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Mythology/History Sideblog Not an expert, but a passionate dork. Ask is always open.

[antflights]

Tried to make an actual design for Hera

[sick-jan]

[edwardianvictorianera]

Dressmaking in Paris, 1907.

[marzipanandminutiae]

I would like to point out what these women are wearing themselves. Because "what did WORKING women wear?!" is a refrain I hear a lot re: recreations of even the most basic historical clothing that has any visual interest at all

the lady on the far right has a brooch and a necklace! and some insertion lace on her blouse! the center-right lady in the plaid shirtwaist seems to be wearing a decorative necktie of some sort! all of them have sleeve puffs that are maybe a few years out of date, but not by much!

and these are working seamstresses! literally At Work!

working-class people have always loved beauty just as much as the rich. and found ways to incorporate it into their lives

[suzannahnatters]

Virginia Postrel in her book THE SUBSTANCE OF STYLE specifically points out that ornamentation is always possible no matter how limited your resources. You might not have quite enough food, but you can still put your hair in a braid more easily than you can buy a milk cow for your family. You might have to whittle your spoons yourself from a branch foraged in the wood, but you can still carve a knotwork pattern into the handle more easily than you can learn the craft of forging metal.

A thirst for beauty isn't something limited to the rich and knowledgeable. It's something that makes us human, and I worry that people who can't accept that working class or disadvantaged people from history might have appreciated and prioritised beauty and style in their lives are also failing to accept that these people were fully human. I mean think for just a moment where this trope of the filth encrusted medieval peasant came from - it wasn't from people who respected their dignity and personhood.

Cleanliness, style, and ornament are all ways that as humans we express our dignity, and attributing filth and squalor to people is a pretty common way to deny their dignity.

Yes. Of course their lives contained beauty.

[beggars-opera]

"Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence" - A Christmas Carol

This woman literally took her gown apart, turned it inside-out, and remade it into a more modern style. TWICE. And then managed to dress it up with some silk ribbons.

[sixofclovers]

been thinking about my baby bro

[maria-ruta]

just a couple of harpy doodles

[aceinthetrap]

Dynasty Flowchart (Extended) – Nüwa Hanfu

An ultra extended flowchart for identifying dynasties! Even identifying sub-periods of each dynasty. As always, this is a general guide ther

does the makeup look sad or happy? >>> goth & sad >>> middle tang dynasty [lmao]

[vor-leser]

🐣freshly hatched spartan princess🐣

i just love the idea of helen wearing a little adorable egg hat as a child, since she hatched out of one in the myths

loosely inspired by this statue c:

[alexandriaellisart]

oh sappho

[homunculus-argument]

Imagine unexpectedly popping up in Valhalla with your pants around your ankles because just half a minute ago you were taking a shit so bad that the Viking gods decided that it should count as dying in battle.

[lerudan]

Isn't it even worse? You don't just pop up there. You get carried there by a Valkyrie.

You're experiencing a gastrointestinal event, and are really not having a good time, and the suddenly, without any logical way to be present there's a Winged Woman in there with you, in Armor, with Weapons and Helmet, who looks like she could take down Sandor Clegane or Geralt of Rivia in the 10 minutes before waking up, just plugs you from your porcelain throne and doesn't even gives you the chance to pull up your pants before carrying you off.

[homunculus-argument]

Elvis, pantsless, being carried from the mortal realm by a huge gorgeous Brawnhilda valkyrie: oh woah pretty mama where we going

[rynquestionmark]

—- Aphares sketch page :3 best couple + baby Harmonia

[quackysprouts]

ares slays his daughter’s rapist

[fearlesshades]

Hi, OP, hope you don't mind my rambling texts to my husband about this art because I've been having feelings about it since yesterday and I've been talking about it since yesterday.

[quackysprouts]

this is literally so flattering thank you😭🙏 i love when people notice the little details i put into my art and id almost forgotten about this piece, it’s been so long

[kyleesarthell]

Hermes is a mommy's boy

[calamitys-child]

I always say that the thing which sets Sargent apart as a portrait artist is that he draws/paints literally every subject - no matter their gender, social position, life vs representational drawing etc - like he is right that minute realising he's desperately in love with them. And it rules every single time.

[calamitys-child]

Examples pulled just from his Wikipedia page most popular works. Absolutely devastating scenes for bisexuals for over a century

[shorthistorian]

Don't forget the ALLIGATORS. He loves them too.

[luxus-aeterna]

𝕍isited the International Museum of Surgical Science, I had to dress up. iIG

[dailyclassicart]

Filippo Palizzi - "Young lady at the excavations of Pompeii"

[f00fle4cakes]

I just found this image and words cannot describe how much I love it. I don’t know where it’s from, but it looks like he’s having a jolly time

[luxus-aeterna]

Not in the habit of riding, but the habit of dressing well. | inst.