lillian

art historian | 24

[bronzeageecho]

doves drinking | c. 0 - 25 CE | pompeii, house of the dove mosaic

in the museo archeologico nazionale di napoli collection

[lronage-deactivated20250901]

“Spintria” – Ancient Roman brothel tokens

[the-evil-clergyman]

Venus and Amor by Károly Lotz (19th Century)

[twirld]

The Penitent Magdalene (detail, 1598) Lodovico Cardi

[twirld]

Nude with Flowering Branch (detail, 1863) Gustave Courbet 

[constanzarte]

Death of Sappho, by Miguel Carbonell Selva

[the-evil-clergyman]

La fête des bois, les bacchantes by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (19th Century)

[memories-of-ancients]

Book of hours, Flemish, circa 1460

from The Philadelphia Museum of Art

[viktor-sbor]

Silver stater of Knossos (Creed Island) with the image of the Minotaur and the labyrinth. 440 BC

[user7038634357]

[simena]

Zephyrus, Flora and Cupid; and Venus, Mercury and Cupid - Antonio Balestra (detail)

[doubtspirit]

Spirals in ancient cultures (part 3). From left to the right, from top to bottom: Maya, Mexico - Sedona, Arizona - Maya, Mexico - Jomon, Japan - Hohokam, Tuscon, Arizona - Jomon, Japan - Viking, Oseberg, Norway - Etruscan, Italy - Viking, Oseberg, Norway

[proserpinangel]

[julie-fourni]

statues from Musée d’Orsay I drew a while ago 

[andantegrazioso-deactivated2018]

Warwick, England

[xanaxfarts]

C. B. Birch: ‘Goddess of the Sun’ for Hancock’s of London (1855)

[xanaxfarts]

Sacro Bosco (Sacred Grove), Gardens of Bomarzo, Italy; the words Lasciate ogni pensiero voi ch entrate (Abandon all reason, you who enter here) are inscribed on the Orcus Mouth of Hell.