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The Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibit
Dated to 60-50 BC, the shipwreck was found off the coast of Antikythera. The ship carried cargo dating from 4th to 1st century BC and was sailing towards Italy carrying among other cargo bronze and marble sculptures, glassware and jewellery, and amongst these the famous “Antikythera Mechanism”. The finds reflect the new phenomenon of art trade, the first in the history of Western civilization.
These marble sculptures have been severely eroded by stone-eating organisms of the sea, and only their parts trapped safely in the mud of the seabed have remained wonderfully intact.
Scarred and deformed, the half-destroyed sculptures now seem even more human. No longer serving as images of idealised beauty, their artistic quality has reached a new dimension, distorted by nature’s interference. Their image haunts you long after you’ve left them behind.
From The World Historical by coyotesuspect/fitzgeraldme.
“Enjolras!” called Grantaire, after a while. Enjolras startled; his thoughts had drifted back to their conversation. “It’s done.”
Enjolras went to look, and Grantaire gave him a smug, sly smile as he stepped aside.
It was a painting of him.
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combeferre commission for catherine! she wanted him to be a sort of blend of modern and canon
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few things from my sketchbook.
ugh guys i think my tablet is dyingfew things are from talk revolution to me, baby
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Kevin Russ, Traveling And Paying The Bills With iPhoneography
A couple years ago I discovered Kevin Russ on Flickr. I love his portrait work and his use of natural light. I hadn’t seen much from him on Flickr in a while and just the other day I found out why. Kevin has been traveling the United States, shooting landscape photography with just his iPhone, and living off the print sales.
I must admit I am jealous of Kevin’s current life. He hops in his car, looks at a map of places he wants to go in this country, and takes off. When he gets there he photographs what he sees, predominantly landscapes and nature, and most of which he shoots on his iPhone. He is a contributor to iStockphoto as well as sells his prints on his Society 6 page. Check out his work, in my opinion it is absolutely beautiful. He also has a new flickr for his mobile photos, check it out! I think his work is a prime example of the fact that it isn’t about the camera, it’s about the photographer.
this is amazing
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David Ryan Robinson’s Fantasy Map of London
David Ryan Robinson doesn’t want to be known just as the map guy. Which is kind of difficult when you spend six months of your life drawing a huge A2 (that’s 23-and-a-half by 16-and-a-half inches) map of London.
It was fall 2011, and Robinson had just arrived in London. Like many young professionals, Robinson realised that the UK capital was the place to establish a firm career path. Robinson had always been into drawing, and he never got out of it. He graduated from university in June, taking a degree in art, and he knew that to advance in the creative industries he ought to move to London. “I’d only been a couple of times before,” he points out, on day trips and vacations.
Pennsylvania Station
From the collection Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938
All images from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery
You can learn more about Pennsylvania Station’s original structure, which was demolished in 1963 to make room for Madison Square Garden here.
The tearing down of the original Penn Station remains a tragedy of the highest order.
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the elder scrolls factions - the mages guild
The Guild of Mages provides benefits to scholars of magic and established laws regarding the proper use of magic. The Guild is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and distribution of magical knowledge with an emphasis on ensuring that all citizens of Tamriel benefit from this knowledge.
“Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic!!!”
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