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I've just finished making these ancient Roman inspired "laurel wreath" crowns out of jewel beetle shells and preserved 17 year cicada wings. I've done three of the jewel beetle ones, so one is in my Etsy (link in bio), the cicada wing one is one of a kind so far so I haven't listed it yet. I'm really happy with how these came out!
#insect jewelry#vulture culture#oddities#beetle#ancient rome#ancient roman#laurel crown#laurel wreath#caesar crown#goblincore#insect art#insect wings#cicada#jewel beetle#copper wire#17 year cicada#brood x
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Zelda Roman Empire AU by rivaeri
#rivarie#legend of zelda#roman legion#roman empire#lorica segmentata#plate armor#gladius#shield#tower shield#noble#archer#robe#laurel wreath#cloak#link#zelda
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A Saint Reading Scriptures Bernardino Luini (1480 - 1532)
#bernardino luini#high renaissance#renaissance art#renaissance portrait#italian renaissance#portrait#laurel wreath#reading#women in art
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Thomas Couture (1815-1879) "Daydreams" (1859) Oil on canvas Located in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
#paintings#art#artwork#genre painting#portrait#thomas couture#oil on canvas#fine art#walters art museum#museum#art gallery#french artist#portrait of a child#clothing#clothes#brown#blue#bubble#bubbles#laurel wreath#daydreams#daydreaming#side profile#books#glass#mirror#1850s#mid 1800s#mid 19th century
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Portrait of Dante Alighieri | Florentine School, Circa 1530
#dante alighieri#dante#portrait#art#laurel wreath#poet#medieval#middle ages#renaissance#florence#tuscany#florentine#tuscan#italy#italian#history#europe#european
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Aureus with bust of Venus (obverse) and laurel wreath (reverse), minted at Rome under Julius Caesar
Roman, Republican Period, 44 B.C.
gold
British Museum
#Ides of March#Julius Caesar#Caesar#coin#numismatics#aureus#Venus#laurel wreath#Roman#Ancient Rome#Roman Republic#British Museum
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Melinoe from Hades 2 inspired necklace/coronette! 😁 I am currently obsessed with playing first part through netflix but osmosis of internet showed me what the new addition is all about and I felt so inspired by seeing her stunning design that I had to make something!
And here is the result! 😁😁💪
#melinoe#melinoe hades#hades 2#hades game#hades supergiant#hades fanart#zagreus#laurel wreath#necklace#wirewrappingjewelry#wireiousmess#my stuff#wirejewelry#diy#crafts#jewelry#diycrafts#wirewrapping#coronet#melinoe cosplay?#handmade#jewelry design#it was honestly such a lovely and quick project!#pure joy of creation
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Gold laurel wreath, 3rd - 2nd Century BCE
From the Getty Villa Museum
#laurel#laurel wreath#gold#greek#ancient greek#ancient greece#history#3rd century bce#2nd century bce#bce#ancient
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The Sixth Day of Julius Caesar
I once heard someone attributing Julius Caesar's illness (which might've been epilepsy or mini strokes or something else or maybe it wasn't a specific chronic illness at all. It's controversial right now) to wearing a laurel wreath, and I don't really understand how that works.
During Caesar's time, a laurel wreath would've most likely been made out of the plant Laurus nobilis, you know, bay leaves. Caesar might've gotten a stomachache if he ate a significant amount of them, but I am yet to read any sources that mention Caesar eating straight laurel!
Laurel wreaths could also be made out of a plant called Prunus laurocerasus (though I don't know if it was used for laurel wreaths in ancient Rome. I can't find anything about that). Its common name is cherry laurel, and it is toxic. I've read that you can irritate your skin if you touch it too much, but you'll have to eat it if you want to get the really bad effects.
I don't think Caesar was out here constantly eating all of his laurel wreaths. I'd assume that if he was, people would've made fun of him for it and therefore it would be mentioned somewhere.
I think the reason someone came up with this idea is because it's ironic. Caesar apparently liked his privilege of wearing a laurel wreath at all times because it hid his thinning hair (Suetonius, Life of Julius Caesar, 45.2). It'll be so ironic if his illness was caused by it. However, without any evidence of Caesar eating laurel wreaths made out of cherry laurel, this is an incredibly weak theory.
#ive read a theory that britannicus was poisoned using laurel water#which is like cherry laurel juice#but im still holding on to the theory that britannicus was not poisoned at all#the 15 days of julius caesar#ancient rome#roman history#history#julius caesar#gaius julius caesar#ides of march#the ides of march#laurel wreath#bay laurel#cherry laurel
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Oh my god, guys.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that bay trees and laurel trees—the laurel trees, used for Roman victory wreaths—are the same?? Why is witchblr sitting on this??
And why are bay leaved associated with prosperity? It makes sense, but they should symbolise victory and glory! Success! Fame, winning, being lauded and recognised! Prosperity comes along with this but it's not central.
I only found this out yesterday, I'm shocked.
#it's possible i'm overthinking this#but i can't be the only one who didn't know#it's mentioned literally NOWHERE#herbs#laurel wreath#bay leaves#herb witch#green witch#ancient rome#witchblr#witchcraft#witch#my post
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Allegory of Temperance
Artist: Alonso Berrughete (Spanish, 1488-1561)
Date: 1513-1516
Medium: Oil on Panel
Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Description
This painting is among the few known works from Berruguete's formative years in Florence and Rome , the latter depicted in the background. The bridle bit, the hand on the breast and the laurel wreath allude to the subjugation of the instincts by reason and temperament.
#allegorical art#painting#oil on panel#alonso berrughete#spanish artist#temperance#figure#laurel wreath#bridle bit#symbolism#16th century painting#european art
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The closing ceremony is so long that I could finish a Luka doodle.🥱
I always remember the laurel wreath worn by the gold medalist in the 2004 Athens Olympics. super classic✨
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by YakoArtz
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#death#macabre#skull#skull and bones#skull art#skull aesthetic#laurel wreath#spooky aesthetic#spooky month#spooky vibes#spooktober#spooky season#spooky art#spooky scary skeletons#macabre art#macabre aesthetic#skull and crossbones#grim reaper#decay#girl rotting#rotumblr#brain rot
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Vita Sackville-West, Writer, 1916.
©E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection.
#writer#novelist#poet#orlando#virginia woolf#dorothy wellesley#harold nicolson#lgbt#queer#bisexual#lesbian#laurel wreath
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Virgil and Dante Sitting on the Back of Geryon by Bartolomeo Pinelli
#virgil#dante#geryon#art#bartolomeo pinelli#inferno#hell#divine comedy#the divine comedy#dante alighieri#medieval#middle ages#religion#religious#christianity#christian#europe#european#italy#mythical creatures#monster#monsters#giant#giants#greek mythology#mythology#laurel wreath
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