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#InTheBlackFantastic at @haywardgallery explores African diasporic artists creating surreal sci-fi worlds— ft: Lina Iris Viktor’s ‘Eleventh’ (2018) which considers the Libyan Sibyl as abolitionist symbol; Ellen Gallagher’s ‘Watery Ecstatic’ (2021) imagines a mythic Black Atlantis
Here are the Algerian🇩🇿, Tunisian🇹🇳, Morrocan🇲🇦 and Libyan🇱🇾 coats of arms, in order
Which one looks the best, in your opinion?
The Cerastes
“horned”, is one of the many snakes born from the blood of #Medusa in the Libyan desert.
#MythologyMonday
A book of creatures
https://t.co/rCwQnuRtUm
@RtRadke @LindserAnnie Ha! I thank my middle-school art teacher Mrs. Swayze. She showed me the studies for the "libyan sibyl" by Michelangelo to explain contour line shading and I never looked back.
Libyan stamps from 1983 featuring the women of the Libyan Army
@redricecoooker The North African species are smaller, even smaller than the Asiatic species.
The Carthaginians, Libyans, Numidians, the Hellenistic Kingdoms of Epirus (like the ones you just posted) and the Ptolemies, and lastly even the Romans mostly use the North African species
New exhibition opens on 17th-Resistance, Rebellion & Revolution is an exhibition of the late Libyan artist & satirist, Hasan ‘Alsatoor’ Dhaimish (1955-2016) & we are delighted to host its debut in Yorkshire. More info and link to tickets for the opening ➡️ https://t.co/m0WyA9WTWJ
The army that Hamilcar Barca and Hasdrubal crafted that Hannibal inherited in 221 BC consisted of 2 main elements. The 1st was an African contingent (Libyans, Liby-Phoenicians, Numidians, Carthaginian commanders). The 2nd was an Iberian contingent (Spanish and Celtiberians)
Anatomy analysis from Michelangelo's Studies for the Libyan Sibyl
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#artofanatomy #wannarit #anatomy #ecorche #Michelangelo
When Perseus flew over ancient Libya with Medusa’s severed head, drops of blood fell to the ground and materialized into snakes. To this day the Libyan Sahara desert is filled with serpents.
Unidentified Artist, The Libyan Sybil (after a lost original by Guercino), 18th century? https://t.co/moC1l4t40V #harvardartmuseums #museumarchive
2/2) ..The man who will extend the empire beyond the Libyans and the Indians, to a land that lies outside the zodiac’s belt, beyond the sun’s ecliptic and the year’s, where sky-carrying Atlas turns the sphere, inset with gleaming stars, on his shoulders."