Virtual museum visit

Ok well so far I was on the website and I really like how they have it set up under the search the collections where you can click on the tabs to who, what, where, when, and in the museum that way you can either look up an artist or what kind of art was in a certain time frame. I went to the when tab so that I could browse any kind of art during the A.D. era 1-500

Shell fragments

Period:

late Sasanian–early Islamic

Date:

ca. 7th–8th century A.D.

Geography:

Iran, Qasr-i Abu Nasr

Culture:

Sasanian or Islamic

Medium:

Shell

Dimensions:

a) 2.3 cm x D. .4 cm b) H. 4 cm x W. 3.5 cm x D. .4cm + extra piece 1.2 cm x 1.3 cm x .2 cm c) 5.1 cm x 1.4 cm x .4 cm d) 3.8 cm x 1.9 cm x .4 cm e)3 cm x 4 cm x .5 cm f) 3.2 cm x 1.6 cm x .4 cm g) 3.1 cm x 1.8 cm x .4 cm h) 1.7 cm x 2.2 cm x .4 cm i) 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm x .4 cm j) 2.7 cm x 1 cm x .4 cm k) 2 cm x 2 cm x .3 cm l) 1.4 cm x 1.2 cm x .4 cm

Classification:

Shell-Ornament

This is one piece that I like because these were shell ornaments from the 7th or 8th century and I never would have known that they would even think to make something like that. One looks like a person with their arms in the air and of course one looks like a heart. it makes you wonder if they are the reason we believe a heart is that shaped and what about the other shapes it makes me feel like there is a meaning to these shells instead of decorations.

Date:

1700–1800

Medium:

Brass

Dimensions:

H. 16 in. (40.6 cm)

Classification:

Metal

I like this one because when I look at it it looks like people standing beside each other. I think out of the two pics I really like this one most of all