thou art naught!

hi there im hermes!! this is a side blog besides my main one @sanziofied. i have a special interest in the middle ages and renaissance so i just nerd out here. i love raphael but i appreciate all art from those periods!!! he/him 19 yrs

[mahgnib]

Gherardo Starnina, “Two Seated Angels Making Music”, early 15th century

[lalalavelata]

we need to bring back depicting angels with vibrant wings...... van eyck's annunciation is probably my favorite but these are so pretty.

[medievalmenice]

Where I post from

[lalalavelata]

back in late november i went to an antique mall with a friend and i spotted these lovely plates! i was very excited to see raphael's self portrait, and the other seems to be de predis' portrait of a lady. the plate was $40 tho 😭😭otherwise i wouldve gotten it

[medievalistsnet]

May is a month of flowers. Medieval manuscripts have many beautiful flowers

[hildegards-abbey]

Manuscript illustration of rabbit with sword and shield

From Speculum Historiale, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 130II, fol. 319v

[witch-mind]

bring back escoffions

[granstromjulius]

Raphael

[memories-of-ancients]

Enameled glass goblet, Egypt or Syria (Ayyubid Dynasty) 1200 - 1250 AD

from The British Museum

[fashion-of-the-past]

Hose, Doublet and Rock of Elector Moritz von Sachsen, 1545-1550

Starting the new year with one of the most expensive and glorious extant suits of the 16th century: this golden silk dress of Elector Moritz.

Made just a couple of years before he died in battle, this suit features tight fitting hose made of leather, silk and velvet, a silk doublet with pinked sleeves, and a Rock/Gown made of golden silk and black velvet - the colours of Saxony. The silhouette of this suit is typical for the mid 16th century: low waist, broad shoulders. That´s also why so many men of that period look like Henry VIII - they all shared the same fashion. The suit is currently exhibited at the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

[granstromjulius]

Pietro Perugino

[twirld]

Lucas Cranach, the Elder (details)

[amare-habeo]

Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)

Portrait of a praying woman (front) or St. Catherine (back), 1508

Mixed media on oak wood, 43 x 33 cm

[lalalavelata]

tmnt fans and renaissance art lovers briefly crossing paths with each other in tumblr tags like ships in the night

[podcastwizard]

if you're in the throes of cosmic despair i cannot recommend museums enough. art or science or history it doesn't matter. oh we're all connected, all of us and everything, throughout all time and space, and no one, no one, no one is alone? awesome. that's what i thought i just wanted to make sure.

[cuties-in-codices]

the garden of eden

miniature from le secret de l'histoire naturelle [...], france, c. 1480-90

source: Paris, BnF, Français 22971, fol. 46r

[centuriespast]

MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, German Wise Virgins c. 1245 Stone Cathedral, Magdeburg

[twirld]

Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints (detail, c. 1490) Sandro Botticelli

[lalalavelata]

really powerful emotions from an italian piece!!! botticelli likes to make his guys pretty huh