andie, she/her, 26, united states. this blog is full of Tolkien. also other art, photos, fandoms, and big-eyes-emoji stuff, but mostly Tolkien. i tag! my girlfriend is bright ivanaskye, who is a lot, but not too much
The Opossum. Available as part of @212arts’s Anniversary Exhibition.
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Graphite, watercolour and paper on panel.
Contact gallery for purchasing and finance.
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Sept 8 – Oct 2
212 Arts
240 East 4th NYC https://212arts.com/
(at 212 Arts)
Legend has it that the name [Mycenae] was connected to the Greek word mycēs (μύκης, “mushroom”). Thus, Pausanias ascribes the name to the legendary founder Perseus, who was said to have named it either after the cap (mykēs) of the sheath of his sword, or after a mushroom he had plucked on the site.
“hey guys, any ideas for the name of our city? our mighty capital city, from which we will bring the world under our sway with fire and the sword? our city, blessèd by the gods? like “DRAGON” or something powerful? maybe lions? guys? no?“
Pharaoh Ramses II’s Egyptian passport, issued in 1976 for passage to France nearly three millennia after his death.
In order to leave the country, Egypt required anyone leaving the country, living or dead, to have the proper papers. Seemingly the first mummy to receive one, Ramses had his occupation listed as “King (deceased).”
So I just read these epitaphs from ancient Greek and Roman owners for their dogs and…
-“I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago.”
-“My eyes were wet with tears, our little dog, when I bore thee (to the grave)… So, Patricus, never again shall thou give me a thousand kisses. Never canst thou be contentedly in my lap. In sadness have I buried thee, and thou deservist. In a resting place of marble, I have put thee for all time by the side of my shade. In thy qualities, sagacious thou wert like a human being. Ah, me! What a loved companion have we lost!”
-“To Helena, foster child, soul without comparison and deserving of praise.”
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“[Myia] never barked without reason, but now he is silent.”
“Wrote nothing. Weltsch brings me books about Goethe that cause a scattered, useless excitement within me. Plan for an essay, “Goethe’s horrible essence”. Fear of the 2-hour evening walk that I have introduced to myself.”
— Franz Kafka, diary entry for January 31st, 1912 (via franzkavka)
That’s what the 1950s thought the 21st century would look like. The 1800s thought everyone would like rollerskate everywhere and wear witch hats but otherwise it would all look the same
I’ll add pictures when I’m not on mobile
Update: here is what people in the 1800s thought the 21st century would look like
transportation in 2000
theatre in the year 2000. which…why would you go to this amount of trouble if the actress is just in the next room? unless they’re not literally in the next room, in which case people in the 1890s predicted simulcasts, I suppose
cleaning in the year 2000
WHY DON’T WE HAVE BATWING PERSONAL FLYING MACHINES? WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE DAMNIT
are you telling me they called that one episode of Doctor Who? is that what you’re telling me, card from a bar of chocolate?
I don’t know what’s up with all the bat wings but I’m here for it
Not a prediction for the 21st century, but I felt like I had to show off some of these fashions. I feel cheated- cheated -by the lack of “Elizabethan gentleman on top; 1900 lady cyclist on the botton” Looks
WHY WAS I NOT BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE TABBED JACKET AND THE CROWN OF UPPER EGYPT HAT. W H Y
Anyway my point is: steampunk. Steampunk is what people in the 1800s thought the 21st century would look like. The top picture is what people in the mid-late 1900s thought this century would look like.
(did I just want an excuse to talk about Victorian futurism? maaaaaybe)
ephal ephalak idon hi-akallabeth 