By The Sea

Hand of Buddha, circa 710-794 

El, Father of the Gods, and the King of Ugarit

Ugarit, Syria

13th century BCE

Top: Image from cover of "Stories from Ancient Canaan" by Michael David Coogan, 1978

Bottom: Ancient Near Eastern Pictures Relating to the Old Testament

James Pritchard, 1969

“Šta će mi život bez tebe dragi, kad drugu ljubav ne želim da imam. - O majko moja koliko ga volim, samo je on u srcu mom.”

Plemić i njegova tajna Ljubav ⚜️GAY BOSNIAKS⚜️

i have a weird appreciation for Baroque artists, in particular Francois Boucher and Peter Paul Rubens, for depicting the human body in lush detail at a time that predates the standards for bodies to be thin and airbrushed with no wrinkles or cellulite

it’s just really interesting to me

so many the things women are taught to hate about their bodies—pudgy bellies, fat rolls, double chins, and cellulite—used to be ideals of beauty shown in depictions of goddesses

Iliad mini-comics, part 2 of 3! here’s part 1. sorry for the long delay–i’ll try to get the last batch done as soon as i can :’)

(featuring the subjectively gayest parts of the iliad, hektor having an extremely bad time, and a guest appearance by hadesgame hypnos!)

more iliad stuff

more ancient studies comics

its fun to enjoy things

Gold and platinum Art Nouveau plaque-de-cou necklace from 1903 with an emerald and diamonds by Henri Dubret (1872-1947), Paris, France.

📸 Macklowe gallery

Jeweled medici dagger, ca. 1840

gothic garden entomology vintage book covers