Modern Olympics

Industrial revolution and modern sports (II)

Industrial revolution and modern sports

Fight Club: A History of Violence from Nik Porter on Vimeo.

"The Royal Game of Ur"

Chess

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unknown artist from 1283 A.D., [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Miniature from Alfonso X's Libro del axedrez dados et tablas (Book of chess, dices and tables), c. 1283. Moorish women in Arab clothes playing chess. European woman in headscarf, playing an oud or lute.

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Unknown author [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons
Illustration from the manuscript Gawain and the flying chessboard (14th century ill. manuscript from the Special Collections of Leiden University Libary)

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Hans Muelich  (1516–1573), Duke Albrecht V. of Bavaria and his wife Anna of Austria playing chess.
 It is a detail image of the illustration on page 10 of the Jewel Book of the Duchess Anna of Bavaria (Kleinodienbuch der Herzogin Anna von Bayern).

20.5 x 15.4 centimeters

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Moritz Retzsch (1779-1857), Mephisto and Faust
Oil on panel. Height: 32.3 cm ; Width: 39 cm 

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Instant [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons
Milan Mikuláštík, Chessball, 1998

Giambattista Tiepolo, The Death of Hyacinthus (1752)

Giambattista Tiepolo, The Death of Hyacinthus (1752)

Google Cultural Institute, zoom level maximum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13359237

Song of the day: Lola Marsh, Only For A Moment