[3eanuts]

July 18, 1998 — see The Complete Peanuts 1995-1998

[thatshowthingstarted]

Kapala, Tibet (19th century),

Polychromy on bone,

Private Collection.

[metmuseum]

Bell (Niu Zhong) in the style of an Eastern Zhou model. 19th century. Credit line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/61052

[metmuseum]

Sword Guard (Tsuba). ca. 1615–1868. Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/34412

[ithankthevirgin]

I thank the Virgin of Guadalupe because I’ve managed to get into the US without being seen by the immigration police. I ask to find a good job to send money to my family.

Donato Gutierrez Michoacan, Mexico, 1975

[haircut]

All our computer stuff is enterprise shit from old jobs so we have a really stupidly large number of displayport cables

[milquetoaast]

source

[yanguang]

[tragbarerpanzrabwehrkomplexfagot]

Albrecht Dürer – Knight on Horseback, 1507

[weepingwidar]

Mark Krzepis (Canadian, 2001) - Three Graces (2024)

[fiery-kitty]

Scythian Pectoral (4th century BCE)

Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, Kyiv

The pectoral is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Scythian goldsmithing and one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Ukraine. Its artistic sophistication demonstrates the close interaction between Scythian and Greek craftsmanship in the Northern Black Sea region during the 4th century BCE.

Place of origin: Northern Black Sea region

Findspot: Tovsta Mohyla kurgan (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine), discovered by Borys Mozolevskyi (1971)

Materials: Gold

Techniques: Enameling, casting, repoussé, stamping, forging, wire drawing, inlay, soldering

Decoration: The ornament is crescent-shaped and divided by four twisted torques into three horizontal registers, each filled with sculptural scenes. The pectoral consists of more than 160 individual elements

Dimensions: Diameter is 306 mm

[herpsandbirds]

Ornate Paradisefish or Spotted Gourami (Malpulutta kretseri), family Osphronemidae, order, Anabantiformes, endemic to Sri Lanka

ENDANGERED.

Suffering from severe habitat loss and degradation.

photograph by LN Aqua

[metmuseum]

Bowl. 18th century. Credit line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60968

[herpsandbirds]

Cape Legless Skink (Acontias meleagris), family Scincidae, Western Cape, South Africa

Photograph by Tyrone Ping

[danskjavlarna]

“Be what you want to be. You can become anyone or anything in any place at any time.“ 

Source details and larger version.

Archival advertisements reveal the trends of their time: here’s my collection of vintage ads.

[haircut]

I really suck at ‘networking’ very anxious about the increasingly obvious fact that i can’t avoid it anymore

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