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  1. 🟢 ICYMI: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  2. 🟢 ICYMI: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  3. 🟢 ICYMI: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  4. 🟢 WATCH: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  5. 🟢 WATCH: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  6. 🟢 WATCH: Human #eyes naturally perceive fine variations in #green, prompting artists throughout #history to seek vivid, durable shades.

    In #Getty's Becoming Artsy series, host Jessie Hendricks investigates historical #artworks to explain how painters turned to #minerals, tree #resin, and toxic #arsenic to produce green #paint.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/green-painting

    #ancientgreece #greexe #art #arthistory #history #museums #books #chemistry #color #conservation #copper #geology #paper #renaissance #rocks #science #tksst #video

  7. Is it just a coincidence that in both the Ancient Greek music notational system and in the medieval hexachordal system the lowest note corresponds to our modern low G? #musictheory #musicology #music #history #musicHistory #ancientGreece #grecoroman #medieval

  8. fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Luci

    In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.

    The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.

    #vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane

  9. fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Luci

    In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.

    The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.

    #vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane

  10. fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Luci

    In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.

    The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.

    #vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane

  11. fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Luci

    In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.

    The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.

    #vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane

  12. fromoldbooks.org/Meredith-Luci

    In Greek mythology, King Ixion was spared punishment by Zeus, but took advantage by trying to seduce his wife Hera, and was punished by being tied to a burning rotating wheel in the underworld for eternity.

    The picture here is scanned from the 1882 book Lucile, by Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, in which it’s referenced as a reminder, a caution against illicit love.

    #vintageArt #GreekMyth #ancientGreece #nakedMan #torture #wheel #snakes #fobo #GIMP #xsane

  13. ✨🎙️ Podcast alert: First episode in 2025 🎙️✨
    ▶️ Explore the Temple of Poseidon's innovative architecture, connection to Athenian naval power, and the stories it whispers from the past. 🤫

    🎧 Listen here: ⁠t.uzh.ch/1Nv
    🎧 Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/

    Unearth a hidden secret beneath one of Greece's most iconic landmarks! 🏛️ Beneath the majestic Temple of Poseidon 🌊🔱 at Cape Sounion lies a "forgotten" Archaic temple, waiting to be rediscovered! 🕵️‍♀️ Join us in this year's first episode of our AI-generated podcast series as we delve into the mysteries of this ancient wonder, unearthed by archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld. ⁠ #AncientMysteries #ArchaeologicalAdventure 🏺 #HiddenTemple #GreekHistory #TempleOfPoseidon #Sounion #AI #AncientHistory #Podcast #DigitalHumanities #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology

  14. ✨🎙️ Podcast alert: First episode in 2025 🎙️✨
    ▶️ Explore the Temple of Poseidon's innovative architecture, connection to Athenian naval power, and the stories it whispers from the past. 🤫

    🎧 Listen here: ⁠t.uzh.ch/1Nv
    🎧 Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/

    Unearth a hidden secret beneath one of Greece's most iconic landmarks! 🏛️ Beneath the majestic Temple of Poseidon 🌊🔱 at Cape Sounion lies a "forgotten" Archaic temple, waiting to be rediscovered! 🕵️‍♀️ Join us in this year's first episode of our AI-generated podcast series as we delve into the mysteries of this ancient wonder, unearthed by archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld. ⁠ #AncientMysteries #ArchaeologicalAdventure 🏺 #HiddenTemple #GreekHistory #TempleOfPoseidon #Sounion #AI #AncientHistory #Podcast #DigitalHumanities #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology

  15. ✨🎙️ Podcast alert: First episode in 2025 🎙️✨
    ▶️ Explore the Temple of Poseidon's innovative architecture, connection to Athenian naval power, and the stories it whispers from the past. 🤫

    🎧 Listen here: ⁠t.uzh.ch/1Nv
    🎧 Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/

    Unearth a hidden secret beneath one of Greece's most iconic landmarks! 🏛️ Beneath the majestic Temple of Poseidon 🌊🔱 at Cape Sounion lies a "forgotten" Archaic temple, waiting to be rediscovered! 🕵️‍♀️ Join us in this year's first episode of our AI-generated podcast series as we delve into the mysteries of this ancient wonder, unearthed by archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld. ⁠ #AncientMysteries #ArchaeologicalAdventure 🏺 #HiddenTemple #GreekHistory #TempleOfPoseidon #Sounion #AI #AncientHistory #Podcast #DigitalHumanities #History #Archaeology #AncientGreece #Mythology