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The Rare Book Society of India is the first of its kind - it is a virtual space for rare book collectors and history buffs to read, discuss, rediscover and download lost books.

Okay so I found this absolute gem of a website where you can download and access rare books on Indian history, art, and culture. Also you can browse old paintings, maps, sculptures and manuscripts - it’s basically like a virtual museum

You can browse collections by themes and there are so many of them, from the Mughals to music and dance to maps of the subcontinent to the independence movement to military history to Marathas and Rajputs to overseas Hindu empires to maritime history

You can also access rare paintings, sketches, and photographs, and they come with info beside them and links of reading material on it

Oh and not to mention, you can also access original manuscripts right from ancient to modern times with translations and sources and additional links to download-able files (mostly PDFs)

It’s free and it’s been super useful for me for research and accessing material when I can’t go to the library, and also for when I want to go down research rabbit holes, and I’m losing my mind

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Detail: Ein Sphinxgesicht von heute – Leopold Müller (Austrian, 1834-1892)

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French artist Pierre Bonnard, who was born on this day in 1867, is known for his use of colors. Bonnard was a painter, printmaker, and one of the key members of Les Nabis, a young group of forward-thinking post-impressionist artists in Paris in the late 1880s.

“Woman in a White Hat,” around 1908, by Pierre Bonnard. "Still Life with a Bowl of Fruit,“ 1933, by Pierre Bonnard. ”After the Shower,“ 1914, by Pierre Bonnard. ”Landscape with a River in Stormy Weather, Vernon,“ 1914, by Pierre Bonnard.

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Day One | Antiquity | Art History Post Prompt

Aphrodite, otherwise known as the Crouching Venus, is Roman marble sculpture created during the Antonine period (second century AD). This piece in particular is a Roman copy of the Hellenistic original, created in 200 BC.

Among the many, many October prompt lists for artists, I thought it’d be fun to adapt one I found for Art History post purposes. I have found one from @avacairen (twitter) from 2018 but, hey, it works. Here we have Day 1: Antiquity.

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Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Ms. Frances Layland, 1871-74, James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech republic. by Marek Kijevský

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Medusa with the Head of Perseus, Luciano Garbati, 2008

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I adore how she carries his head low, at her side, and not aloft in triumph. This is not a self-aggrandizing hero lauding her great deed. This is a woman who wanted to be left the fuck alone.

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Also look at her body. The double hips. The asymetrical boobs. She’s thin, but she’s realistic as hell. That’s a real woman.

And the look in her eyes. Damn.

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I originally saw photos of Garbati’s Medusa a long time ago, but I specifically remember this post from earlier this year. Medusa was one of those pieces that really buried into my head and heart. Sounds silly, but just looking at it gives me strength.

Today I was lucky enough to see it in person. She’s incredible. And, something that the original pictures don’t show— she’s HUGE!