Greek Owl - Sculpture for the art enthusiast 2 m close-up lens attachment

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The original of this flemish wall tapestry has been woven at the Gobelins at the beginning of the XVIIIth century and are now at the Louvre and at the Versailles castle

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The court of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II produced nothing more amazing than the Mira calligraphiae monumenta

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Greek Owl - Sculpture for the art enthusiast 2 m close-up lens attachmentThis early classic, bronze owl from the 5th century B. C., was probably made in the Aria region, in de south west of Asia Minor (on the coast of what is now Turkey). In Greek mythology, mighty Athena, the virginal goddess of wisdom and the arts, chose an owl to accompany her. The Greeks believed that owls could see at night thanks to a light that shone from within which, in turn, came to symbolize the purity of the shining goddess. In the city state