painting (ritual & belief: representations)

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

"362-22" "Two Bears Band, Fort Rice.″Yanktonai pipe bag; wool, glass, porcupine quills; l. 43.5/73 cm., w. 16.5 cm.; ca. 1860s.″Documentation: \Two Bears band, Fort Rice.‖ Purchase...

Tobacco, smoking, ritual, pipes, tobacco bags Tobacco was a stimulant used by the indigenous people in large parts of North, Central and South America as a sedative, medicine again...

In 1925, at the first exhibition of the OST, the painter I. Kudriashov presented two series of paintings: the Construction of Straight Line Movement and the Construction of Curvili...

Pierrot content is one of a group of early works by Watteau in which the artist developed the theme of the fête galante that would be so highly appreciated during the 18th century....

New acquisition, September 2013: Competition entry by Nils Andersson Nils Andersson's painting Heimdal Returns Brisingamen to Freya is an evocative example of the images of ancient...

It is one of the oldest easel paintings in Lithuania, closely linked to Vytautas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (reigning 1401-1430), and early Christianisation in Lithuania. Up unti...