"A heart's a heavy burden."

22. Female. Asker of ridiculous questions.

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rennaissance painters: what is a baby? a small man?

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[lylahammar]

every time i see this post it’s accompanied by a different horrifying painted man baby

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[salroka]

some dudebro: women are too emotional to be jedi

me: 

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More irresistible owls here: http://ift.tt/JQ5da3 Photo source (http://ift.tt/1WQPsPS) I do not own any of the images posted here. All images are property of their respective owners.

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Man Walks All Day to Create Massive Dragon Mural in Snowy Siberia

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Catch up by Andrey Narchuk

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☆ Star Wars Character Inspiration ☆- Rey

[annesidora]

Guerin Pierre Narcisse - Morpheus and Iris (details)

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Han - Original Trilogy Vs The Force Awakens

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Best use of marketing at my school

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Apulian Hydria with Phaon and the Women of Lesbos, 5th Century BC

The story of Phaon is an extremely rare one to find in vase painting, with only one example that can match the topic and composition of this piece. Phaon was a boatman of Mitylene in Lesbos. He was old and ugly when Aphrodite came to his boat. She put on the guise of a crone. Phaon ferried her over to Asia Minor and accepted no payment for doing so. In return, she gave him a box of ointment. When he rubbed it on himself, he became young and beautiful. Many were captivated by his beauty. According to mythology, Sappho fell in love with him. He lay with her but soon grew to resent her and devalue her. Sappho was so distraught with his rejection that she threw herself into the sea under the superstition that she would be either cured of her love, or drowned. She was drowned. Aelian says that Phaon was killed by a man whom he was cuckolding. Aside from Aelian, Phaon’s story is told by Ovid and Lucian. On this hydria Phaon is shown playing his lyre in company of a woman from Lesbos. The back of the vessel is lavishly decorated with palmettes.

A similar composition and topic is found on a hydria in the Archaeological Museum in Florence by the Painter of Midias.

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It’s time for the 2nd Bookworm Giveaway!

We had one of these two years ago and it was a huge hit so here it is again. A little improved :)

There will be TWO winners!

PRIZES Each winner will get: - one Amazon Fire Tablet - tons of ebooks!

Books Included:

Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling

Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins

Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan

Divergent series - Veronica Roth

Game of Thrones series (The Songs of Ice and Fire) George R.R. Martin

Narnia series - C.S. Lewis

Maze Runner series - James Dashner

Mortal Instruments series - Cassandra Clare

Odd Thomas series - Dean Koontz

Torchwood book series

Alex Rider series - Anthony Horowitz

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Paper Towns - John Green

Looking for Alaska - John Green

Heat series - Richard Castle

Ender’s Game Saga - Orson Scott Card

The Chemical Gardens trilogy - Lauren DeStefano

Dresden Files series - Jim Butcher

Howl’s Moving Castle series - Diana Wynne Jones

Chrestomanci series - Diana Wynne Jones

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

Graceling Realm series - Kristin Cashore

Summer Falls - Amelia Williams

The Angel’s Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery

Storm series - Richard Castle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Discworld series - Terry Pratchett

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman collection

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series - Douglas Adams

The Hollows series - Kim Harrison

Sunshine - Robin McKinley

The Black Jewels trilogy - Anne Bishop

Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher

The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson

The Sword of Truth series - Terry Goodkind

David Gemmel collection

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chobsky

Warm Bodies - Issac Marion

The Young Wizards series - Diane Duane

Stephen King Collection

Dangerous Women - George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois

The Wheel of Time series - Robert Jordan

The Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snickett

The Cirque du Freak series - Darren Shan

The Demonata series - Darren Shan

The Ranger’s Apprentice series - John Flanagan

Virals Series - Kathy Reichs

Boy Meets Boy - David Levithan

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Reboot - Amy Tintera

Vampire Queen Series - Joey Hill

Nature of Desire Series - Joey Hill

Guild Hunter Series - Nalini Singh

Psy Changling Series - Nalini Singh

Valdemar Series’ - Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Lackey Collection

His Dark Materials Series - Philip Pullman

Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik

Safehold Series - David Weber

Chronicles of Vladimir Todd - Heather Brewer

Song of the Lioness Quartet - Tamora Pierce

Hollow Earth - John & Carole Barrowman

Chaos Walking Series - Patrick Ness

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Matched Trilogy - Ally Condie

Alice in Wonderland Series - Lewis Carroll

Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Night Angel Trilogy - Brent Weeks

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