Unusual Brown Pelican Coloration. This California brown pelican has an unusual man bun (or samurai top knot) of brown feathers as opposed the usual back of the neck coverage. Note also the unusual mottling and spots on the head feathers. Odd bird, perhaps a sub-adult transition to adulthood?.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38694
Aphrodite of Milos, Aphrodite tes Melou, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek marble statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. Created sometime between 130 and 100 BC, it is believed to depict Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty (Venus to the Romans).
Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Image ID: 28097
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a 2nd century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). The Nike of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been created around 190 BC.
Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Image ID: 28102
Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as The Meagre Company, Frans Hals, Pieter Codde, 1637.
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Image ID: 29468
Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as The Meagre Company, Frans Hals, Pieter Codde, 1637.
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Image ID: 29469
Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, Known as The Meagre Company, Frans Hals, Pieter Codde, 1637.
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Image ID: 29475
The Giraffe Traps, or what is officially known as Two Running Violet V Forms, was the second piece in the Stuart Collection at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Commissioned in 1983 and produced by Robert Irwin, the odd fence resides in the eucalyptus grove between Mandeville Auditorium and Central Library.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 12842
Vices and Virtues, part of the Stuart Collection and University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Artist Bruce Naumann created Vices and Virtues in 1988 along the top of the Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory at UCSD. Vices and virtues named in alternating neon light blink bizarrely around the building, lighting the night sky at UCSD. Very odd.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 14771
Bear is another of the odd outdoor "art" pieces of the UCSD Stuart Collection. Created by Tim Hawkinson in 2001 of eight large stones, it sits in the courtyard of the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 20851
Bear, another of the odd outdoor "art" pieces of the UCSD Stuart Collection. Created by Tim Hawkinson in 2001 of eight large stones, it sits in the courtyard of the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 21247
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a 2nd century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). The Nike of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been created around 190 BC.
Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Image ID: 28103