~Shaquille O'Neal
Lewis chessmen
probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200
The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
by Georges de La Tour, late 1620s
Kimbell Art Museum (there is a later version of the same composition in the Louvre.)
The Dice Players
by Georges de La Tour, circa 1650-1651
Red Queen lecturing Alice
from Lewis Carroll's "Through The Looking Glass"
illustration by John Tenniel, 1871
Domino Doll 11
by IndianDollArtWorks
Hopscotch
by Rhonda Radford-Adams
Links:
* Ten things you didn't know about the Lewis chessmen
* Want to play life-sized chess? You can get yourself some Chess Hats.
* UnwindRewind's Traveling Chess Party photo
* A list of possible Fair Dice. (There are more shapes than you'd expect)
1 comment:
Not exactly playful (except maybe for the Hopscotch) but definitely cool.
And I know that the scholars say that the Lewis chessman weren't meant to be comical, but they are!
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