Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from the 9th to 13th centuries. The Angkorian period began in AD 802, when the Khmer Hindu monarch Jayavarman II declared himself a "universal monarch" and "god-king", until 1431, when Ayutthayan invaders sacked the Khmer capital.
The ruins of Angkor are located in amid forests and farmland near Siem Reap, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temples of the Angkor area number over one thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat, the world's largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together, they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture.
Stone carvings depict scenes from the Hindu mythology are exist in Angkor temples. The largest of them are exist in Angkor Wat, in which the epics of the Ramayana and the Churning of the Ocean Milk are represented on their long walls. Many Apsara statutes were also been engraved in the temple walls.
Preah Ko - Designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin:
Baksei Chamkrong - Designed and engraved by Claude Hertenberger:
Bantei Srei - Designed and engraved by Jacques Gaut-hier:
Angkor Wat - Designed and engraved by Michel Monvoisin:
Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) exhibited in Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna, Austria, designed (after Rubens) by Karl Gessner, engraved by Alfred Fischer and issued by Liechtenstein on September 9, 1976 to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rubens:
Three Music-making Angels (Detail):
Artist's sons Albert and Nicholas Rubens:
Erichthonius discovered by the daughters of Cecrops:
Athena visited the smith-god Hephaestus to request some weapons, but Hephaestus tried to seduce her. Athena fled, Hephaestus caught her and tried to rape her, but she fought him off. During the struggle, his semen fell on her thigh, and Athena, in disgust, wiped it away with a scrap of wool and flung it to the earth. As she fled, Erichthonius was born from the semen. Athena, wishing to raise the child in secret, placed him in a box.
Athena gave the box to the three daughters of Cecrops, the king of Athens, and warned them never to open it. Overcome with curiosity, they opened the box, which contained the infant and future-King, Erichthonius. The sisters were terrified by what they saw in the box: either a snake coiled around an infant, or an infant that was half-man and half-serpent. They went insane and threw themselves off the Acropolis. Image
To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the French author Charles Perrault (1628-1703) birth, Monaco issued on November 8, 1978, a set of 9 engraved stamps depicting fairy tales and legends collected and published by him. Stamps were designed by Pierrette Lambert and engraved as indicated.
Thank you, bobby!!! Glad this thread is back. Lets celebrate with a great set issued for use in Saar in 1954 shows different paintings of the "Madonna and Child":
Darmstadt Madonna, by Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497-1543), engraved by Jean Pheulpin:
Sistine Madonna, by Raphael (1483-1520), engraved by Pierre Munier:
Madonna of the Pear, by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), engraved by Charles Mazelin:
100th Anniversary of the Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatoper, 1869 - 1969), designed by Otto Stefferl and issued by Austria on May 23, 1969. The stamps are both engraved (the black areas of the stamps show the characters) and photogravured (the gold margins).
Don Giovanni, Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb:
The Magic Flute, Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, engraved by Kurt Leitgeb:
Fidelio, Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven, engraved by Georg Wimmer:
Lohengrin, Opera by Richard Wagner, engraved by Alfred Fischer:
Don Carlos, Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, engraved by Werner Pfeiler:
Carmen, Opera by Georges Bizet, engraved by Alfred Nefe:
The Rosencavalier, Opera by Richard Strauss, engraved by Georg Wimmer:
Swan Lake, Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, engraved by Maria Laurent:
The stamps were issued in a sheet, which I don't have, contains tab in the middle:
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1904 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only a few years, 1905–1908, and had three exhibitions. The leaders of the movement were Andre Derain and Henri Matisse. The term was first coined by the critic Louis Vauxcelles after viewing the boldly colored canvases of Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kees van Dongen, Charles Camoin, and Jean Puy at the 1905 Salon d'Automne (art exhibition held annually in Paris, France).
This set of stamps was issued by Monaco on November 6, 1980 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Fauvism. Stamps show paintings exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in 1905:
The Way, by Maurice de Vlaminck (1876 – 1958), engraved by Claude Durrens:
Woman on the Railing, by Kees van Dongen (1877 – 1968), engraved by Eugene Lacaque:
The Reader (Portrait of Marguerite Matisse)m, by Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954), engraved by Eugene Lacaque:
Three Figures sitting on the Grass, by André Derain (1880 – 1954), engraved by Claude Durrens:
Frescoes painted by Austrian Baroque artists, Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724-1796) and by Paul Troger (1698-1762) as indicated on the stamps. Stamps were designed by Adalbert Pilch, engraved by Rudolf Toth and issued by Austria on December 11, 1968:
"The Triumph of Apollo", Halbturn Castle, Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria:
"Saint Leopold is Carried into Heaven", Ebenfurth Castle, Ebenfurth, Austria:
"The Glorification of Mary" Maria Treu Church, Vienna, Austria:
"Saints Peter and Paul", Melk Abbey, town of Melk, Austria:
"The Last Judgment", Greillenstein Castle, Röhrenbach, Austria:
A set of 19 stamps, contains five different designs, was issued in 1942 for use in Belgian Congo. The designs shows: Palm tree, Batetela woman, Leopard, Policeman and Okapi. I have no information about who designed and engraved these stamps:
To raise donations to the reconstruction of the tomb of the Persian physician and philosopher Avicenna (980-1037), Iran issued five sets of five semi-postal stamps each show old Persian art and archaeological places. The stamps were engraved by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., London and issued in years 1948-1954.
Here is the first set issued on January 30, 1948:
Lion and Bull, Persepolis: Old Iranian Mythological Symbol:
Persian Warrior, Persepolis:
Palace of King Darius the Great, Persepolis:
Tomb of King Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae:
Enthronement of King Darius the Great, Persepolis:
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