felis manipulata domestica

No spring chicken. Cat worshipper. Whistling in the dark.

[radicalgraff]

"The future they want for you"

Mural seen in Baltimore, USA

[valentineua]

Laughing Fool (c.1500) - Possibly Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (c.1472/1477–1533)

[random-brushstrokes]

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret - Portrait of Gustave Courtois (1883)

[zegalba]

Fata Morgana

a superior mirage caused by warm air resting on patches of colder air in an atmospheric duct that acts like a refracting lens. Objects on the horizon could appear to be mirrored, distorted, or float. This form of mirage could be the reason for the Flying Dutchman Legend.

[sovietpostcards]

On the merry-go-round. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Volzhsky, Volgograd oblast, 1967).

[katerinaaqu]

Perseus showing Medusa's head to Andromeda! I can't!!! 🥹🥹🥹

in this 1st century roman fresco probably from the House of Dioscuri, Pompeii it seems like Perseus is holding the head of Medusa above Andromeda's head. Andromeda is bending down to see, most likely the reflection in the water

Which is...kinda cute? (Yeah sorry Medusa!) like Andromeda curiously asking Perseus or Perseus be like "Look at this shiny thing I've got!" but also making sure that his curious lover/wife is safe.

The same image can be found at another villa; The House of Ariadne or The House of Colored Capitals

[cparti-mkiki]

man sharpening his pen, frans van mieris the elder (dutch, 1635-1681), 1660s (budapest fine arts)

[pwlanier]

Frans van Mieris, "Young Woman Feeding a Parrot", 1663. Oil on panel

Courtesy Alain Truong

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[eucanthos]

Subhran Karmakar (Street Photographer, based in India)

Dog Got Wings

The Best Street Photography of 2021

https://kottke.org/21/11/the-best-street-photography-of-2021

[gabrielesese]

Valadon

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[iheartvelma]

who wore it better?

[canadiandogteeth-deactivated202]

Ice Storm ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1998

[pmamtraveller]

Fish-shaped interlocking paving stones.

[cosmonautroger]

André Juillard, Paris

[odd-maid3n]

[knight--error]

[therobotmonster]

[leothewerelion]

inshallah he will be drank

[egypt-museum]

King with a Stubbled Beard

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1280 B.C. From Western Thebes Now in the Walters Art Museum. 32.1

▫ A stubbled faced king is a rather peculiar sight in Ancient Egyptian art. Historians suggest the beard is a sign of mourning, growing out a beard is still common practices for mourning in varied cultures around the world until this very day.

French Egyptologist Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt demonstrated that the growth of the natural beard was reserved for times of mourning, specifically between the death of a person and funeral. On the day of the funeral ceremony, it is thought all male attendees shaved, and the official “time of mourning” was concluded. Based upon the features, it is generally agreed the 19th Dynasty king depicted is Seti I.

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