PARADISE WARFARE

[orphic-mysteries]

Compendium alchymist novum, Pandora explicata & figuris illustrata, 1706.

[armthearmour]

The fantastically etched and silvered Sallet of Philip the Handsome, attributed to Domenico Negroli,

Length: 16 in/40.7 cm

Width: 9.8 in/25 cm

Height: 8.3 in/21 cm

Weight: 5.9 lbs/2680 g

Milan, Italy, ca. 1496, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[xphaiea]

Velvet hood, Italian, 16th century

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), father with chick, EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Casuariidae, order Casuariiformes, northern QLD, Australia

Photograph by Tim's Australian Nature Pics

[hikinguk]

Blackstone Edge, West Yorkshire / Greater Manchester boundary

[tatzelwurming]

in the dungeon you will have to face a monster with the nose of a tiger, the teeth of a tiger, the ears of a tiger the eyes of a tiger , the cheeks of a tiger , the neck of a tiger, the torso of a tiger, the arms of a tiger, the paws of a tiger, the belly of a tiger the back of a tiger, the the legs of a tiger, the claws of a tiger, the ankles of a tiger, the tail of the tiger, the mind of a tiger, and the power of a tiger

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeater), family Bucorvidae, order Bucerotiformes, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

photograph by Piotr Naskrecki

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze belt buckle decorated with gold filigree and carnelian, The Netherlands, circa 630-640 AD

from The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

[mewwon]

the vivid sensory-memory of sucking water out of a washcloth as a child

[darkandstormyranger]

finally some relatable content on ig

[memories-of-ancients]

The horn of Salt Diggers Brotherhood of Wieliczka, Poland, crafted by Andreas Durer in 1534

from The Krakow Saltworks Museum in Wieliczka

[dead-molchun]

[thunderstruck9]

Ricardo Cinalli (Argentinian, b. 1948), Head of a bearded man, 1989. Pastel and oil pastel on layered paper, 144.7 x 106.7 cm.

via dead-molchun

[leahberman]

silent reflections; mono lake, california

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[ymutate]

Penry Williams

Stormy Landscape, 1855-85.

[ymutate]

A Mesopotamian leopard. Date: Late Uruk, Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 BCE. Medium: inlaid limestone.

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Saint Margaret Artist: Joan Reixach (Spanish [Catalan], ca. 1411 - 1486/92) Date: ca. 1456 Genre: religious art Medium: tempera, oil, and gold leaf on wood Dimensions: 123 cm (48.4 in) high x 65 cm (25.6 cm) wide Location: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

[thouartadeadthing]

Moldova Monastery. Byzantine art of the 15th and 16th centuries