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centuriespast: kasakaARTIST:Hiroshige Utagawa Kunisada Utagawa Kyu_shiro_ MaruyaDATE:April 1855 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

centuriespast:

kasaka
ARTIST:Hiroshige Utagawa 
Kunisada Utagawa 
Kyu_shiro_ Maruya
DATE:April 1855

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

mediumaevum: By 1094, Christians had began what would be a long fight to reclaim Iberia. The map above shows the approximate division of the peninsula at the time of El Cid’s Battle of El Cuarte (Baker Vail)

mediumaevum:

By 1094, Christians had began what would be a long fight to reclaim Iberia. The map above shows the approximate division of the peninsula at the time of El Cid’s Battle of El Cuarte (Baker Vail)

typicalugandan: View of Kampala from Gaddafi National Mosque’s minaret, Uganda. Photography by Ru Go

typicalugandan:

View of Kampala from Gaddafi National Mosque’s minaret, Uganda.

Photography by Ru Go

noxious-naussica: *Et in Arcadia ego - by Nicolas Poussin *”Et in Arcadia ego” translates to “Even in Arcadia I am there” (meaning there is death even in paradise)

noxious-naussica:

*Et in Arcadia ego - by Nicolas Poussin

*”Et in Arcadia ego” translates to “Even in Arcadia I am there” (meaning there is death even in paradise)

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everythingdainty: Orpheus and Euridice - Nicolas Poussin Orpheus is from ancient Greek religion and myth, and the one he loved was Euridice.  The story goes that during their wedding night, Euridice steps on a snake, thus killing her.  Orpheus wanting her back goes to the underworld and plays his music to persuade Pluto.  Pluto, of course, is touched by his music and sheds tears of iron; therefore, allows Orpheus to reunite with his lover Euridice, but he mustn’t look at her until he leaves the underworld.  Sadly, out of over anticipation, Orpheus turns around right before he reaches the surface and Euridice’s spirit fades back into the darkness..never to be seen again.

everythingdainty:

Orpheus and Euridice - Nicolas Poussin

Orpheus is from ancient Greek religion and myth, and the one he loved was Euridice.  The story goes that during their wedding night, Euridice steps on a snake, thus killing her.  Orpheus wanting her back goes to the underworld and plays his music to persuade Pluto.  Pluto, of course, is touched by his music and sheds tears of iron; therefore, allows Orpheus to reunite with his lover Euridice, but he mustn’t look at her until he leaves the underworld.  Sadly, out of over anticipation, Orpheus turns around right before he reaches the surface and Euridice’s spirit fades back into the darkness..never to be seen again.