#marble ruins

[hyombus]

Sitting with Takofuusen 6/12/23 - 6/13/23, 6/15/23

[noildoof]

Large version of the unicorn girl in Marble Ruins.

[wanderer-ace]

My Marble Ruins Photos

my journey alone through Marble Ruins.

this might be my second favorite world. there's quite a lot to see, definitely worth the length you have to go through to get here. it's so pretty!

i went here with my friend Cam as well. i'll ask if they want me to post those pictures later

[strawberyz]

GUESS WHO CAME BACK AJEVWNNQ

Silly moot wanted em to kiss and I served like. A month late JANQN , have... brilex for now though,,, and silly Brian doodles I WILL draw an Alex / hoodie kiss trust /silly

( go follow @/bleed-more by the way if you haven't!!! They're such a sick artist I love their art sm !!! )

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[neapolis-neapolis]

Statua fontana di Priapo, (fine I sec. a.C. - inizio I sec.), dalla Casa dei Vettii - Parco archeologico di Pompei, Napoli.

[spider-mask09]

[jm-photos]

Athens.

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09.08.24 Athens, Greece

[microgeneration]

From @evan-collins90

[flootdraws]

You: October 31st! Halloween!

Me, an intellectual: Ruinmas.

AKA, here, have some celebratory art. Can you believe it's the second Ruiniversary? Madness.

Reasons for all the included images under the cut.

Madeleine:

fox, the calling (ruin)

rockrose & thistle, the rockrose and the thistle (horror)

bracken & blossom, blossoms (ruin)

forget me nots, Elsa's song (love run)

(standing) stones, the horror and the wild (horror)

magpies, Madeleine's favourite corvid per Instagram, two for joy

dress inspired by the black chiffon one she wore in Dexys

Joey:

bracken & blossom, blossoms (ruin)

sage, Elsa's song (love run)

crow, Marbles (horror)

(standing) stones, the horror and the wild (horror)

dear heart/deer hart, Joey's name for the fandom (horror)

outfit inspired by the love run bath photoshoot

[illustratus]

View of the Temple of Jupiter Stator in Rome by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros and Giovanni Volpato

[creepycr4wly]

Ruined dca doodle

[kararadaygum]

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[power-chords]

Hiding deep within the earth are the ruins of dead cities, complete with crumbling skylines and apocalyptic vistas. Or at least that’s what it looks like. So-called “ruin marble” is made up of stunning slices of polished stone that have randomly produced what appears to be silhouettes of human-made ruins and blasted landscapes. But it’s all just the result of a specific regional geology.

Also known as ruiniform marble, landscape stone, and Pietra Paesina, ruin marble is mainly found around the city of Florence in Tuscany. It has been found in places outside of Italy, such as Austria, but the geological conditions needed to create the unique forms are rare.

Ruin marble is not actually marble, but a conglomeration of limestone and other minerals, mainly iron oxides, that co-mingle to form shapes that seem uncannily geometric. Most ruin marble was likely formed around 50 million years ago, as groundwater seeped up through still-forming minerals mixing and aligning the stones into their miniature city-like formations.

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Ruin marble is very rare because it is not something that can be identified from the surface. Outside of focusing on the areas around Florence where it is known to occur, finding the perfect piece of limestone sediment is just luck. It is not impossible to shine much of the stone from the area into a lovely little landscape (see the video here to watch the process in action), but finding a section that looks just like a city skyline is no easy feat.

[galleryofart]

A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome

Artist: Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (English, 1793–1865)

Date: 1821

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

[2seeitall]

Fragmentary marble inscription found in The Colonial Forum of Tarraco (Foro de la Colonia), Tarragona - Spain