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"Embracing the Equilibrium of Opposites: Exploring the Good in Art, Culture, and Life" In a world filled with contrasting elements

Background imageGood Collection: Trajan (53-117). Roman emperor (98-117). Engraving

Trajan (53-117). Roman emperor (98-117). Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Background imageGood Collection: Spain, Andalusia, Tarifa. Castle of the Guzmans

Spain, Andalusia, Tarifa. Castle of the Guzmans
Spain, Andalusia, province of Cadiz, Tarifa. Castle of the Guzmans or Castle of Guzman el Bueno. It was built in 960 by Abd-ar-Rahman III, Caliph of Cordoba

Background imageGood Collection: Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, so-called the Good (1396-1467)

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, so-called the Good (1396-1467). Founded the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1429. The king in chapter robes, wearing the gold collar of the Order of the Fleece

Background imageGood Collection: Knight of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece

Knight of the Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece in ceremonial dress. Chivalry order founded in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Chromolithography

Background imageGood Collection: British battleship, HMS Good Hope

British battleship, HMS Good Hope, Drake-class armoured cruiser, launched in 1901 Date: early 20th century

Background imageGood Collection: The Ivory Castle Board Game

The Ivory Castle Board Game, produced by Gibbs Dentifrice toothpaste Date: 1935

Background imageGood Collection: Three Japanese Gifts for Felicitous Events

Three Japanese Gifts for Felicitous Events, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Osaka. Top: Symbol of Supreme Felicity - red and white silk crepe, pine foliage, crane and tortoise

Background imageGood Collection: On SAmuse

On SAmuse
Artwork showing an audience of well dressed ladies and gentlemen, laughing and having a good time. Date: circa 1931

Background imageGood Collection: Abol Hop Manure Advertisement

Abol Hop Manure Advertisement
Advertisement promoting Abol Hop Manure, a good substitute for stable manure. Date: circa 1930

Background imageGood Collection: Wearing gas masks

Wearing gas masks
Cartoon demonstrating how the social graces can still flourish, even when gas-masked. Date: 1939

Background imageGood Collection: Advert for Bovril with vegetables, WW2

Advert for Bovril with vegetables, WW2
Advert for Bovril - puts a smile into vegetables, WW2 Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Fashion item, Your Most Important Coupons, WW2

Fashion item, Your Most Important Coupons, WW2 rationing Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Glasgow tram publicity campaign to save paper, WW2

Glasgow tram publicity campaign to save paper, WW2
Glasgow tram publicity campaign - You can help to win, save your waste paper and cardboard, everyone can help, WW2 Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Dining room at teatime with open window

Dining room at teatime with open window Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, wartime food, Marmite sandwiches, WW2

Advert, wartime food, Marmite sandwiches, WW2 Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Fashion item, inexpensive women's fashions, WW2

Fashion item, inexpensive women's fashions, WW2 Date: 1942

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, WW2

Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, WW2
Advert, Zixt Hand Soap, featuring a warden doing dirty wartime work, WW2 Date: 1943

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, Yardley cosmetics, WW2

Advert, Yardley cosmetics, WW2
Advert, Yardley cosmetics, encouraging women to keep their standards up during WW2 - put your best face forward. Date: 1942

Background imageGood Collection: Advert for Tampax, Women are winning the War of Freedom

Advert for Tampax, Women are winning the War of Freedom Date: 1942

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company WW2

Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company WW2
Advert, Save Paper, Ford Motor Company, WW2 - call for wartime paper recycling. Date: 1942

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, Goodall Backhouse & Co Ltd, Leeds

Advert, Goodall Backhouse & Co Ltd, Leeds
Advert, food products from Goodall Backhouse & Co Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, including egg substitute powder as eggs were scarce during the war. Date: 1942

Background imageGood Collection: Advert, Tomlinson & Co's Butter Powder

Advert, Tomlinson & Co's Butter Powder, churning made easy, good fresh butter all the year round. Date: 1869

Background imageGood Collection: The audience of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, entitled The Good Old Days

The audience of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, entitled The Good Old Days, filmed at the City Varieties in Leeds. Dressed in Victorian and Edwardian costume, they were an integral part of the show

Background imageGood Collection: Two of the cast of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, known as The Good Old Days

Two of the cast of the Old Time Music Hall TV show, known as The Good Old Days, filmed at the City Varieties in Leeds. The man on the left lights a candle, while the compere

Background imageGood Collection: Poster, Desmoulins for good quality shoes, 11 Rue Thiers. Date: 1912

Poster, Desmoulins for good quality shoes, 11 Rue Thiers. Date: 1912

Background imageGood Collection: Pink and blue flowers on a German greetings card

Pink and blue flowers on a German greetings card, with white and gold ornate border. circa 1890s

Background imageGood Collection: Queen Victoria - Mourning card 1901

Queen Victoria - Mourning card 1901
A sombre postcard published on the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 (sent on 18th February 1901) - quotes by Alfred Austin

Background imageGood Collection: NUS President Trevor Phillips and campaigners

NUS President Trevor Phillips and campaigners
NUS President Trevor Phillips (left, b. 1953, later a writer and broadcaster) and campaigning students from the London Boroughs of Harrow and Kingston, outside the Education Department in Waterloo

Background imageGood Collection: Cartoon, A good idea, WW1

Cartoon, A good idea, WW1
Cartoon, A good idea. A French soldier says he has asked his father to write to say he is dead: that way, he will be able to get leave of absence from the Front. Date: 1916

Background imageGood Collection: Highlander's grave

Highlander's grave
On a hill outside La Fert鬠in France, the grave of a Private in the Highland regiment. The rudimentary cross is made from strips of an ammunition box

Background imageGood Collection: Marjorie Mo Mowlam, British Labour politician

Marjorie Mo Mowlam, British Labour politician
Marjorie Mo Mowlam (1949-2005), British Labour politician and government minister. As Northern Ireland Secretary she oversaw the signing of the historic Good Friday Peace Agreement of 1998

Background imageGood Collection: Scene from O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars

Scene from O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Three actors in the pub scene from Sean O'Casey's play, The Plough and the Stars (first performed 1926). From left to right, Carmel McSharry (b circa 1930) as Mrs Gogan

Background imageGood Collection: Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

Background imageGood Collection: REINDEER HIDE

REINDEER HIDE
While it lives, the reindeer is a means of transport and source of milk : when it dies, its hide is put to good use in clothing. Date: 19th century

Background imageGood Collection: SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS

SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS
Black humour : The premises of Bungie the undertaker, Sierra Leone, Africa. He is as ready to offer good advice to the living as he is to provide for the needs of the dead! Date: 1930s

Background imageGood Collection: Henry VI, Part I, by Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part I, by Shakespeare
Act II, Scene V The death of Mortimer in the Tower; "Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good" Date: Late eighteenth century

Background imageGood Collection: GAS LIGHTING IN 1807

GAS LIGHTING IN 1807
THE GOOD EFFECTS OF CARBONIC GAS !!! - neighbours complain of the smoke or of being asphyxiated, pedestrians whinge about the smell and one coughs himself to death... Date: 1807

Background imageGood Collection: A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water

A German custom where walnut shells are floated in a bowl of water, either the walnut comes together or drawn to the side, according to their movements it brings good luck or ill-luck. Date: 1908

Background imageGood Collection: Enoch Taken Heaven Religion Bible Events Old

Enoch Taken Heaven Religion Bible Events Old
enoch, taken, heaven, religion, bible, events, old, testament, looking, pretty, good, 365, years, son, cain, god, without, suffer, tiresome, formality, death, leaves, methusaleh, history, historical

Background imageGood Collection: Soul leaving the body, 1808

Soul leaving the body, 1808
The soul of a good old man leaves him at the moment of death and is borne away by angels to Paradise. Date: 1808

Background imageGood Collection: Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building of the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, attraction, attractions, belief, believer, believers, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, capital, capital city, capitals, china

Background imageGood Collection: Tempio di Marte Ultore, While the title of this image indicates that it is the Temple of Mars

Tempio di Marte Ultore, While the title of this image indicates that it is the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of
altertum, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antica, antiquity, attraction, attractions, augustus, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy

Background imageGood Collection: Saint Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan (oil on canvas)

Saint Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan (oil on canvas)
868086 Saint Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan (oil on canvas) by Giaquinto, Corrado (1690-1765); Vatican Museums and Galleries, Vatican City; Photo © Stefano Baldini

Background imageGood Collection: Sketch for a ceiling painting depicting a scene from a series on the History of the Theatre

Sketch for a ceiling painting depicting a scene from a series on the History of the Theatre
XAM74826 Sketch for a ceiling painting depicting a scene from a series on the History of the Theatre by Matsch, Franz von (1861-1942); Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: by Franz von Matsch)

Background imageGood Collection: Satan before God, c. 1750 (oil on canvas)

Satan before God, c. 1750 (oil on canvas)
868087 Satan before God, c.1750 (oil on canvas) by Giaquinto, Corrado (1690-1765); 88x117 cm; Vatican Museums and Galleries

Background imageGood Collection: The Good Frenchman, c. 1916 (colour litho)

The Good Frenchman, c. 1916 (colour litho)
698828 The Good Frenchman, c.1916 (colour litho) by Arnoux, Guy (1886-1951); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: le bon Francais;); © Archives Charmet

Background imageGood Collection: Good Morning miss chick - Frog and chick

Good Morning miss chick - Frog and chick by Freda Rose

Background imageGood Collection: The Last Judgement and the Seven Works of Mercy (oil on panel)

The Last Judgement and the Seven Works of Mercy (oil on panel)
471091 The Last Judgement and the Seven Works of Mercy (oil on panel) by Orley, Bernard van (c.1488-1541); 248x406 cm; Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges




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"Embracing the Equilibrium of Opposites: Exploring the Good in Art, Culture, and Life" In a world filled with contrasting elements, we often find ourselves seeking balance and harmony. Just like Eliphas Levi's iconic artwork "Baphomet, " which symbolizes the equilibrium of opposites, we are reminded that they are emerge from unexpected sources. Take H. M. Bateman's humorous illustration "The Underwriter Who Missed The Total Loss" - it reminds us that even in challenging situations, there is always room for optimism and finding silver linings. Similarly, the enigmatic figure of Baphomet reappears as a reminder to embrace opposing forces within ourselves and society. It teaches us that by accepting both light and darkness, we can achieve true equilibrium. But let's not forget about the lighter side of life. From "The Vegetabull" poster to F. G Pearce Ltd. 's business stationery, these delightful creations remind us that even mundane objects can bring joy and creativity into our daily lives. Moving on to spirituality, the Seven Gods Luck serve as symbols of fortune and prosperity across various cultures. Their presence signifies hope for a brighter future amidst challenges. Artistic masterpieces such as Novgorod Icon's "Last Judgement" or Sheela-na-Gig on Killinaboy church wall transport us through time while reminding us about humanity's eternal quest for salvation and self-discovery. On a more lighthearted note, who could resist indulging in some laughter with Jeeves & Wooster? These beloved characters embody wit and camaraderie - essential ingredients for navigating life with grace. Speaking of unity, Franco-British Exhibition's depiction evokes feelings of collaboration between nations despite historical tensions. It serves as a powerful reminder that when different cultures come together harmoniously, greatness can be achieved. And finally – let’s not overlook opportunities for good fortune and success.