Traditional Art

Page 13 of the Codex Borbonicus- Unknown Aztec artist, pigment on amate paper (c. 16th century) ( lemmy.world )

The original page 13 of the Codex Borbonicus, showing the 13th trecena of the Aztec sacred calendar. This 13th trecena was under the auspices of the goddess Tlazolteotl, who is shown on the upper left wearing a flayed skin, giving birth to Cinteotl. The 13 day-signs of this trecena, starting with 1 Earthquake, 2 Flint/Knife, 3...

Ghosts of Vimy Ridge, Will Longstaff - Oil on Canvas, 1931

Sir Walter Allward's inspiration for the Vimy Memorial came to him in a dream, in which, he said, dead soldiers "rose in masses, filed silently by and entered the fight to aid the living. So vivid was this impression, that when I awoke it stayed with me for months. Without the dead we were helpless. So I have tried to show this...

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