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I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.
I love Egypt fun fact about me. :)
bronze statue - lips and nipples are made of copper, the teeth are silver and the eyes formed from calcite - 198 cm (78") high - Greek - - Riace, Calabria - cast c.460-450 BCE
I still believe that one of the prettiest love stories has to be the love story of the god Eros with Psyche, while the story of Appollo with Daphne is a beautiful yet heart wrenching tragedy in a way that it had love and disgust.. (one sided love). What's really magnificent about mythologies in general is that they make us see the world differently. A laurel tree is no longer a tree; but a last attempt of staying pure from the hands of the detested one.
would love to be buried with a cheese grater as part of my sexy sexy grave goods #justetruscannoblemanthings
Wounded Amazon, Roman, 1st-2nd cent. CE
Io Saturnalia!
The showstopping @reneejon put @MDVancleave’s face on a cookie.
Pomegranate cookies and handprinted programs for our annual New Year's Eve Saturnalia
Pomegranate vase - glass - Hellenistic, 2nd century BCE - 1st century CE
Some outfit sketches on my new-ish oc, Antiquity! She’s a huge greek statue come to life.
