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[dughole]

20th century cyanotype of two men wrestling via tihngs.com - curated by eric oglander

[nobrashfestivity]

Edward Hopper, Night in the Park, 1921

Etching on Wove Paper 

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© 2019 Estate of Edward Hopper/ Artist Rights Society

[pierrotsoup]

LONG LIVE THE FAG for all angels are fags and all fags are angels

[vintagehomecollection]

The Good Housekeeping Complete Guide to Traditional American Decorating, 1982

[pierrotsoup]

What if your scrimshaw was guanyin what if your whale eye was the sublimity of shrouded emotion

[portalibis]

Sol, Lead votive plaque, Roman, probably 3rd century CE

[pierrotsoup]

Guanyin I weathered to look like a whale tooth vs actual whale tooth .. updates to come ...

[xphaiea]

1st Lunar Mansion of Gemini

[bad-moodboard]

Stone-hewn graves at Heysham, Lancashire. Believed to be 11th Century. 

[dailyrothko]

Mark Rothko, Untitled, c. 1943 watercolor on paper

© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / ARS, New York

[pierrotsoup]

when all you eat is candy coated almonds all you do is go to public lectures and class all you see is brutalist water features and ancient mountains your life will be full of SMILES

[nemfrog]

Ionization of air around a silhouette made from tin foil creates a radiating halo that glows.

Manual of electricity. 1859.

Internet Archive

[nemfrog]

"Andras, grand marquis of Hell. He is seen with the body of an angel (and) the head of an owl." The owl head symbolizes nocturnal malevolence and secret knowledge; the wolf, ferocity; the angel's body, his fallen character.

Dictionnaire infernal. 1863.

Internet Archive

[japaneseaesthetics]

A cloisonné-enamel kidney-shaped tray, By Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910), Meiji Period, 1890-1895.

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze cowrie container, China, Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 6 AD

Uncovered in Jinning, Yuan Province in 1956

[ltwilliammowett]

Representation of Maritime Craft of the Various Nations in the World,” appeared in the June 1855 issue of Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. The illustration presents a diverse array of sailing vessels and steamships from different maritime traditions, reflecting the global character of mid 19th century seafaring and ship design

[along-the-silkroad]

Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri), 15th century, Nepal. Cleveland Museum of Art (ID: 1964.370). This image depicts one of the main bodhisattvas, beings only one stage away from full enlightenment. Because the historical Buddha was a prince prior to his renunciation and life as a wandering ascetic, bodhisattvas are depicted as royal princes. This example has the sharp features, sweet expression, and crisp details characteristic of images made in Nepal during the 1400s. In his upraised right hand Manjushri holds the hilt of a sword that, like wisdom itself, metaphorically cuts through and defeats ignorance. His lower, rear left hand grasps a bow, once probably strung with a wire. Also missing is the arrow that he likely held in his lowered right hand. Arrows were often symbols for mantras, or strings of syllables thought to have the power to focus the mind and work like missiles to destroy negativity and affliction. The gesture of his lowered left hand indicates the transmission of Buddhist teachings. The lotus stem that rises at the left elbows originally held a book of sutras. This figure is in the yogic posture of meditation with the big toe flexed in concentration. Yoga is of central importance in tantric Buddhism, because high-level practitioners are able to discipline the body to such an extent that the mind can also be controlled. (Cleveland Museum of Art)