Dr Donna Yates

2015-09-25 19:48:36

92 walrus ivory game pieces were found in Lewis Chessmen hoard. Not all are figures: pawns & tablemen a bit bland

CARAA

2021-06-23 06:57:57

When found, the hoard contained 93 artifacts: 78 chess pieces, 14 tablemen and one belt buckle. Today, 82 pieces are owned and usually exhibited by the British Museum in London, and the remaining 11 are at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Adrián Maldonado

2019-07-26 08:36:23

Hidden away in a tray of 19th-century toys and games I spotted these medieval tablemen/playing pieces from Forfar, Kirkwall and Lour. I am photographing objects like these to be made available online shortly on the @NtlMuseumsScot catalogue

#FindsFriday

Sardonicus

2020-01-02 20:05:39

'On Tuesday March 5th, 1968 John Cage & Marcel Duchamp performed "Reunion" at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto.
Duchamp won the first chess match almost immediately, so a second game lasting over 4 hours, was played between Cage and Duchamp's wife, Teeny'
hyperallergic.com/424124/marcel-…

Jane Hoodless

2019-10-02 09:15:45

Marcel Duchamp–who died #OTD 1968–pretended to abandon art & devote the rest of his life to chess, though secretly continued to make work. "I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."

𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌

2021-09-02 15:52:57

Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess, 1925
Man Ray •
#blackandwhite #photography

Xerses phus

2021-12-19 11:51:48

#ChessAutomaton1769 2/n
"Lettres sur un automate qui joue aux échecs" [1772] by Louis Dutens
E-Book by @amandine_bizet and Nadine Lobo
#chess #automaton #ChessTurk #WolfgangVonKempelen #LouisDutens
Edition 1772: catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3…
E-Book and pic: behance.net/gallery/611083…

Xerses phus

2021-12-20 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 64/n
Two kings play chess
in: Roman du Roy Meliadus de Leonnoys
Naples, Italy
circa 1352
British Library, London; Add. 12228, f.23
#chess #VisualArts #IllustratedManuscript

Alison Fisk

2021-12-17 07:08:41

This Ancient Egyptian game of ‘Hounds and Jackals’ is almost 4,000 years old! It was discovered in 1910 by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in the tomb of an official named Reniseneb at Thebes. It is made of ebony and ivory and dated c. 1814–1805 BCE. 📷 The Met NY.

#Archaeology

Annemarieke Willemsen

2021-12-16 14:58:28

Opening right now: exhibition on #rattles of collector Heinz Keijser in Jewish Museum Amsterdam @jckamsterdam & presentation of beautiful book w/my essay on 4000-year history of rattles. I know it's niche, but there are hundreds of 'm & they are stunning. Exh until June 6, 2022!

Martin Hahn

2021-12-14 20:36:58

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Caissa wünscht frohe Weihnachten!
—
Preisausschreiben der Schachzeitschrift aus dem Jahr 1948 mit Fragen zu einer Spanisch-Partie zwischen
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rein… und
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Ha…

Diane Doniol-Valcroze

2021-12-13 18:17:23

“Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you’re in trouble.” - Stanley Kubrick

Dr Jo Ball

2021-12-12 18:24:00

Three (toy) balls, found in #Egypt & dating to the #Roman period. They were hollow, made of linen & reed, painted in red & green, & had stone chips inside, so they rattled when shaken. These ones might be ancient, but you'd find balls nearly identical in a toyshop today! (📷 BM)

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

2021-12-11 17:49:08

Isn't this beautiful? It’s the weekend and here’s a multifaceted #medieval #ivory die just aching to be let out to play in one of the >600 dice #games known from the period. MT @museecluny. #iwantonetoo

Angela O'Brien

2021-12-12 09:15:00

Ancient Egyptian wooden cat-shaped toy with moving jaws, bronze teeth and eyes made of inlaid rock crystal. The jaw can be moved by pulling the string. Found in Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1350 BCE. The British Museum, 1885,0618.11. britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-12-12 13:00:37

This chess set is from the 2nd half of the 19th century, made of bone and wood, in Russia. Boats are Rooks; Elephants are Bishops. In Russian, the bishop is still called elephant слон (pronounced "slon"); in Spanish "alfil" literally "the elephant".

The State Hermitage Museum

Ellen Hagen 𓅃

2021-12-11 16:01:32

How wonderful is this. A Medieval carved walrus, word in Norwegian ‘hvalross’, from a walrus tusk, photos via Nidark, Norway.
Dated to: 1225-1275.
Foto: Åge Hojem /N28915/Nidark
#archaeology #animals

ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴇɴ ᴇ. ᴅᴀᴡꜱᴏɴ

2019-09-24 02:34:06

Chess players from the Willehalm Codex by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1334

Xerses phus

2021-12-08 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 59/n
Illustration from Jacobus de Cessolis' 'Schachzabelbuch'
Southern Germany
c. 1390-1400
Research Library of the University of Erfurt, Gotha; Cod. Chart. B 155, f. 69r
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #JacobusDeCessolis #Schachzabelbuch

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-12-06 12:55:55

The far side...

Xerses phus

2021-12-06 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 58/n
Johann Erdmann Hummel
Chess Game
Oil on canvas
1818/19
Old National Gallery, Berlin
#chess #VisualArts #painting #JohannErdmannHummel #Hummel1818

Howard Staunton

2021-12-02 14:02:01

Chess is not a game. A proceeding that may be carried out for six or seven hours in silence cannot be called a game.

Howard Staunton

2021-12-01 08:01:24

If subjected to a violent attack, you may often disconcert your opponent by compelling the exchange of two or three pieces.

Botschaft Israel

2021-11-24 13:12:59

Ein 11-jähriges Mädchen hat in #Jerusalem eine seltene 2.000 Jahre alte Münze entdeckt, die vermutlich von einem jüdischen Priester kurz vor der Zerstörung des Zweiten Tempels geprägt wurde.

📸Yaniv Berman/@cityofdavid/@AntiquitiesIL

israelnetz.com/gesellschaft-k…

Xerses phus

2021-11-26 23:11:21

Report of a chess collector on his visit to a #chess #exhibition in the #ThULB #Jena and his visit to the #Löberitz chess #museum in eastern #Germany.
Cf. kwabc.org/en/newsitem/ch…
#UniJena #library #ChessExhibitionThULB2021 #ChessMuseumLöberitz
@JenaKultur @UniJena
📷 S. Schönle

eddie duggan

2021-11-26 09:50:33

@davidwjgill @Durotrigesdig There are similar (but less visually striking) sets of pieces in Bologna Archaeological Museum, and also in Ancona. It would appear to be a four player game (6 pieces per player). It could be a strategy game, or it could be a race game. See Schädler (2019) dx.doi.org/10.47245/archi…

Durotriges Project

2021-11-26 07:57:30

These gorgeous tiny glass gaming counters from a group of 24 (6 white, 6 green, 6 yellow, 6 red) were found in a Late Iron Age grave at Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire in 1965 😍

Sadly the rules of the game are now lost

© Trustees of the British Museum #FindsFriday

Willum Morsch

2021-11-24 20:38:01

Sehr schön gemacht @DIEZEIT #Schach #Geschichte #FIDEmatch2021

🔴 AndegemoN ⚪️ Art ♟

2019-05-31 20:17:25

Hélàs, encore une soirée absinthe backgammon...
Quelle atmosphère, Moi qui rêve d'Andegemon !

🎨 Jean Béraud - Les joueurs de Backgammon -

#Art #AndegemonArt #Chess #Paris #Rêverie #Peinture #France 🇫🇷
#Backgammon #BonJeuBonPlaisir #AndegemonRDV #BelleEpoque🌼

🔴 AndegemoN ⚪️ Art ♟

2020-08-05 17:22:25

Quand les joueurs y consacrent le temps nécessaire, le jeu devient un véritable art de vivre, un pur instant d'évasion et d'élégance.

🎨 Achile Glisenti 🇮🇹 - Salotto Veneziano -

#BeauxArts #Italie #AndegemonArt
#Echecs #ChessArt #AndegemonRDV
#BonJeuBonPlaisir #Venise #Peinture

🔴 AndegemoN ⚪️ Art ♟

2020-08-25 22:29:14

L'intelligence, c'est l'imprévisible.
Michel Serres 🖋️

🎨 Alfred Lyndon Grace 🇬🇧 - CheckMate -

#BonneNuit

#Œuvres #FineArt #ChessArt #Philosophie #Chess
#BonJeuBonPlaisir #AndegemonArt #PhiloFairPlay ♟️

Lars

2021-11-24 06:23:24

Onsdags-"ikke-zen" fra #LivetSomArkæolog

Lars

2021-11-24 06:24:41

Men skal det være zen, så.....

Alison Fisk

2021-11-23 08:13:24

Wonderful Viking gaming piece. An amber figure of a bearded man, probably used in the board game ‘hnefatafl’. Found at Feddet, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark.

#Archaeology

Universität Kassel

2021-11-23 13:05:28

👉#Ausstellung Uni Kassel bis 09.01 im Stadtmuseum Kassel
👉#Podcast ,,Wunderkammer Modern“ mit Kuratorin Prof. Sitt
🔗 tinyurl.com/2net6h59
👉Vortrag zur Austellung: Prof. Bürkert über Ökosysteme in Oasen
🗓24.11.21; 18:00 Uhr/ Stadtmu.
✒️ Anm.: stadtmuseum.aufsicht@kassel.de

The Met: Greek and Roman Art

2021-11-22 19:55:04

Brooklyn Museum: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art @bm_ancient #brooklynmuseum #followart