Items matching lions

Combat of Gladiators with Wild Animals

In the foreground, a Roman gladiator fights with a lion; he is naked from head to foot except for what look like metal underpants and a ring around his left leg, and he brandishes a short sword or dag [...]

Keywords: weapons, people, nudity, animals, bare feet, lions, gladiators, battles

Places shown: Rome

Added: 2007-09-03

+ S K L R N

July

A naked and barefoot bearded man rides a lion, holding reins. He carries a two-handed scythe strapped to his back, with a sickle at his side, and laughs, with his right arm arm raised. The lion appe [...]

Keywords: people, animals, lions, nudity, bare feet, scythes, summer, calendars, months, july

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-28

+ S K L R N

Cloisters of the Lateran

p. 153. Cloisters of the Lateran

See the entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia for more information.

Keywords: arches, villas, lions, interiors

Places shown: Rome; Italy

Added: 2005-12-29

+ S K L R N

Symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark is traditionally depicted (shown) as a lion, sometimes with angel wings. In the background is a scroll, representing the Gospel he wrote.

This image is a detail from a larger picture.

Keywords: symbols, evangelists, saints, saint mark, lions, animals, wings, religion

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-24

+ S K L R N

Leo (the lion)

Zodiac sign for Leo taken from The Zodiac

Keywords: zodiac, astrology, symbols, animals, lions

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-28

+ S K L R N

I.—Detail of Façade of the Old Museum, Berlin, with sculpture group.

I.—Old Museum, Berlin: Detail of Façade, with Sculpture Group “The Amazon.” Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Architect. Kiss, Sculptor. panopticum took a photograph of these steps that helps to put them into [...]

Keywords: sculpture, statues, entrances, columns, animals, lions, people, bare feet, nudity, weapons, neoclassical, architecture

Places shown: BerlinBerlin; Germany

Added: 2006-02-06

+ S K L R N