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fashionsfromhistory · 1 year

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Day Dress

c.1844

Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels, Belgium (Object number: 20018280)

#day dress #fashion history #historical fashion #1840s #romantic era #crinoline era #floral #flower print #off white #silk #up close #1844 #19th century #royal museums of art and history #popular #this looks like it's been remade from an earlier dress to me

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thepastisalreadywritten · 3 months

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TOP: An ancient Greek kylix showing a baby sitting in his pottychair and calling to his mother.

ca. 480 BCE, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels

BOTTOM: A 6th-century BCE potty found in the Athenian Agora.

#Ancient Greek kylix #pottychair #Athenian Agora #Royal Museums of Art and History #Brussels #Ancient Greece #Ancient Greek pottery #drinking vessel #cup #potty #kylix

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theancientwayoflife · 3 months

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~ The royal belt of Calakmulhul.

▪︎ Towards mid-November 1988, researchers from the Calakmul Project discovered in Building III a crypt that housed the remains of an ancient sovereign accompanied by a modest funerary trousseau. Among the objects deposited in the tomb were three green stone masks. One must have been placed on his face, the other two smaller ones were interpreted as medallions or pectorals.

The belt was part of the dignitaries' attire, as can be seen in some steles. It was made up of a small mask from which three green stone axes hung. The masks represented deities or embodied ancestors. The axes, when hitting each other, generate a tinkling sound that is heard like the murmur of the wind. By wearing the belt, the rulers were transfigured into the axis mundi , in the center of the Universe.

#history #museum #archeology #archaeology #the royal belt of calakmul #calakmul #masks #ancient #ancient art #ancient history #pectoral #axis mundis #mexican #mexico #Mesoamerica #pre columbian

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escapismsworld · 7 months

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Right Gauntlet for King Philip of Spain (1527-1598), Worcester Art Museum.

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half-a-life · 6 months

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The palace was built as a city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The building became the royal palace of King Louis Napoleon and later of the Dutch Royal House.

The palace is used by the monarch for entertaining and official functions during state visits and other official receptions, such as New Year receptions.

The three floors are crowned by a dome with a weathervane in the shape of a ship. It is decorated with marble inside. Astride the rear of the building is a 6-metre-tall statue of Atlas carrying the Globe on his shoulders.

The Royal Palace houses one of the most complete collections of furniture and decorative and applied arts in the world, well preserved in the Empire style (about 2000 items).

Royal Palace of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱

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clove-pinks · 1 year

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HMS Victory, newly restored in 1928 and receiving visitors in Portsmouth, by William Lionel Wyllie, RA (British, 1851-1931).

#hms victory #naval history #age of sail #age of fighting sail #museum ship #1920s #william lionel wyllie #art #naval art #line of battle ship #royal navy

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tmblrfuckingsucksass · 5 months

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The Coronation of Napoleon - Jacques-Louis David (1805-1807)

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#the coronation of napoleon #oil on canvas #painting #neoclassical #jacques louis david #napoleon bonaparte #emperor of the french #josephine de beauharnais #empress of the french #first french empire #royal coronation #19th century art #french history #napoleonic era #louvre museum #paris #western civilization

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panicinthestudio · 1 year

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Nuxalk totem pole leaves B.C. museum to begin trek home, February 13, 2023

The Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria has repatriated a totem pole to the Nuxalk Nation on the central coast of B.C., after it was taken from their land more than 100 years ago. Members of the community say they hope the decision will make it easier to repatriate more of their items that are still in the museum.

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Further reading:

CBC: Hugs, smiles and tears greet Nuxalk totem pole as it leaves Victoria, B.C., museum, February 23, 2023

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pagansphinx · 6 months

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Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) • Portrait of the daughters of Emperor Paul I • 1796 • The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

#elizabeth vigée le brun #double portrait #royal portraits #rococo art #18th century european art #woman painter #french artist #painting #artwork #artist #portraitist #pagan sphinx art blog #art lover #art appreciation #art museum #art history #woman artist

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matyas-ss · 1 year

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Portrait of Mrs Mary Graham, Thomas Gainsborough (1777). Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh

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hayzeydayzey · 11 months

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Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) artifacts and mementos! Sketched in purple/pink ballpoint pen.

#royal ontario museum #rom #artifacts #history #european history #french history #british history #egypt #rome #bacchus #ceres #ancient greece #aphrodite #art #traditional art #art journal #sketchbook #toronto #my art

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fashionsfromhistory · 1 year

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Dolman

c.1883

Belgium

Royal Museums of Arts & History, Brussels, Belgium (Object number: 20017474)

#dolman #mantle #fashion history #historical fashion #1880s #belle epoque #19th century #1883 #outerwear #belgium #wool #red #royal museums of art and history

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tentativelyteal · 5 months

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Not me getting asked AT WORK BY A CUSTOMER for the name and sculptor of a bronze figure that is, I quote, 'in the background in a scene in Red, White & Royal Blue, you know, the movie?'

(Me, internally: yea we all know which scene you're talking about *screaming*)

Me, in my customer-facing role: Right, mmhmm mmhmm *looks at the picture in a very calm and collected way* yeah that's in the Sculpture galleries, Room 21

The sculpture in question, by the wayyy:

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barbucomedie · 7 months

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Officer's Cavalry Sword from the British Empire dated between 1700 - 1730 on display at the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

Swords of this type were popular with both cavalry and infantry officers at this period. The weight of this example implies that it was carried by a cavalry officer, presumably of the Royal North British Dragoons, later 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, also referred to as the Scots Greys due to the grey horses they mostly used.

In the early 18th century the regiment were involved in the War of Spanish Succession (1701 - 1715) where they were part of heavy cavalry charges that were famous for breaking the French and their allies lines. At the end of the war they returned back to Scotland to the start of the 1715 Jacobite Rising under the Earl of Mar. After this and the 1719 Rising, the regiment became a policing force in Scotland in an attempt to suppress rebellion by stepping up the military presence in the Highlands.

Photographs taken by myself 2023

#sword #cavalry #british empire #scotland #scottish #military history #18th century #georgian #hanoverian #art #royal scots dragoon guards museum #edinburgh castle #barbucomedie

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fuzzysparrow · 1 month

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Angelica Kauffman

Described as “the most cultivated woman in Europe”, Angelica Kauffman was one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768. Until 30th June 2024, the RA celebrates Kauffman’s work and legacy in a small exhibition in their Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing. Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, on 30th October 1741,…

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lionofchaeronea · 2 years

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The Entry of Richard and Bolingbroke into London (from Shakespeare's Richard II, Act V, Scene 2), James Northcote, 1793

#art #art history #James Northcote #literary painting #illustration #Shakespeare #William Shakespeare #historical painting #Middle Ages #Richard II #Henry Bolingbroke #Henry IV #British art #English art #18th century art #Royal Albert Memorial Museum

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