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[historicalbookimages]

🌸 The floral offering: Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss ;1858 Original source Image description: Historical illustration titled “Sweet Pea Pansy” from 1858, depicting a small bouquet of pansy flowers with delicate yellow and dark purple petals. The flowers are accompanied by slender green stems, curling tendrils, and elongated leaves in shades of green. Below the bouquet, the text reads “SWEET PEA PANSY” and the phrase “I depart. Think on me.” The illustration is set on aged, beige paper within an open book, reflecting vintage botanical art style with detailed linework and soft watercolor shading.

[soupfield]

i love you front facing coelacanth :]

[ektenia]

National Library of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, 1991 (source)

[nordicsublime]

Rose Rosenholm in apple tree

[mothcub]

This is what I like to do.

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[zegalba]

Various National Geographic Magazine Scans.

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[expressions-of-nature]

Mount Fuji, Japan by maruone

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[worldhistoryfacts]

In the Americas, for example, many cultures masked their dead in a fascinating array of styles. We have this one, placed on the face of a ruler from northern Peru who died about 1000 years ago:

The great Mexican city of Teotihuacan buried some of its dead with masks; this one would have been tied on through the holes in the ears:

The Mayans buried the king of Palenque, Kinich Janaab Pakal, in the 600s CE under this stunning jade mask:

Click the link below to read the whole piece and see my favorite one:

Faces of Death

Ancient burial masks, from Egypt to Peru

{WHF} {Ko-Fi} {Medium}

[parlaypeach]

Hmmm i disagree with you but i could not possibly wade through the cranberry bog of my mind to verbalize why

[taf-art]

A Century of Progress (1933). Richard H. Rowley.

[coiour-my-world]

“Unruly Waters” by Igor Zenin

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[artfilmfan]

Chase Iron Eyes & Tokata Iron Eyes in Oyate (2022)

[gamer-of-the-day]

Today's Gamer of the Day is: Leonard Cohen