We are a flawed species destined for extinction by our own hand.

[delicatuscii-wasbella102]

"The Kiss", prehistoric rock painting located at the Pedra Furada archaeological site situated within the Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí, Brazil. Generally dated to between 9,000 and 12,000 years old.

[arte-artem-artibus]

Garaku (Osaka) - ‘Sika Deer’, Edo period, 19th century, ivory netsuke, 5.4 cm

[kammartinez]

Dutch Museum Discovers 8-Inch Ancient Roman Phallus

The bone carving was found in a forgotten collection of 16,000 boxes containing various archaeological finds at the Valkhof Museum.

[psikonauti]

Georg Wilson (British, b. 1998)

The Offering, 2024

Oil on panel

[naldibutnice]

Faery-Fruit by Nell Brinkley, 1915

[metmuseum]

Female Figure. 3rd century BCE–4th century CE. Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313191

[yama-bato]

Taos, New Mexico, about 1921 by Victor Higgins

[jkottke]

Illustrator John Rooney has teamed up with the Middle East Children’s Alliance to produce and sell this Birds of Palestine print. (All profits go to helping families & children in Palestine.)

[along-the-silkroad]

Mother Goddess from Çatalhöyük, neolithicum, c. 6000-5500 BCE. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Türkiye.

Çatalhöyük (English: Chatalhoyuk /ˌtʃɑːtɑːlˈhuːjʊk/ cha-tal-HOO-yuhk; Turkish: [tʃaˈtaɫhœjyc]; also spelled Çatal Höyük or Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal “fork” and höyük “mound”) is a large tell—an artificial mound created by successive layers of human habitation—representing a major Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city in southern Anatolia. The site was occupied from around 7500 to 5600 BCE and reached its peak around 7000 BCE. In July 2012, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Located on the Konya Plain in modern-day Turkey, southeast of the city of Konya (ancient Iconium) and about 140 km (87 mi) from the twin-peaked volcano Mount Hasan, Çatalhöyük comprises two main settlement mounds. The eastern mound—rising about 20 m (66 ft) above the plain during its final Neolithic phase—was the principal habitation area, while a smaller mound lies to the west and a later Byzantine settlement stands a few hundred meters to the east. The prehistoric sites were abandoned before the Bronze Age. In ancient times, a branch of the Çarşamba River flowed between the two mounds, and the settlement was built on fertile alluvial clay favorable for early agriculture. Today, the nearest major river is the Euphrates.

[diana-andraste]

Villa Pilar, Leonora Carrington, 1940

Oil on canvas

Recently discovered painting from the time Carrington was a patient at sanatorium Morales in Santander, after fleeing Nazi-occupied France when her partner Max Ernst was arrested.

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[eyes-of-laura-mars]

[suehiro-maruo-art]

Shōjo Tsubaki

[cosmonautroger]

Aubrey Beardsley, Messalina And Her Companion, 1895

[nobrashfestivity]

Fritz Wotruba

Woman Cathedral (translates to) 1946

[mudwerks]

Allegory of Summer

by František Bohumil Doubek

[memories-of-ancients]

Jade basing with a dragon, China, circa 1200-1300

from The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

[detournementsmineurs]

"Lee Miller Retouchant des Tirages dans son Studio Parisien" par Man Ray (1930) à l'exposition “Lee Miller” au Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (MAM), juin 2026.