she broke your throne, she cut your hair....

Hufflepuff/INFP/Gemini

[icelogged]

male philosophers have nothing on nine year old autistic girls

[beardedmrbean]

One of these days I'm gonna give in to the temptation

[the-most-sublime-fool]

hey do people know about this painting??? because it hangs in the art gallery in my city and it makes me a little insane every time i see it

anyway it's called the victory of faith (1891) and it's by saint george hare

**actually, i'm editing this to add a closeup of their faces too:

[capturing-earths-beauty]

The Victory of Faith (painting) - Wikipedia

Here's a little info on Wikipedia, but not much. Kobena Mercer is an art historian who has a modern view on the piece that would probably be informative but I can't find where to read it.

This page talks about the picture frame which is original to the piece. Even the label on the back is stunning.

I also found an engraving print made of the original.

. Engraving. . Public collection,

Please share what info you find below.

[mylittleredgirl]

the hands…..

[ntrider]

noncon friendship

[sonyvegas9-deactivated20241118]

Coworkers

[ryukisgod]

Your friend’s boyfriend

[hungwy]

Another reason why trains would be good is that most people are not good at driving

[secifosseluce]

but for real, nothing can match the tenderness, the warmth, the private & public love & fondness of the couple portrayed in the Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses…I mean. look at them:

the way they chose to be pictured in this loving moment, so they could remain together for eternity! she used to be holding what we assume was a tiny pomegranate (a symbol for eternity), and she was pouring perfume in his hand… i….the tenderness. but also the way their bodies connect, almost being inextricably tied to one another; the playfulness of their expressions, the intelligence of their eyes, the expressiveness of their gestures (italian legends lol), and the sweet domesticity of their position, which was typical for dinners with friends - husbands and wives remained under the same blanket and conversed w their guests over dinner…….. 

but most of all. how wordlessly beautiful it is to see their heads from behind, looking (with all the differences in costumes of their time) like a couple we could easily see sitting in front of us at a restaurant. they’re lost in a lively conversation with their friends. the man’s arm is around her shoulders, and she’s laughing, moving her hands animatedly while telling a story. they love each other. it’s a story that never ends. 

[megkips]

It should also be stated that this piece was meant to hold the ashes.  This was someone’s burial piece, and it was the most important thing to them that they and their spouse be depicted together and very visibly in love, and participating in a banquet as was the norm in Etruscan culture.

Etruscan art, especially funerary art, is made of couples.  The Boston Museum of Fine Art holds the burial tomb of the Tetnies families, and both the husband and wife and then their son and his wife?  The tenderness on both pieces is absolutely remarkable.

But nothing, and I truly mean nothing, prepares one for seeing il Sarcofago degli Sposi in person.  You can see them down the corridor in Villa Gulia, and the closer to get, the more inviting they are.  Warmth radiates off of them, off of every angle of this piece, and there is a fluidity and life present that the photographs capture, but seeing them in person only amplifies.

Etruscan art has such liveliness and joy in it, and nothing captures it better than these two.

If you are ever, ever in Rome, go visit them.   It is worth every moment.

[hangingfromchandeliers]

ladies if youre a kpoppie, please occasionally take the time to remind yourself that you are a fan of just some guy

[hiveswap]

ladies if youre into mcyt, please occasionally take the time to remind yourself that you are a fan of just some guy

[hangingfromchandeliers]

ladies?

[hangingfromchandeliers]

minecraft youtubers.

[rabidvampdude]

No one ever expects the spanish ministry of science and technology

[rimonoroni2]

i’m always thinking about that news story where a three year old boy who wandered away from his house and ended up in the middle of the woods was found by this local great pyrenees farm dog who herded the kid back to his unrelated owners house. and the guy was like. whose kid is this

[rimonoroni2]

that dog must have been like. hmm. this isn’t a goat. some human must have left their puppy behind by accident. i have to bring this to management. surely my owner will be able to sort out whatever has occurred. that kid was like i’m all alone and scared and omg a big fluffy puppy is here to help. and that fucking farmer looking at his dog like. who’s toddler did you steal???

[humanpersonface]

I think it is very important that everyone see the good boy in question. His name is Buford.

[southernoir]

If you can’t appreciate a dog named Buford, you have something wrong with you.

[capturingdisney]

Concept art by Tyrus Wong for Bambi (1942)

[preserving-tiktok]

[flowerytale]

Maggie Smith as the fairy queen Titania, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1977)

[viejospellejos]

Esto ha pasado en el Zoológico de Wroclaw, Polonia:

[missrnonroe]

Marilyn and Tippy (dog scene) from the unfinished movie Something’s Got To Give, 1962

[japril]

Taylor Dearden as Mel King The Pitt. S02E12 6:00 P.M.

[marinella-ela]

[neenarchive]

maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

[neenarchive]

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

[elektrashocktherapy]

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

[materialistses]

Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary in David Lowery’s ‘MOTHER MARY’ (2026)