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victusinveritas:

sporadicq:

Image of Zoroaster, from the 18th century manuscript on alchemy Clavis Artis, attributed to Zoroaster. Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, vol. 1, p. 3. (Source)

Not really knowing what a twentieth-to-fifth-century-BC Bactrian prophet/fire-priest would look like, the illustrator decided to depict him wearing a tasteful red frock over clerical garments, elegant white shoes made for riding his mutant, fire-spitting gecko, and a papal tiara, because after all, he was sorta involved in some religion or something…and who doesn’t love a good papal tiara?The Ex-Pope Benedict XVI, that’s who.

victusinveritas:

sporadicq:

Image of Zoroaster, from the 18th century manuscript on alchemy Clavis Artis, attributed to Zoroaster. Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Roma, vol. 1, p. 3. (Source)

Not really knowing what a twentieth-to-fifth-century-BC Bactrian prophet/fire-priest would look like, the illustrator decided to depict him wearing a tasteful red frock over clerical garments, elegant white shoes made for riding his mutant, fire-spitting gecko, and a papal tiara, because after all, he was sorta involved in some religion or something…and who doesn’t love a good papal tiara?
The Ex-Pope Benedict XVI, that’s who.

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(Source: creepinroundthistown, via scientificillustration)



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2headedsnake:

David de la Mano and Pablo S. Herrero



simyart:

Iranian art 1 by samira saberi on Flickr.

simyart:

Iranian art 1 by samira saberi on Flickr.

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sullenmoons:

Alice Terry

sullenmoons:

Alice Terry

(Source: valentinovamp)



blackpaint20:

“Memento Mori” coffin pendants 16c, 
Stuart memorial jewellery 1660-1714 
Charles I’s miniature portrait,
 Charles II memorial rings 1684, 
Silver box with memorial jewels
Five of the jewels with monograms in gold wire; one with a skeleton and MEM.MORI. The memorials late 17th or early 18th c, set in an 18th-century box. British Museum

blackpaint20:

“Memento Mori” coffin pendants 16c,

Stuart memorial jewellery 1660-1714 

Charles I’s miniature portrait,

Charles II memorial rings 1684,

Silver box with memorial jewels

Five of the jewels with monograms in gold wire; one with a skeleton and MEM.MORI. The memorials late 17th or early 18th c, set in an 18th-century box. British Museum

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The Amazon by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) oil on canvas, 1911

The Amazon by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) oil on canvas, 1911

(Source: paintingses, via my-ear-trumpet)



goddessofmayhem:

Bosch, baby.

goddessofmayhem:

Bosch, baby.

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art-and-fury:

Black Widow - Leo Peralta

art-and-fury:

Black Widow - Leo Peralta

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mirrormaskcamera:


Book du Jour

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mirrormaskcamera:

Book du Jour

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sullenmoons:

Miles Aldridge

sullenmoons:

Miles Aldridge

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cavetocanvas:

Paolo Veronese, Mars Undressing Venus, c. 1570s

cavetocanvas:

Paolo Veronese, Mars Undressing Venus, c. 1570s




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