Das Schnecklein

Art inspiration blog.

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant

19th century

Germany

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[cynicalclassicist]

I love the intricacy of this art!

[bronzeageecho]

pomegranate shaped vessel | c. 1100s BCE | egypt, new kingdom, 19th or 20th dynasty

in the newark museum of art collection

[my-random-fandoms]

[thetrekkiehasthephonebox]

Verified: Microsoft 365 gets massive 45% price hike — and it's all to do with AI tools (Tom's Guide - January 17, 2025)

[mothwizard]

oopsie i tripped and spilled my link to archive dot org's downloadable copy of Microsoft office suite for 2007, which features no AI tools and is a powerful word processor that still holds up just fine on windows 10!

[druidstone]

[visgae]

This is by Paul Bommer

[emmaklee]

Walter Oltmann

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Torn Birds, acrylic painting by Jason Limon

[2percentsugar]

Oh i remember. All forms of human knowledge basically build off either mathematics or reading. In order to understand this world you need to be good at at least one but ideally both of these. Incidentally have you ever noticed how public schools are aggressively terrible at teaching mathematics? such that mathematicians have likened a k-12 education in maths to teaching children how to compose music without letting them listen to it or even play it until college. Your average product of a decent western public school is deathly afraid of maths, unwilling to engage with it even to do simple calculations about their own finances. And you know whose children get better schooling that is more likely to foster a love of maths? Rich people

[2percentsugar]

when i went to uni my maths credit was "Heart of Mathematics," where we basically learned out of this book:

there are a bunch of other covers, but you could probably find a cheap back edition at any used bookstore, or ~wherever else you get textbooks~. i really liked the way the book organized the material, and it taught about a lot of cool ideas in maths: other dimensions, infinity, the fibonacci sequence... if you're a dedicated autodidact, learning out of this book (with help from youtube lectures) would be a great introduction.

otherwise, learning about physics & chemistry is how i've had the most success getting Into maths, as someone whose brain very much doesn't work that way (dyscalculia woo!). physics especially is like hearing the music that the mathematical notes play. there are some popular science books that describe it very well -- i've been greatly enjoying Carlo Rovelli's Helgoland, and Carl Sagan is a classic for a reason

[bobbole]

Vivienne Westwood

[heavy-serenade]

Jackets from Vivienne Westwood MAN Fall 1996 ‘Martyr to Love’ Menswear Collection

[bestiolin]

ciclobangkok

[itscolossal]

[thunderstruck9]

Victoria Crowe (British, 1945), Sentinel Guardian I, c.2010. Oil on linen, 43 3/4 x 22 in.

[paletapessoal]

Molinard perfume bottle in the shape of a cicada, silver and glass, c. 1900.

Inscription on the clover-shaped charm says "TOUTE LA PROVENCE, MOLINARD JEUNE, GRASSE-FRANCE".

[countess--olenska]

Dior ‘Flamant Rose’ gown, 1948

[areyoureallytheree]

Vivienne Westwood snail bracelet 🐌

[plastiboo]

[polkadotmotmot]

Audrey Benjaminsen - Hope and Shame, 2025 - Coloured pencil and acrylic gouache on 280 gsm paper

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Pour one out for my town’s first stone carvers circa 1648, who didn't know what the fuck a griffin was, but did their best when reproducing this dude's coat of arms with only his silverware as a guide.