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Eclectic girl, in the middle of Nowhere
(or was it Now-Here?).
Italy.

Artistic tumblr: Furniture in art.

jaded-mandarin:

Castagno. Detail from Queen Tomyris, 15th Century.

Tomyris was a Queen who reigned over the Massagetae, a pastoral-nomadic Iranic people of Central Asia, East of the Caspian Sea, in approximately 530 BC. It is recorded that she defeated and killed the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great during his invasion and attempted conquest of her country.
Cyrus was killed and Tomyris had his corpse beheaded and then crucified, and shoved his head into a wineskin filled with human blood. She was reportedly quoted as saying, “I warned you that I would quench your thirst for blood, and so I shall”.

jaded-mandarin:

Castagno. Detail from Queen Tomyris, 15th Century.

Tomyris was a Queen who reigned over the Massagetae, a pastoral-nomadic Iranic people of Central Asia, East of the Caspian Sea, in approximately 530 BC. It is recorded that she defeated and killed the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great during his invasion and attempted conquest of her country.

Cyrus was killed and Tomyris had his corpse beheaded and then crucified, and shoved his head into a wineskin filled with human blood. She was reportedly quoted as saying, “I warned you that I would quench your thirst for blood, and so I shall”.

— 1 giorno fa con 147 note
#art  #15th century art  #legend  #history  #queen Tomyris  #Andrea del Castagno  #Cyrus the Great  #ancient queens  #iran  #iranian queen  #queen  #armed woman  #armour  #long hair  #woman in art 
acqua-di-fiori:

Hand of Akhenaten making an offering to Aten - Sandstone
 Ancient Egypt from Ashmunein Dynasty 18
Metropolitan Museum of Art

acqua-di-fiori:

Hand of Akhenaten making an offering to Aten - Sandstone

Ancient Egypt from Ashmunein Dynasty 18

Metropolitan Museum of Art

(via artdetails)

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#Akhenaten  #pharaohs  #ancient egypt  #egyptian art  #hand  #amarna  #fingers  #long fingers  #sculpture  #egyptian sculpture 
psych-facts:

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Find out if you’re an introvert of extrovert by following the link on here: http://neurolove.me/post/48232160310/are-you-introverted-or-extraverted

psych-facts:

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Find out if you’re an introvert of extrovert by following the link on here: http://neurolove.me/post/48232160310/are-you-introverted-or-extraverted

(via psych-facts)

— 2 giorni fa con 37217 note
#Introvert  #introversion 
"Ma io non so parlare, non so parlare, non so essere in compagnia che quando sono a un tavolo, cioè solo…Anzi non posso addirittura pensare che così, scrivendo: e non posso cambiare che attraverso l’atto di scrivere. Si capisce, mi è necessario ascoltare, ma poi mi è necessario essere solo a un tavolo per avere le mie reazioni, e accettare o respingere o semplicemente dubitare."
Elio Vittorini, lettera a Mario Socrate (inizio 1948). 
— 3 giorni fa
#Elio Vittorini  #Mario Socrate  #Vittorini  #letteratura italiana  #letteratura  #solitudine  #scrittura 

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, with Tilda Swinton as David Bowie

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, with Tilda Swinton as David Bowie

(Fonte: davidbowieaseveryone, via arpeggia)

— 4 giorni fa con 23378 note
#David Bowie  #Tilda Swinton  #Drag 
savage-america:

Coat of Arms of God. Wernigerode Armorial, 15th c. 

savage-america:

Coat of Arms of God. Wernigerode Armorial, 15th c. 

(via centuriespast)

— 4 giorni fa con 353 note
#coat of arms  #vintage  #manuscript  #god  #coeat of arms of god