#renaissance humanism

[medieval-unicorns]

In the round(el)

A unicorn peeps out from the border at the start of a copy of Juvenal’s Satires.

Origin: Florence Date: 1475-1500* British Library, Burney MS 190, f. 2

*Your regular reminder that the Renaissance overlapped with the Middle Ages.** **All these definitions are later constructions imposed on very long and diverse time periods.

[semperardens-juli]

"Laughter's the property of man. Live joyfully."

Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532-1564), Francois Rabelais from The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, James Canton

leave a little kindness

[elizabethan-memes]

Announcement! There is now a discord server called 'the wilderness' for discussing Erasmus of Rotterdam and Thomas More and their bromance friendship. Bring your fic, your art, your book recs, your sources, your AUs.

You may join it here if you so desire.

[aestheteasteria]

seeking, yearning, reaching hands

[rosario-aurelius]

Love Under Will: An Introduction to Thelema and Its Antecedents

When Aleister Crowley coined the term “the aim of religion, the method of science,” he was advancing the tradition of humanism for the reunion of science and religion into what Eliphas Levi called the catholic or universal religion of humanity. The aim of scientific illuminism is the advancement of uniting these seeming opposites into a fabric whose unit, based on scientific analysis and…

[tagitables]

Couldn't rid myself of the more classical thoughts about renaissance humanism today :/

[kwop-kilawtley]

bella swan deserved so much better and so much more. i wish she learned to love herself, i wish she got to be a teenager, i wish she got to be an adult, i wish she got to live. it’s honestly just sad.

it’s framed that she grew into herself and matured. that she got everything she could’ve wanted. but it honestly is contradictory with everything about who Bella even is. she rejected marrying young, getting pregnant young, staying in her hometown. she didn’t grow into herself or mature. she didn’t learn anything or face consequences. she’s stunted at 18 forever.

[melusiiine]

i got my grubby little mitts on a commission slot by the magnificent @kabukiaku , the omega3 angst is perfection

[calebauer]

dante and virgil • arthur and merlin

[quona]

🔥Firespinner!Crowley🔥 for @cemeteryangel725's RenFaire AU, Of Fire and Falcons (Rated E, mind the tags)

This is probably my favorite Crowley I've painted so far. I had SO MUCH FUN designing his tattoos for this piece. Please enjoy them in the detail shots.

@goodomensafterdark

prints | ko-fi | commission

[spooky--spookster]

Minecraft story mode making me lock in and actually draw humans for once holy shit. I blame Lukas entirely, I just had to draw him……… Radar too. My blorbos

[fuckmeyer]

if smeyer wasn't a coward vamp!Bella would have immediately eaten her daughter Rensesmem whole-hog like Saturn Devouring His Son

[novasillies]

to nose or not to nose. that is the question.

a hot new human(?) bill enters the villa

[the-golden-onion]

happy Mike Newton Monday to all who celebrate

[alecvolturiswifeforever]

leather gloves (i) 𝜗𝜚 ׅ ۫ demetri volturi x reader

warnings: smutty undertones i guess?! a little sexual tension and stuff idk (not proofread and i wrote it quick so😭)

based on mine and @agirllovespancakes thots!!! also, the gif!!! ALSO HER AMAZING DOING!!! anyway ;) surprise?!

…also if anyone wants a smutty part ill write it, i was just too sleepy to be bothered to write it rn 😭😭

tag list: @your-next-daydream @agirllovespancakes @icefrozendeadlyqueen @iloveslasher @julesofvolterra @volturi-stuff

Pressing a finger to his lips he beckoned you into silence, tugging himself through the window of your bedroom. A silent squeal left your lips, eyes bright and a wide, happy smile plastered upon your lips as you bounded over to him. You wrapped your arms around his waist, bouncing on your feet as he chuckled at your obvious excitement.

“Hello, darling.”

“Hi!!” You momentarily forgot his warning, covering your mouth in embarrassment and squaring your shoulders for a moment when he hissed at you. Your body was tense as you watched your mate listening for any sound of movement from your sleeping family. When he heard none, his eyes moved back to you, sending a scolding look.

Demetri sighed at the lopsided smile you gave him, unable to be mad at you for more than a second whilst he wrapped you in his hold, humming proudly as you curled into him and allowed him to brush his hand up and down the back of your head affectionately.

“What am I going to do with you, you little brat?” Face flushing at his words you looked to the floor, and he smiled. “Oh? You like when I call you that? My bratty girl.”

He watched your face flush a deeper crimson, attempting to bury your face in his chest to seek some sort of protection from his smug grin. He didn’t allow you to, pulling you away to brush a leather clad finger down the side of your face. As you felt the material glide across your heated skin you whined, glaring at the leather that restricted you from the feel of your mate and Demetri laughed again. Leaning down, he gave you a look of faux disappointment.

“What have I told you about those little whiny noises you make…?”

Not allowing you to answer he pressed a deep kiss to your lips, tongue instantly prodding at your closed lips. Parting then at his desire, he deepened the kiss a little more until you were whining once again. His hand - still covered but the cool leather of his glove - now brushed the hair back which had fallen over your shoulder, now draped over your collarbone. You huffed in annoyance and pulled away to make quick work of tugging the glove off. You grabbed his hand, making a move to pull at the material before he was growling at you menacingly. You pouted up at him.

“Uh-uh, sweet girl.” Confusion washed over you until the vampire lifted his hand to your mouth, eyes prompting you to tug it off with your teeth. “Go ahead, baby.”

You kept your eyes on his as you leaned forward, teeth stroking against the material before you bit down on it gently. As sensually as you could, you slowly tugged it off, eyes remaining on his the entire time. He watched you carefully, arousal instantly washing over him at feel of your lips, and he feverishly tugged the other off himself and threw it to the side, taking the other from your hands to give it the same treatment. Grabbing your hips and slamming his lips onto yours, he kissed you as if you might disappear from his arms.

With a whimper you kissed back, tongue brushing against his own. It wasn’t long before he was kissing down your neck, kneeling in front you to kiss the entire way down your body before leaning back up to kiss your lips again.

“Fuck-“ He whined against your lips, pressing another desperate peck against them before sucking your bottom lip into his mouth. Fleetingly pulling away, he admired you for a moment, pressing another soft kiss to your thigh. “You’re so beautiful - my beautiful girl.”

You looked down at him, a soft, loving look that could’ve brought him to his knees instantly if he wasn’t already kneeling in front of you. You sighed with a content smile.

“I love you, Demi…”

He smirked.

“I love you so much more, my darling. Though…perhaps you can show me just how much you love me, hm..?”

Oh…

[niqhtlord01]

Humans are weird: Renaissance Faire

Alien: Where are we going and why is there a sack over my head?

Human: I told you. Human: Our time traveling technology is top secret and we just can’t let anyone see it. Alien: I still call Hush-dush on your claim of time traveling- Human: *Removes sack* Human: Welcome, to the 1300’s of human society! Alien: *Sees surroundings and gawks* ---------------------------

Human: Mace or morning star? Alien: BOTH! ------------------------

Alien: Why do your people dress in metal clothing? Human: It’s called armor and meant to protect us. Alien: Protect you from what? Human: *Points* From that. Alien: *Turns to see another armored human approaching someone from behind and then wailing on them with mace* Alien: Does that happen often? Human: Often enough my friend. ----------------------------

*Pair sit down at table* Human: *shouts at bar keep* Two muttons and ales for us. Alien: What the florp is “Mutton”? Human: *Whispers* I have no idea. --------------------------

Alien: I think I see other human time travelers. Human: What? Alien: Yes. Alien: They carried scanning equipment and were talking into communicators. Human: Oh god damnit. Alien: You know them? Human: Yeah; they’re a bunch of nerds following a prime directive to kill fun. ---------------------------

Alien: So the purpose of the sport is to ride atop beasts and try to knock your opponent off with a wooden toothpick? Human: Pretty much. Alien: That must be the stupidest sport I have ever seen. *silence* *Silence* *silence* Human: You want to join in don’t you? Alien: Yes please, very much. --------------------------

Alien: Where are the fire breathing flying lizard creatures? Human: You mean dragons? Alien: Yes, those things. Human: *Thinking fast* Human: We wiped them all out in 1100, so you won’t see any here. Alien: Darn. *Giant mechanical dragon slowly passes by breathing fire* Human: Oh no…. a survivor! -----------------------------

Alien: Who are these brightly dressed creatures? Human: Fairies, faye, goblins, trolls, etc. Alien: Why didn’t I see any of them in the future? Human: Yeah, after the Disney hunts of 83 nearly all mythical creatures were driven to extinction. -----------------------------

Human: Crossbow or regular bow? Alien with four arms: BOTH! -----------------------------

Human: Here, I bought you some clothes to disguise yourself in. Human: *Hands over clothes* Alien: Why are my clothes for a female? Human: Aren’t you one? Alien: No. Alien: Can you not tell? Human: No but that’s a good thing. Human: Most people in this time period can’t either. ------------------------------

Alien: Why do your people of this time speak so poetically? Human: Our language was more wordy back then. Alien: Think you mean more eloquent. Human: Shut up you scrub. -------------------

Human: Sword or dagger? Alien: Bo- Human: You can’t have both! Human: It doesn’t work that way, just pick! Alien: *Pauses* Alien: I pick dog armor. Human: ……….. Human: Why? Alien: It is covered in spikes and more dangerous than half the weapons I have seen today.