But is it art?

Not quite dark; almost academic.

[threeamserif]

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[last-of-the-romans]

The Painted Garden of the Villa of Livia.  

[heymarta]

Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy

[chivalry-on-canvas]

Mosaics of Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna

[m1male2]

Sainte Chapelle, París

[allthingseurope]

Phiiippi, Greece (by Magda)

[cpahlow]

[hellenicgoddess]

Detail of the “Saffron Gatherers” 3,675-year-old fresco from Akrotiri, the Bronze Age city of Santorini entombed by volcanic ash.

© Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini, Greece

[before-life]

Klementinum, Prague, Czech Republic by hsinhua

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold protome in the shape of a bull's head, Elamite, 1450-1100 BC

from The National Museum in Warsaw

[thesorceresstemple]

eastern greek fluorite carved owl. 4th - 3rd centry BC

[theofficialastronomy101]

[lonelywoodland]

Jason Mavrommatis

[unaliveish]

lisa troyanovskaya

[arsantiquis]

Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears (detail), by John Singer Sargent.

[wanderlustfuldays]

Monserrate Palace Sintra, Portugal

[livesunique]

Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France,

Spiral staircase seen from the northern tribune of the Royal Chapel

Photo by FH Photo