Vila Wolf's Dyslexic Folklorist Ranting

Stele of Ushumgal 

Sumerian (probably from Umma), c. 2900-2700 B.C.

gypsum alabaster 

Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Marble grave stele with a family group

Attica, Greece, c. 360 B.C.

Pentelic marble 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 

Roman replica of a bust of Homer, 1st century c.e. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Detail from a late Geometric period funerary krater displaying the prothesis, or ancient Greek practice when the dead is laid out on a high bed within the house and relatives come and mourn and pay respects, kind of like a wake. Second half of 8th century b.c.e, terracotta. Greek, Attic. 108.25 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Pendant, ca. 1900  |Gold, enamel, mother-of-pearl, opal, emerald, colored stones, gold paint This remarkable pendant marks a high point in the three-year partnership of Georges Fouquet, the renowned French jeweler, and Alphonse Mucha, the Czech graphic artist whose work has become synonymous with Art Nouveau style.

Ancient Minoan, Ladies in Blue fresco, ca. 1525-1450 B.C. Currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Mirror back with relief carving of the Attack on the Castle of Love, c. 1320-40, elephant ivory. Created near Paris, France. Currently in the Cloisters Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image taken from the museum’s online collections. Click here to read more about the mirror back’s iconography from the Metropolitan.