Sethos I was the father of Ramesses II (also known as Ozymandias). In the wallpainting, Sethos is receiving pharaonic regalia to emphasise his power and military success.
Link: Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
A thread on some links between art and literature...
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Sethos I was the father of Ramesses II (also known as Ozymandias). In the wallpainting, Sethos is receiving pharaonic regalia to emphasise his power and military success.
Link: Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The smile of Mona Lisa, also known as a Lisa Gherardini, is playful and ambiguous – almost like she is hiding a secret.
Link: My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning
An illustration of the dangers of pride and ambition. From soaring so high, Icarus is barely noticeable after his fall and life simply carries on around him.
Link: Jekyll and Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
A wild-eyed scientist, onlookers who seem both intrigued and horrified, and a strong contrast between darkness and light.
Link: Jekyll and Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
A melancholy figure stands alone amidst a sweepingly dynamic, powerful landscape.
Link: The Prelude, by William Wordsworth
A brutal, unglamorous and disturbing picture of body parts that seem to have been carelessly discarded and thrown into a pile.
Link: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
The rocks in Johan Dahl’s Norwegian Mountain Landscape first appear to be gentle and inviting, but on a second glance seem much more dramatic and threatening.
Link: The Prelude, by William Wordsworth
The sea is darkly turbulent and the grey sky is full of menace. The city of the Stockholm, brightly lit in the distance, is made to seem very small by comparison.
Link: Storm on the Island, by Seamus Heaney
A blood red, claustrophobic cityscape in which ghostly figures seem to climb, trample and scramble away from imminent danger.
Link: London, by William Blake
A strangely calm image that, at least initially, doesn’t seem to depict a battle scene. The distance of the viewer’s perspective evokes a fleeting sense of contemplation and control.
Link: Kamikaze, by Beatrice Garland
The vacant, troubled stare of the sailor in the foreground contrasts with the celebratory scene behind him. He seems completely out of place and isolated whilst life goes on around him.
Link: Remains, by Simon Armitage
A dark, abstract image evocative of a primitive human body in the throes of both construction and deconstruction.
Links: Jekyll and Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
An overcrowded cart leaves a burning city as people twist in anguish and despair. A white lamb is clearly visible, placed next to a shadowy image of Jesus to represent the sacrifice of innocent people.
Link: War Photographer, by Carol Ann Duffy
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The first likely historical reference to Ethiopia is ancient Egyptian records of trade expeditions to the "Land of Punt" in search of gold, ebony, ivory, incense, and wild animals, starting in c 2500 BC 🇪🇹
Ethiopians themselves believe that the Queen of Sheba, who visited Israel's King Solomon in the Bible (c 950 BC), came from Ethiopia (not Yemen, as others believe). Here she is meeting Solomon in a stain-glassed window in Addis Ababa's Holy Trinity Church. 🇪🇹
References to the Queen of Sheba are everywhere in Ethiopia. The national airline's frequent flier miles are even called "ShebaMiles". 🇪🇹
I'll begin with the ancient history ... and it goes way back. Because modern humans - and before that, the ancestors of humans - almost certainly originated in Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 (sub-thread):
The famous \u201cLucy\u201d, an early ancestor of modern humans (Australopithecus) that lived 3.2 million years ago, and was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia, displayed in the national museum in Addis Ababa \U0001f1ea\U0001f1f9 pic.twitter.com/N3oWqk1SW2
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) November 9, 2018
The first likely historical reference to Ethiopia is ancient Egyptian records of trade expeditions to the "Land of Punt" in search of gold, ebony, ivory, incense, and wild animals, starting in c 2500 BC 🇪🇹
Ethiopians themselves believe that the Queen of Sheba, who visited Israel's King Solomon in the Bible (c 950 BC), came from Ethiopia (not Yemen, as others believe). Here she is meeting Solomon in a stain-glassed window in Addis Ababa's Holy Trinity Church. 🇪🇹
References to the Queen of Sheba are everywhere in Ethiopia. The national airline's frequent flier miles are even called "ShebaMiles". 🇪🇹
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Although these beings had to be respected, not all of them were powerful enough to be considered gods. Offerings would be made to the spirits that had greater influence on human life. Spells and incantations would invoke their
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i wonder if you can make a thread bout witchcraft in malaysia.. or list of our own local gods/deites..
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Before I begin, it might be worth explaining the Malay conception of the spirit world. At its deepest level, Malay religious belief is animist. All living beings and even certain objects are said to have a soul. Natural phenomena are either controlled by or personified as spirits
Although these beings had to be respected, not all of them were powerful enough to be considered gods. Offerings would be made to the spirits that had greater influence on human life. Spells and incantations would invoke their
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— \u2745\u1710\u170b\u1713\u170e (@uglyluhan) June 16, 2019
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