The Conference Of The Birds, Persian Manuscript, Circa 1600; Safavid Iran (Isfahan)

More photos from the beautiful project Ένδυμα ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul / A Voyage Within, a collaboration of the National Historical Museum of Greece with photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev, in which they present the folklore collection of the museum - outfits often belonging to important historical figures of Greece - through a series of photographs and embroidery art. The project, which consists of 120 photographs in its entirety, has been published in a photographic album you can buy from the shop of the museum. Link here.

Traditional dress of Kérkyra (Corfu) island.

Attire from Argos, Peloponnese, 19th Century.

Dress from Hydra island, owned by Kyriakoula Kriezi, wife to Greece’s Prime Minister and Admiral Antonios Kriezis. 19th Century.

The vest and the legendary helmet of Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770- 1843), the General of the Greek War of Independence.

Attire of the famed beauty Katerina “Rosa” Botsari (1818-1872), daughter of war hero Markos Botsaris, and lady-in-waiting in the court of Queen Amalia of Greece.

Attire belonging to Dimitrios Voulgaris (1802-1877), kocabaṣı of Hydra island, then fighter in the Greek Independence War and later 8 times Prime Minister of Greece.

Traditional dress from Astypálea island, 19th Century.

A kid’s attire from Archangelos of Rhodes island, 19th Century.

See more gorgeous photos here and here.

Autumn fog, Venice.

tea parties should be more common. let’s sit down and enjoy the afternoon with sum tea n lemon cookies. maybe wear pretty dresses or lovely suits or groovy overalls, yk? in the tea party, we r safe and loved. have a cookie.

dark academia but in 2020 and gen z

- staying up late in the dark reading wikipedia articles on obscure topics on your phone

- researching random things that caught your interest instead of paying attention to your zoom classes/ doing homework

- reading during zoom classes

- checking daily if your local library reopened

- notes app poetry at 4 am

- reading by candlelight at night just because lamps are too bright and you might get caught by your parents

- waking up early to watch the sunrise before online school

- developing a coffee addiction over quarantine

- wearing dramatic coats and button ups etc to just go to the supermarket

“He is mocking Georgian dance — look at his hands!”

And Then We Danced | და ჩვენ ვიცეკვეთ (2019) Dir. Levan Akin

yeah ur cute but can u handle my overthinking?

Summer moodboard

why don't you look at a painting which is predominantly blue and lose yourself in its melancholy and maybe you'll. actually you won't calm down.

see and be seen