Mi contra fa

...the devil in music

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

y'ever get haunted by the fear you will never write anything as beautiful as the US Steel Pipe Works Slag Dump Youtube Comment cuz hoo boy i sure do:

shoutout to you, youtube user mrc109, wherever you may be today

[jstor]

Happy World Chess Day! ♟️

Chess is a dynamic topic that has been explored through uniquely designed chessmen over centuries, paintings that express the calm intensity of a match, and photos that document global players trying to achieve a checkmate. Explore Artstor on JSTOR to see the influence of chess across these multidisciplinary forms.

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Images: Josef Hartwig. Chess Set (Das Bauhaus Schachspiel; Model XVI; Jeu d'échecs). 1923-24. Part of Réunion des Musées Régionaux (RMN)

Chess Piece, Bishop. Chess Piece, Bishop. Ivory. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Creative Commons: Free Reuse (CC0)

© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2026

Chess set. Late 18th–early 19th century. Walnut, ivory, wood. Part of Open: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Creative Commons: Free Reuse (CC0).

© Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2026

[deathandmysticism]

The Book of Revelation, a study of the last prophetic book of Holy Scripture, 1919

[postcard-from-the-past]

French vintage postcard

[metmuseum]

Coptic Manuscript. 3rd–12th century. Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1919 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/453587

[craig-h-stuart]

Library Table

Maker: Herter Brothers (German, active New York, 1864–1906)                Date:1879–82                                                                                     Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States 

[random-brushstrokes]

Gerda Wegener (Danish, 1886 - 1940) - The cigarette

[oldpaintings]

Golden Eyes, 1917 by Norah Neilson Gray (Scottish, 1882--1931)

[othellho]

Ingram, John Henry, Flora Symbolica: The language and sentiment of flowers, (London: 1869).

[random-brushstrokes]

Emil Österman - Early morning (1910)

[mirrorsinner]

[oldpaintings]

Young Girls at the Piano, 1906 by Gabriel Deluc (French, 1883--1916)

[random-brushstrokes]

Louis le Brocquy - Girl in Grey (1939)

[memories-of-ancients]

Brass astrolabe, Morocco, circa 1700

from The Khalili Collections

[heaveninawildflower]

Cock Pheasant (1916). Designed by John Henry Dearle (Workshop of William Morris). Maufactured by Morris & Co.

Tapestry (1916). Wool and silk on cotton warp.

Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0.

[nemfrog]

A woman plays a lute. A stag listens. Der Ring des Frangipani. 1901. Hans Thoma, illustrator.

Internet Archive

[through-a-historic-lens]

Girl leaning against a wall, Autochrome taken by Gustave Gain in France c 1919