically lit. My photograph of the Bodhisattva statue. Statue of a monk at Harvard. The pair of seate...
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Tom Swope's blog: November 2013
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Saturday, November 23, 2013. A Crowned Bodhisattva Head and its type. Head of a Bodhisattva, Limestone, Height: 15 inches. Head of a Bodhisattva wearing a crown. China, Northern Qi Dynasty, 550 - 577 A.D. Side view of Head of a Bodhisattva, Limestone, Height: 15 inches. Volume 31, number 1. Bodhisattva found in the Qingzhou horde, Limestone, Height: 136cm. China, Northern Qi Dynasty, 550 - 577 A.D. Detail showing the head of the Qingzhou Bodhisattva.
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Tom Swope's blog: May 2013
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Saturday, May 11, 2013. Another Poniatowski gem rediscovered. It has been a while since I last posted to my blog. So here I will catch up with a few new posts, on more Poniatowski gems that I have purchased, starting with this beauty, which was lost, and now is found. Engraved Carnelian in gold swivel setting. Here you see the gem in its setting, in reflected light. From Lippold, the Pichler gem. The images on these two gems are nearly identical, with...
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The City of Hudson — Drop Forge & Tool
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Handcraft Workshops and Creative Residencies. Hudson, New York. Just 2 hours by Amtrak from Penn Station NYC, Hudson is a beautiful little city with a remarkable history. Founded after the Revolutionary War by group of Quakers who called themselves The Proprietors , over the centuries Hudson has hosted such luminaries as Henry David Thoreau, Teddy Roosevelt, John Ashbury and Amanda Palmer, and has been home to whale oil refineries, brothels, and bootleggers. Club Helsinki ( www.helsinkihudson.com. 510 Wa...
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Hudson NY Art Galleries | Art in Hudson
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Links to everything artful in Hudson, NY. Attractions & Tours. Food & Beverage. Where to Find It. Alternative Spaces that Exhibit Visual Art. 114 Warren St. 518 697 0266 davisortongallery.com. Photography, Mixed Media, Photobooks. Online sales of small format, fine art prints at DavisOrtonEditions.com. 116 Warren St. 518 697 0266 bcbart.com. 123 Warren St. 518 828 2343 slowart.com. Jeff Bailey Gallery / Hudson. 127 Warren St. baileygallery.com. Also the office of the Columbia County Council for the Arts.
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Tom Swope's blog: November 2014
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Saturday, November 29, 2014. Yet another Poniatowski gem discovered! I just recently purchased a gem set in a gold frame hung from chains to be used as a pendant, that is one of the Poniatowski Gems. The dealer knew what it was, but not which one, and I have been able to find it in the Beazley Archives, where it's current whereabouts are marked as unknown. No longer, it can re-emerge into the view of the wider world. Links to this post. One blog for m...
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Tom Swope's blog: May 2012
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Saturday, May 19, 2012. A lost Poniatowski Gem. Gem with scene of the drunk Silenus on an ass, lead by Dionysus. Note the Greek signature below the ground line. In works and words a scientific deceit of such dimensions never seen in art history before.". Different lighting to better show the scene. T276 from the Beazley Archives, Oxford. The above is from the Beazley Archive website, the impression is part of the Tyrrell collection of impressions take...
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Tom Swope's blog: October 2011
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Sunday, October 9, 2011. Ancient Roman eagles, and eagles with snakes. Image from the official website for Pompeii and Naples. Photo taken of an illustration in a book showing a statue of Zeus with his eagle. Above is an image of a marble statue of Zeus with his eagle companion next to him. Again, like the marble above, the feathers of the neck are treated like those of the body, as found in nature, and their wavy appearance are almost fur-like. I con...
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Tom Swope's blog: November 2012
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On art, and interesting things I see and or am doing. Friday, November 23, 2012. Another rediscovered Paniatowski Gem. Amethyst Intaglio set in its Original gold and black enamel setting. Gem seen with light shining through it. Above in the backlit image, you can see the carving clearly. Http:/ www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp? London 1841, no 513. With the rest of the throng came the cypress, shaped like the cones that mark the turning point on the race-course; though now a tree, it. Http:...