Archaeological Museum Istanbul

Two things I really like in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul are

1. A statue of a Greek athlete wrapped in a cape.

2. The statue of Bes (also spelt as Bisu) an Egyptian deity worshipped as a protector of households and in particular mothers and children








The link below is to a website has great photos of other artifacts in the museum which has so many really beautiful things such as the Alexander Sarcophagus and some odd things like the statuettes of temple boy prostitutes.

http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/archaeological_museum_istanbul&page=all

Things to draw

Photos to draw.

Annuciation - Fra Angelico.

I first saw this early renaisance painting of the Annunciation in reproduction on a classroom wall at high school.

When learning about drawing perspective recently I looked it up as well as pictures by Giotto. Now I appreciate the clever use of perspective in this painting by Fra Angelico.

The vanishing point is the small window near the virgin Mary's head. Though this is an insignificant detail the effect draws the eye there and so to the virgin.