Da pacem, Domine, In diebus nostris

Quia non est alius, Qui pugnet pro nobis, Nisi tu Deus noster.

[90377]

The core, gorge and beckoning by vuzephotography.co.uk

[tylerforesthauser]

// just under the surface :: 3 of 3 //

[aslowyear]

Lori Berd Fortress, Lori, Armenia by Mriganka Kalita

[forndom]

© Forndom

[hammer-ov-thor]

[skogshaxa-blog]

[madness-and-gods]

Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th and 17th century structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

[nightfrost-art]

A haunted forest path.

[elvensoul]

Jaroslav ♥

[iheartcrows]

Huginn and Muninn by benu-h

[laetchifae-deactivated20200119]

So fucking awesome

[ponderation]

Common Raven by Andrew Wagner

[officialdamonalbarn]

where is that renaissance painting with those two fellers and a giant fucking random skull on the floor that looks like it was accidentally stretched out in photoshop

[officialdamonalbarn]

THANK YOU

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

somebody please explain

[dykemisspiggy]

Someone once told me it’s like that because it was designed to be hung in a stairwell so the skull pops out as you walk past.

[iwilltrytobereasonable]

…I guess it works but you have to be at a pretty sharp angle

[caecilius-est-pater]

There was a whole trend at one point where artists would include something in their paintings (usually a skull, for whatever reason) that’s super distorted in just the right way so that it looks normal if you hold the painting up to a convex/concave mirror. I have absolutely no idea why. But I think that’s what’s going on here.

[crtter]

In case anyone’s curious, here’s what it looks like when you walk past it irl:

It does have a 3D effect to it! It’s pretty neat, guess it would be even more impressive to people from the 14th century.

[midnightvoyager]

honestly, people just looking at the skull are missing the real deal here

You can read any implied text you see in this thing, even the book, that’s how detailed it is. Look at the painting on those letters!

jesus christ you’re just showing off now, Hans!

HANS OH MY GOD

anyway, the skull apparently had some meaning about the transcendence of death, you can only see it clearly when you can’t see the world clearly and vice versa, but man, I’m all about the detail in this guy’s shit

[queen-sammie]

No, I think you’re missing the real deal here

[anais-ninja-bitch]

as an art historian, i think this is the best post on tumblr

[broadwaytheanimatedseries]

Mother fucker

[justcatposts]

Fluffy face 😍 

(via)

[stephenearp]

Abducted by aliens 

[quiet-nymph]

Cumacevikphoto on Instagram

[armthearmour]

The famous helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial in Suffolk, England, dated late 6th-early 7th century, housed at the British Musuem.

[alrauna]

Bereklauw (@samibereklauw)