Cultural Creation

Nikki ☆ 24 y/o ☆ crafting ☆ art ☆ history ☆ massive nerd

[kirbysphotography]

IT’S MY FAVORITE LITTLE GUY!!!! <3

Spinosaurus Aegyeptus at the Field Museum in Chicago.

August 8, 2023

taken on iPhone 14 Pro

[coolancientstuff]

Hallstatt culture textiles from Hallstatt, Austria showing tartan and plaid patterns, which have been in use in Celtic Iron Age Europe for millennia and which survive today in the traditional garments of Scotland. Woven around 1200 BCE, these examples owe their unusual degree of preservation to their deposition in a salt mine.

[dweebspace]

"You can't be a lurker on tumblr." Yes, you absolutely can. I've been quietly reblogging things since 2014 and I haven't interacted with anyone in years.

[dontdropthatthunthunthun]

the yearly migration of Australia

[twijfelaar]

[snoopyharleygal222]

Was just thinking about this earlier today...lol 🙃

[caffedinotte-deactivated2018020]

not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold

[dontgetmadgetmaddie]

I think you should know he was 23 when he finished this and the ass gets a lot of attention but the hand on Persepina’s side/tummy is also exquisite

[assignedfaggatbirth]

before i saw the caption I knew that HAD to be bernini.

I try not to make sweeping statements but I think there’s a case to be made for bernini as the greater sculptor there’s ever been.

here’s his bust of costanza bonarelli

here’s apollo and daphne from the front, where she’s mostly human

from the back, where she’s mostly tree

and details

[bogleech]

this is the one art form I genuinely just cannot get my brain to accept as real. I’ve watched sped-up videos of it being done, read about it, seen in-progress marble statues and I still just can’t get it to sink in or stick. My mind doesn’t want to believe that any person has ever been able to start with a big block and break little bits off of it until it looks like a finely detailed person. At some point it has no recognizable shape and they still know where and how deep they should take a chip out of it that’ll still be the right decision 50,000 fucking chips later?!?

[thesilicontribesman]

'Cairnholy II' Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr. Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

[fruitffish-deactivated20250218]

The Dying Saint Sebastian (detail),1789 by François-Xavier Fabre

[thoodleoo]

hades explaining that he’s the god of the dead, not the god of death

[moonlitlillypop]

Thanatos explaining that he’s the god of death, not hades

[moonlitlillypop]

Thanatos explaining that it applies to animals too

[mando-lore]

Poseidon explaining that he is the god of the seas and oceans

[roomba-with-knives-taped-to-it]

Zeus explaining why he can’t keep it in his pants

[miceprincess]

Hermes explaining why he gotta go fast

[memesandmylife]

dionysus explaining why he’s Like That

[femur-theif]

All of these are so accurate it hurts

[glass-trash-bab]

@nicadenic

[lesbian-velma-rights]

Also Hermes, God of messengers

[confusedwitch-deactivated202412]

And Eris, Goddess of discord and chaos

[culturalcreation]

Dare to look at the details in the art you're looking at and find the hidden messages.

The last picture shows bones laying underneath the cross of Jezus Christ. This is a reference to the place where the crucifixion took place, Golgotha, The place of the skull.

Utrecht,

Catharijne Convent

[culturalcreation]

"Enjoying life is the greatest art."

Cologne,

Wallraf Richartz museum

[culturalcreation]

"In the end, we'll all become stories."

Cologne,

Wallraf Richartz museum

[culturalcreation]

"The eyes tell more than words could ever say."

Cologne,

Roman Germanic museum

[leahiddle]

I just had to use this meme template...

[itsybitsyspiderling]

truly cannot stop thinking about this moment

art insta

[safetyandpeacenovice]

Altair: This may shock you, but I don’t have many friends.

Malik:

Altair: Express some shock, Malik!

[culturalcreation]

Okay, can I just say @safetyandpeacenovice is a blessing?! The content, especially the Malik/Altmal content is so good. This account is one of the few who can provide me with my daily dose of vitamin Malik