caroline

29 ☆ she/her ☆ knitter, writer, etc

[correctopinionhaver]

so many mental health issues these days are due to the fact that we no longer put the gargoyles on buildings that used to scare away the evil spirits that cause mental illness

[pangur-and-grim]

in the spider alien book, this is where the dick comes out. how does everyone feel about that?

[pangur-and-grim]

can I just say? early 7th century Boeotian terracotta agrees with my placement

[pipouch]

Giotto di Bondone : "L'Entrée du Christ à Jérusalem" (détail), 1304-1306. (Chapelle des Scrovegni, Padoue)

[deathandmysticism]

De godlievende ziel vertoont in zinnebeelden, 1737

[enchantedbook]

"Pinocchio" by C. Collodi Illustration, 1924, by Luigi Cavalieri and Maria Augusta Cavalieri.

[sassydw]

museelouvre

[ducissatenebrarum]

Hell

[random-brushstrokes]

Suzanne Fabry (Belgian, 1904–1985) - La capture (self-portrait with a unicorn)

[orteil42]

controversial stance but i do wish i could live forever. i certainly live like i'm going to live forever. i take my time. realistically however my lifespan is dreadfully limited and there are things i've "been meaning to do" that i will never get around to. the Emoji Movie came out almost 10 years ago. in all that time on any random day i could've decided to sit down and watch it, and i did not. how many more decades will slip by like this? conceivably, it could be all the decades i have left. watching the Emoji Movie would not be, after all, a crucial use of my time. much better things to do. i could easily postpone it over and over and over until my final breath where it may not even register to me that i never did watch the Emoji Movie. no great loss, certainly; and yet i find myself intrigued by Patrick Stewart's involvement

[brotherhumphrey]

to warm us up before hymns the prior has been making us play zip zap zop

[speciesbarocus]

Biblia pauperum (c. 1414).

An older version of Meister des Hostienmühlenretabels’ The Host mill (c. 1470) [x]

[omegaversereloaded]

youll be able to find books and movies and music that change your life until the day you die. that's pretty good

[forked-tongue-blasphemer]

Smiling Bats

Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v

[arthistorycq]

I love them so much.

[english-history-trip]

Everyone loves to doodle Bat

[japaneseaesthetics]

Japan, Meiji (1868-1912)

Diameter: 1¼ inches (4 cm)

A carnelian agate pearl enclosed with a pierced coiled silver dragon, its eyes inlaid in gold.

[the-lady-and-the-unicorn]

Medieval dragons across Europe and the Middle East

[barbucomedie]

Pitcher from Portugal dated to the Late 15th Century on display at the Museum of Portuguese Decorative Arts in Lisbon, Portugal

During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal came into contact with the empires and kingdoms of the far East. The art created during this “Age of Discovery” shows the interaction between Portugal and the East both in terms of technology and style.

An example of this is the pitcher here that is Portuguese in origin but tries to emulate the “Exotic” styles of Asia. Such products were popular during these centuries and especially under the reign of King Manuel I who expanded the Portuguese colonies through trade and force.

Photographs taken by myself 2018

[nordlin]