Artifacts

As I promised: a blog posting about the artifacts at the UN. For those of you wondering what a post modern 'mo such as yours truly is doing going on about such things, I tell you that esoterica rocks! The previous entry makes reference to the artifacts displayed around the UN Building, so I am brining some of them to you this evening. This will sound trite and public broadcasting like, but they are as varied and detailed as the nations represented at the UN.



One of the first such items I came across is a fresco from an Orthodox chapel in Bulgaria. What is profound about this depiction is that the individuals gaze toward the viewer. I am told that other religiously themed works from the period (17th century?) obscure the facial features.



Next we travel to China to see a highly detailed ivory carving. This explicitly detailed carving details a developing Shino homeland. It features the traditional Chinese landscape, but also depicts a bullet train that slices across the scene. Yes, all carved in ivory.

On to Jordan for the riches of the fertile crescent:




And lastly, the Security Council Chambers is certainly entitled to some modernist decor. This seems to be an ode to man's liberation from bondage.



Today I noted an article in the ">Home section of the New York Times about living in a time capsule. It featured several couples who comfortably, tidily, happily reside in homes that recall decades past. The same thing can be said of the UN.






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