#historical

[lokiiago]

Same <3

Museum of witchcraft 74

[lackadaisycal-art]

Sometimes I have long, convoluted multi-act daydreams that I mull over for weeks at a time, and the only thing that stops me from calling them 'writing projects' is uncharacteristic realism about whether I will ever write them down

[inamoratasonata]

no risk, no story

[devotedlypinkpeanut]

An Eternal Cycle: Fire, Blood and Venom — masterlist

SUMMARY: In a world where fate seems cruel, you are condemned to relive an existence marked by suffering and the repetition of tragic encounters with your lovers who, although loving you deeply, always abandon you in the end. This curse binds you to them through several reincarnations, where, in each life, they forget your past ties, just like you. However, despite this collective amnesia, an intense passion is born with each encounter. But this flame of love is doomed to failure. In each cycle, your love for them is forbidden, a transgression of an ancient order, and the punishment is inevitable: they kill you at the end of each life. This is the price you must pay for defying fate, for succumbing to a love deemed impious. In this endless cycle, you are caught in a whirlwind of conflicting emotions: the hope that you can change the course of things and the terror of knowing that there is no escape from this curse. Love, no matter how beautiful, is doomed to destroy you again and again, until any possible redemption, or liberation, seems like nothing more than a mirage.

PAIRING : non!idols enha hyung line x fem!reader

GENRE : Dark romance, obsession, drama, slow burn, psychological tension, historical romance, reincarnation, fantasy, reverse harem, 18+(MDNI).

A/N : I haven't started writing yet, so it will probably take a while before the story sees the light of day, especially with exams coming up 📚. However, I already have a clear vision of the main ideas and plots: intense themes like obsession, curse, and a love that is both passionate and destructive ❤️‍🔥🖤. The chapters will be long and detailed, to really dive into this dark and captivating universe ✨. I can't wait to share it with you!

The Houses : Feralis — Aerolis — Astraviel — Asphodel — Liraelle — Ignis

[Part 0] — Curse

[Part 1] — The Good King

[Part 2] — The Bad Wolf

[Part 3] — Alone in the world

[Part 4] — The Wildling

[Part 5] — Bloodied

[Part 6] — Forgive us

[more to come??]

Visual Fragments : Heeseung — Jongseong — Jake — Sunghoon

Taglist : @strxwbloody @wilonevys

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[fracturedporcelaindoll]

Beautiful~

🍁jameslloydcole🍁

castle in Perthshire, Scotland

[snailspng]

16th century flower illustration PNGs.

(source: Book of Flower Studies, ca. 1510–1515)

[useless-catalanfacts]

Masculine cape made of green silk velvet with golden embroidery. Years 1651-1675.

Source: Museu Virtual de la Moda de Catalunya [Fashion Virtual Museum of Catalonia]. Kept in Museu del Disseny [Design Museum] in Barcelona, Catalonia.

[alittlewoozyhere]

My great grandma, Violet Leib. It runs in the family.

[giugirl743]

water ship down in a whole new level…

[runawayandhide]

[maked-artyshenanigans]

So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti, both her mummy and other reconstructions. While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

all period typical nicknames are free reign

[hoppityhopster23]

My add to the eyelash list is frederik VI’s very fine eyelashes (I am so filled with jealously when I see them.)

My eyelash guide

Napoleon has eyelashes (always!)

Murat has eyelashes

Bagration has eyelashes

Poniatowski has eyelashes

Talleyrand has eyelashes

Blücher has eyelashes

Lasalle has eyelashes

Saint Cyr has eyelashes

Marmont has BIG eyelashes

Fun fact Davout has eyelashes too but I don’t draw his eyes lol

Jean Larrey will probably have eyelashes too once I draw him

Might give lannes lashes too

Okay just some that came to my mind

[heritagebrowser]

The crypt of the Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Denis, north of Paris serves as the birthplace of the divine light of gothic stained glass windows and is the main necropolis of French royalty.

This medieval crypt has the remains among many others from Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette.