ISHTAR GATE
MADONNA OF BRUGES
ROSETTA STONE
MANDU YENU THRONE
SISTERS OF ATHENS
BLACK SQURE
RESEARCH ON THE ARTWORKS
Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon, which surrounded the city.
The gate was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Hence its name. As part of the city walls of Babylon, the Ishtar Gate was one of the original Seven Wonders of the World.
The Ishtar Gate was smuggled out to Germany and reconstructed in Berlin. Along with the secondary gate, the walls were taken and are now in storage. Parts of the gate and lions from the Processional Way are in various other museums around the world.
US military vehicles damaged 2600 year old brick at the Babylon site.
Black Square is a painting by Kazimir Malevich, which became a symbol for Suprematism and became first artwork of the new movement.
Malevich was born in 1876 in Kyiv, then part of the Russian Empire In his personal diaries, he repeatedly describes himself as Ukrainian. However, Russia and multiple international sources claim Kazimir Malevich to be a Russian artist, and the sources such as ‘Wikipedia’ for some reason too.
Both versions of The Black Square are placed in Russia’s Moscow and St. Peterburg museums, which leaves the artworks in the possesion of Ukraines colonizers.
Throughout the history of Ukraine, Russia has been stealing its art and and history, considering those circumstances such displacement of Ukrainian artwork was hurtful, although, most likely did not come as a surprise.
The Erechtheion, the ancient Greek temple held up by statues known as Caryatids, was
dedicated to the gods Athena and Poseidon; it still stands on the Athens Acropolis much like the Parthenon just meters away as a testament of the glory of ancient Greece. The southern roof of the Erechtheion is supported by six statues of maidens known as the Caryatids.
The Caryatids which can currently be seen at the Erechtheum are faithful copies since the five
remaining originals are in the Acropolis Museum for their protection, conservation, and
restoration.
The sixth Caryatid is now placed in the British museum after brutal kidnapping by Thomas Bruce at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Despite the heated protestations of a long string of government ministers, historians, and
other experts from around the world, British Museum officials state they have every legal right to own the Marbles despite the fact that they were chipped off a building that is the embodiment of Greek history itself and they were taken at a time when Greece was occupied by a foreign power.
Tn over 2000-year-old black granite stone with inscriptions that make it possible to decipher hieroglyphs.
The stone is documentation of Ptolemy V’s negotiations with Priests, as his reign was unstable and the priests were highly regarded.
This is also the reason why it is inscribed with 3 different writing systems; Hieroglyphic (spoken Egyptian), Demotic (written Egyptian) and Greek. This made it possible for Researchers to decipher Hieroglyphs since they had already knowledge about Greek and just needed to find a suitable translation.
First found in 1799 in the Egyptian town Rosetta, originally named, el-Rashid in Arabic.
Napoleon’s Soldiers found the stone but later it was surrendered by the French Forces to
Britain after being defeated.
Since the surrender in 1801, the artefact has been situated in the British Museum for over 200 years now.
The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of the Virgin and Child.
Madonna of Bruges portrayed as a young woman in both pieces, though she would have been middle-aged at the time of her son’s death. It is said that Michelangelo
intended to convey her purity and chastity by preserving her youthfulness.
Madonna of Bruges was the only Michelangelo sculpture to be transported outside
Italy in his lifetime. However, it has also left Belgium twice. In 1794 it was sent to Paris after the Austrian Netherlands were conquered by the French Revolutionaries.
The sculpture was brought back to Belgium after Napoleon’s defeat, before being removed once again by German soldiers during World War II. After being returned to Belgium for the final time, it was placed in The Church of Our Lady in Bruges.
Mandu Yenu, a throne made for the kings of the Kingdom of Bamum (today’s northern Cameroon). It was crafted for King Nsangu, King Njoya’s father and predecessor.
In 1902 German colonizers approached Bamum. While the colonizers brutally
occupied other parts of Cameroon, King Njoya was able to keep the relationship
between his kingdom and the colonizers relatively stable, despite the unequal balance of power.
In 1908, he gifted his throne, a symbol of strength and power, after lengthy negotiations, to the German Emperor Wilhelm II, to strengthen and maintain the relationship with the German colonizers.
The throne is now exhibited in the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.
ISHTAR GATE
BLACK SQURE
SISTERS OF ATHENS
ROSETTA STONE
MADONNA OF BRUGES
MANDU YENU THRONE