thanatos picks zagreus up after death by natural causes challenge

The oldest throne room in Europe, at the heart of the Bronze Age Minoan Palace of Knossos, Crete, 15th Century BCE.

Red Knight by Ami Thompson

I have a question

I have never heard of Norman Rockwell. I don’t understand anything about art. But this picture shook me and caused a storm of emotions. It is called Breaking Home Ties, 1954

The boy is going to a Uni and wearing his best outfit; the Uni sticker is on his luggage, even his tie and his socks are the colours of the sticker. He is excited and impatient. The father - obviously a farmer, is sitting at the worn farm truck with a flag and a storm lamp, because their place is so small the train won’t normally stop there, so the father will need to “catch” the train and signal with the light and the flag for it to stop.

His son will never come back to the farm.  

I think I understand why this picture sold at 15,4 million dollars in 2006. 

Great paintings by Norman Rockwell of everyday Americana.

Norman Rockwell specialized in exactly this, OP. You can look at almost all of his paintings and find a story in it. Some are sweet, some are poignant, some just show family. They are all stories, and they all have story woven into every single detail.

And because it is my favorite, this is “Shiner”

Rockwell’s mentor was A.C. Leyendecker best known for his illustrations of the Arrow Collar shirt man. The model was Leyendecker’s lover. Rockwell was a pallbearer at Leyendecker’s funeral.

Rockwell’s paintings also dealt quite a bit with social issues as he got older and after the Saturday Evening Post made him remove a Black person from an image bc Black people “could only depicted in service jobs”.

As a result he left the Post & created (among other works) The Problem We All Live With and Murder in Mississippi.

caving as an extreme sport is sooo unfathomable to me why are u as a creature of the daylight doing that. were u born without the dread in ur bones or something

come 9 year olds let us sleep in the hell fissures where time goes to suffocate

wtf kind of Lost Johns' Cave Buried-alignment indoctrination is this

Costume. Chitons.

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

that genuinely is it

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

lets bring back sheetwares

also chlamys:

and exomis:

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

Wrap Yourself In Blankets, Call It a Day

Wear blanket. Conquer world.

That last one looks dope

Squares and rectangles: easy to weave!! No cutting means no hemming.

And easy to construct, you don’t have to have complicated seaming and patterning to turn fabric into clothing!

ancient Egyptian robes

This sort of clothing solution wasn’t just for the Mediterranean, or northern Africa, either. Behold the Belted Plaid:

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Has anyone already reblogged this with saris? It’s cool how many cultures have similarities like this hidden in plain sight.

A Single-edged Sword, IX-th-Xth century. Made after sword D.99.9.3 of the Musée Vivant Denon in Châlon-sur-Saône.An intriguing object, rather uncommon : neither a seax nor a single-edged blade fitting in Petersen’s typology for instance. Still, a very stiff blade now showing a distinctive dark edge (see attached pic) thanks to the preservation methods of the Museum, indicating a hardening of the edge only and a high carbon content. The cross and pommel allows a dating to the IX-th-Xth centuries, as swords of this era found locally show similar methods of making for these elements : both are folded over the tang and welded close (see last pic)… Spring steel blade with a differential hardening, old iron cross and pommel folded/Welded over the tang. OAL 813 m with a 663 mm blade, weight is 1052 g.(original is 816mm, and 1049 g). Now at 1350 € plus shipping

God damn it Dr. Cognot, you’ve done it again. Why do you have to do this to me?

A question: on the original piece, are the cross and pommel pattern welded as well? I can’t really tell from the photos, though it looks like they may be.

Vikings in the Mediterranean

Hergrim at it again with good submissions.

-SLAL

reminder that full suits of armor...weren’t actually the norm for medieval warfare. like, at all.

full plate armor was only widely used for less than a century, at the end of the Middle Ages. it was soon outdated by the growing use of firearms, and was more common in performative jousting than in actual warfare.

and knights in shining armor? they probably barely existed. shining suits of armor were the sorts of things kings wore in parades–the medieval equivalent of a fashion photoshoot. in reality, polishing armor to a shine was horribly expensive and difficult to maintain on grimy battlefields–painted armor was much more practical. 

knights in shining armor existed in medieval times the same way hardboiled detectives existed in the 20th century–as a trope for contemporary & future audiences to romanticize. in that regard, they were very successful!

shut up nerd

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Besides the yearly application of linseed oil paint, they also russeted the armor, or even left the blackened forge scale on it.

The latter two might be the reason behind the term Black Knight which may be an insult to lesser Nobles.

@biggest-gaudiest-patronuses

Damn those victorians!! They scrubbed off the finish to look more rich!

Painted

Russeted

Blackened

eulogy for the archivist

fuck it, Toshiro Mifune fancam set to Kate Bush

hey op, what’s it like being a goddamned genius?

How is he SO attractive? I mean painfully, violently, devastatingly attractive? Really really ridiculously good-looking.

it’s the juxtaposition of intensity and insouciance. also, his face was just hand carved by the gods.

Last week I had to stay home sick from work and I figured, when is there a better time to work on a new project?? So behold, a short renaissance houppelande with scalloped dagging on the sleeves. It’s made from blue wool, purple upholstery velvet and lined with a black and blue floral brocade. I also think the little square buttons are super cute. I only wish I had about 10 more to add to it.

All up this project took me about 11 hours to make and it’s probably the most professional looking thing I’ve ever produced. Needless to say, I’m a bit proud of myself.

Also, bonus blue leather belt with hand stamping and renaissance buckle and decorated hat, both of which I made the weekend before. I’m so happy to be feeling inspired enough to make things again!

phew… progress…

Not super happy with the way the helm turned out, and i had to pull teeth to get it, but it will do for now.

I’ll have better pictures later. detail of the skirt I made and everything.

Medieval costumes

2. Burgundian dress with pomegranate motif and ermine trim 3. Burgundian, gown based on illuminated Morte d'Artur, headdress with veil based on Rose Tapestries, 1450-1500 8. By Juth on Deviant Art 9. Butterfly henin, 15th century

hi i’m in the business of designing helms for alien Mandalorians because lucasarts is full of cowards

- Togruta

- Nautolan

- Quarren

- Ongree

Yes. Please. Thank you.

So cool!!!

handsome women in yuanlingpao圆领袍, a type of men’s hanfu.