Source: commons.wikimedia.orgVenus from Hohle Fels, mammoth ivory, Aurignacian, dates to about 35-40,000 years ago.
Discovered September 2008 in cave “Hohler Fels” in the Ach Valley near Schelklingen, Germany.
Courtesy & currently located at the Prehistoric Museum Blaubeuren, Germany. Photo taken by Silosarg
Source: omgthatartifactVenus Riding a Chariot
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, 1774
The Hermitage Museum
Source: sculpture-centerGunilla Klingberg, Brand New View (installation view) at Zeppelin University, Bodensee, Germany, 2009-2012. Cut-out self-adhesive foil on windows, 26 m x 4.4 m. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nordenhake. Photo: Ulrike Shepherd.
Stockholm-based artist Gunilla Klingberg’s public commissions can be seen at the Citytunneln, Triangeln train station in Malmö, the Nye Akershus Hospital, Norway, and the Bio Medical Research Center in Lund. She studied at University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design, Stockholm and has recently exhibited at Rice Gallery (Houston), Bonniers Konsthall (Stockholm), and Philagraphika 2011 (Philadelphia). She is represented by Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin and Stockholm.
FOCUS SCANDINAVIA: This series of posts, selected by SculptureCenter curator Ruba Katrib, highlights artists she met during her recent research trip funded by the Office for Contemporary Art, Norway (OCA) and International Artists Studio Program, Stockholm (IASPIS).
Jupiter and the Moons of Earth
Wait, “moons” of Earth? Did you read that right? Don’t worry, no one’s pulling a fast one on you.
In this image, captured in Germany after the April new moon, we have Earth’s largest natural satellite, the capital “M” Moon we are all familiar with. Streaking through the center is the path of our largest artificial satellite, the International Space Station, which is sort of a man-made moon that people live on.
And down in the left we see Jupiter, one of our brightest celestial neighbors. As a special treat, you can click through to the high resolution version and see tiny points of light around Jupiter. Those are Jupiter’s moons!
(via APOD)
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Source: apod.nasa.gov
Source: omgthatartifactTankard with the Arms of the Holy Roman Empire
Germany, 1743
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Source: omgthatartifactArmchair
Germany, 1850
The Victoria & Albert Museum
“Only the back and seat of this chair are of wood, upholstered in green wool plush. The rest of the frame is entirely made up of stags’ antlers (from two different species of deer), goat horns and boar tusks. Such furniture may seem rather gruesome to modern taste. It was extremely fashionable, however, in the years around 1850, although it must always have been very expensive and thus confined to a small market. People of the time were quite unworried about the conservation of natural species. They readily used feathers and stuffed birds for their hats and stuffed birds and animals for interior decoration, with animal-skin rugs on the floors. Furniture such as this was considered suitable for hunting lodges, where the day might be passed in stalking and shooting the same kind of deer. Such furniture was available throughout Northern Europe and in North America, but it seems to have been particularly popular in the German states. The best-known manufacturer was H. F. C. Rampendahl of Hamburg, who exhibited at several of the international exhibitions.”
