bushofire

NSFW. 18+ only. Male, 33, UK. Art, history, photography and quotes. This blog is a collection of my interests, things that I find curious, fascinating and beautiful.

[bushofire]

New blog: @thebushofire

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New blog: @thebushofire

[everythingarthistory]

lamia - john william waterhouse

[artist-eakins]

Sketch for the Crucifixion, 1880, Thomas Eakins

[speciesbarocus]

Tomás Yepes - Our Lady of the Forsaken (Ntra. Sra. de los Desamparados) (1664).

[bushofire]

Going through old conversations with people no longer part of your life or have simply drifted away, can be a wildly emotional thing. Damn.

[petitchouchou]

18th century mourning ring, traditionally gifted by close friends and family to the bereaved. This one is inscribed “John Thompson Mar 1773″. 

[holyisthenameofmyruthlessaxe]

The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait tr. by Carlos Fuentes

[ID: There is nothing absolute / Everything changes, everything / moves, everything re- / volves - everything / flies and goes away.]

[ducissatenebrarum]

The Dunstable Swan Jewel ~ an enameled gold livery badge from the 15th century

[slam-african]

Breastplate (civavonovono), Fiji, c.1840–50, Saint Louis Art Museum: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/17555/

[newguineatribalart]

Fijian whale tooth pectoral

[met-africa-oceania]

Earflare Frontal, Spider, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Gold, silver

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312506

[twirld]

Allegory of Vanity (detail, 1632-6) Antonio de Pereda

[dvoyd]

“we’re all killers. we’ve all killed parts of ourselves to survive. we’ve all got blood on our hands. something somewhere had to die so we could stay alive.”

— if memories could bleed, if dreams could scream | m.a.w

[absinthundblut]

[moerae]

[gamtozu]

“Branches of pink roses” by Johan Laurentz Jensen

[destroymylife]