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[pwlanier]

Otto Schutlz (attribué à) 1882-1970

An exceptional pear wood, mahogany, brass, glass and mirror bar attributed

to Otto Schultz for Boet – circa 1935

Artcurial

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Art Nouveau ring, 1910.

[aperfumedpearl]

art deco green celluloid dresser set

[ofruinsandmyth]

In 3807 BC, the Neolithic Britons of the Brue Valley came together to construct an elevated, single-plank walkway over a reed swamp. Stretching nearly two kilometres, it would have provided a vital link for communities on the Somerset Levels, and is the second-oldest timber trackway discovered in the British Isles.

The track was a walkway consisting mainly of planks of oak laid end-to-end, supported by crossed pegs of ash, oak, and lime, driven into the underlying peat; the length, straightness, and lack of forks or branches in the pegs suggest that they were taken from coppiced woodland—one that they appear to have been managing for at least 120 years.

The total timber used in the track’s construction weighed approximately 200,000 kilograms, yet estimates suggest just ten men could have assembled it in just one day. The track was operational for only about ten years before rising water levels likely submerged and rendered it unusable.

[mcgravin]

This is some extremely cool ancient civil engineering! I did some research and found this article about the Sweet Track.

I'm putting this on a list with the crannogs of Scotland and Ireland, and the chinampas of Tenochtitlan and the Aztec civilization.

[elodieunderglass]

People do like a good walkway

[castaras]

if any of yall are in the UK and love this sort of stuff, highly recommend visiting Flag Fen near Peterborough. It's got the remains of a preserved causeway from 3500 years ago they pulled out of the fens - it's filled with enough water that it will continue to survive in its current state if kept moist.

Was lookin it up to get the exact details and they've added a reconstruction of what it would look like that you can walk along as well, which is fun. Although still not as cool as going into the Moist Dark Room and seeing the remains of a wooden causeway.

A big part of what they talk about as well is climate change and how this causes issues for archaeology - wetland archaeology in particular is running into issues because things that in the past would continue to be preserved are now more likely to break because of changes in the environment.

Last time I was there they had owls and fancy sheep too (the sort that shed their wool rather than need to have it trimmed). It's a lovely little place.

[cursed-and-haunted]

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

[cursed-and-haunted]

In case you're curious here's what I mean.

Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):

Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):

Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):

Do you see the difference?

[gabyluvsxena]

this post has re-wired my brain in the best way

[slipng]

[mote-historie]

Morning Glory Pendant-Brooch

Marcus & Co., American

1900’s

The petals and leaves applied with various colors of plique-à-jour enamel, the branches applied with translucent green enamel.

Art Nouveau

[trulyvincent]

Copper’s Moth by u/kahlapaints on reddit Oil on canvas 6x6”

[xanaxfarts]

Damien Hirst

[ltwilliammowett]

A victorian keepsake, love token, sailor's valentine in the form of an anchor, late 19th century

[cuties-in-codices]

sweeping up the alphabet

border illustrations from the hours of marguerite d'orléans, france, 15th c.

source: Paris, BnF, Latin 1156 B, fol. 135r

[dumbbitchhour]

German, Reliquary alter of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria, 1600 x

[colubrina]

[nevereverbird]

[wumbologyandecology]

Some of my favorite showcases of insects arranged by color from the Montreal Insectarium

[xanaxfarts]

An assortment of bags dating from the 1400s to 1900s

[homunculus-argument]

There were probably some medieval asexuals that were absolutely insufferable on their moral high horse about it. Like "this modesty shit easy - I haven't lusted over any man ever in my life and only fuck my husband out of duty from God and only so that we have children. I am so much better than any of you hoes."

And some other local goodwife would get sick of this and go "well obviously you don't have time for cock, Maergaret, since you're always too fucking busy choking on your own vanity and pride!" and have a smackfight that progresses into a full-on two-woman brawl in the town square. People gather around to watch this until a clergyman shows up to remind everyone that not only is this kind of brawl between good christians definitely a sin, it's also a sin for everyone who's watching to place bets on who's going to win.

[shadowbrightshine]

This made me choke on my milk

[navigatorwrongway]

Everyone entertained by this post PLEASE consider reading or listening to “How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts” by Ruth Goodman it’s such a good look into how the culture of insults and politeness have changed over time and includes probably a dozen (??) actual incidents very like this^ and has legitimately some of the BEST strings of insults I’ve ever encountered, courtesy of a slew of Tudor and Stuart-era shitslingers

[xanaxfarts]

Kiki Smith: 'Constellation' at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1996)