Theodore

"𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒔" || 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 || 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 & 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 || 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒂 || 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 & 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆.

[t-h-ballard]

manifesto

T.H. Ballard is an aspiring author and poet with a deep love for fairytales and classic literature. Here you can find original fairytales told through verse and poetry crafted to sting your bleeding heart. Venture into a world unknown, into the mind of a young writer, and the stories they spin.

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[escapismsworld]

Robe

Velvet with gold embroidery

c. 19th century

@islamicartsmuseummalaysia

This magnificent midnight blue and gold robe undoubtedly belonged to a bride in 19th-century Ottoman Turkey. Adorned with intricate embroidery, this traditional garment clearly signifies the high status of its wearer. It is expertly and entirely hand-stitched, showcasing exceptional craftsmanship.

[frostedmagnolias]

An Ottoman pink damask satin anteri robe with floral lace

mid-19th century

Kerry Taylor Auctions

[queershakespeare]

replica by alessio carnevali // st. mary magdalene from the santa lucia triptych, painted c1470 by carlo crivelli

[taken-by-sireen]

England, Datmoor <3 

[unscriptd-deactivated20260317]

Luna Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones

[theodorafrompluto]

The Dreamer (1835)

by Caspar David Friedrich

[metmuseum]

Saint Michael Slaying the Demon. 16th century. Credit line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/467464

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Secret Accusation (from the Revenge Triptych) Artist: Francesco Hayez (Italian [Venetian, active in Milan], 1791-1882) Date: 1847-48 Genre: genre art Movement: Romanticism Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 153 cm (60.2 in) high x 120 cm (47.2 in) wide Location: Pavia City Museums, Pavia, Italy

The Revenge Triptych depicts the story of a woman named Maria who seeks vengeance against her unfaithful lover. This painting (second in the temporal sequence but first to be painted) shows Maria with a letter of political denunciation against her lover that she plans to hand over to the authorities.

[mournfulroses]

Natalie Diaz, from a poem titled "Postcolonial Love Poem," featured in Living Nations, Living Words

[petaltexturedskies]

In films, we are voyeurs, but in novels, we have the experience of being someone else: knowing another person’s soul from the inside. No other art form does that. And this is why sometimes, when we put down a book, we find ourselves slightly altered as human beings. Novels change us from within.

Donna Tartt

[aestheticdivision]

/ Zoltan Glass, 1950

[elanormcinerney]

Nina Auerbach | Our Vampires, Ourselves

[greyoflight]

“The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows: Exhaustion of Melancholia”

(1923 death certificate from New Brunswick, Canada)

[bantarleton]

Westminster Abbey’s library (with bonus portrait of William of Orange). 

[jkavinsky]

Adonis .

The mortal lover, born of beauty and desire.

[lifeinpoetry]

This is the world, friend, where they have money for war but can’t feed the poor.

— Mosab Abu Toha, et al, from "Ceasefire Cento," published by Vox Populi