[enchantedbook]

'Bells of the Night' by Carlos Schwabe, 1891

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (Dutch–Belgian, 1821–1909), "Study of Eleven Cats" (details), 1904

[sinoheritage]

The Porcelain Palaces 瓷宫 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Built by a 86-year-old grandmother, Yu Ermei, who spent 5 years and 20 million yuan (~2.7 million USD) to complete them at the age of 91 using her own 60,000 porcelain collection.

Jingdezhen is known as the "Porcelain Capital" because it has been producing Chinese ceramics (such as white and blue pottery) for at least 1,000 years, and for much of that period Jingdezhen porcelain was considered to have the finest quality in China.

The Porcelain Palace is built similarly to “Fujian Tulou” or “Hakka earthen dwelling” which I’ve also posted about before.

[mishpacha]

The largest online encyclopedia of Jewish art launched!

It’s called The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art and can be found here!

[prorochestvo]

Home protection amulet and Mizrah plaque by Akiva Hass, Ukraine, Lviv, 1920s

[bayouette]

I have a folder called Time is a Flat Circle in which I collect evidence of humanity. Here is most of them.

[2022dirt]

Random mathematics in public spaces.

[vigilantsycamore]

TIL that on 23 March 2178 CE, Pluto will complete one full orbit since its discovery so I'm not sure how far ahead tumblr lets you queue posts but if it lets you go that far we should all queue up posts for that day wishing Pluto a happy birthday

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 2244, Cosmic Rose

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 7023, Iris

[shiraglassman]

cheap comfort reads, anyone?

my sales are bler again hello pls check out my books where (mostly Jewish) wlw have low-stakes adventures and stuff

[barneycalhounslutmoments]

god i love people

[heritagebrowser]

Confessionals in Saint-Michael's church (dutch/flemish: Sint-Michielskerk) in Leuven, Belgium are a beautiful example of flemish/brabantine baroque woodsculpting.

In 1650 the Jesuit order in Leuven decided to build a new church for their monastery in Leuven. For this purpose they appealed to their colleague Willem Hesius (1601-1690), who at that time was director of the Latin Sodality in Brussels and confessor of Archduke Leopold-Willem, the governor of the Spanish Netherlands. The church in Leuven is his first important architectural project. His other projects include the plans for the Jesuit College of Ghent and the design for the main altar of St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen. The pulpit, confessionals and communion rails were aligned with the general concept of the church.

[earlgraytay]

The Heteronymous Identities of Fernando Pessoa

When the ever elusive Fernando Pessoa died in Lisbon, in the fall of 1935, few people in Portugal realized what a great writer they had lost

Doing some research for the shipgirl game today, and was reminded this guy existed.

I really need to sit down and properly read some of his work, but if you're interested in some of the DID-adjacent/multiplicity stuff I've been talking about (like the brain octopus) you might want to look into him. Absolutely fascinating guy.

[an-anodyne-constellation]

freaking out that people are talking about fernando pessoa being plural/DID on tumblr. i just thought this was a bit between me and 2 other people lol. might make a huge post on the Book of Disquiet sometime

[rabbitsociety]

♡ sea bunnies! what a vast range of colors, shapes, and sizes these guys have!!

[detailedart]

1. Young Stellar Object in LDN 1471 | 2. A small portion of NGC 2023. / By Judy Schmidt.

[praial]

The Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world which covers parts of India and Bangladesh by NASA // Saltstraumen Maelstrom, Norway