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Details from illuminated manuscripts. Getty Museum, 2018

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Wild Flowers Where to find them and how to know them 

beautiful Victorian book c1875

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1930’s Art Deco lighting

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So what if I want to learn Latin, run away to live in a castle with a massive and ancient library, drink wine for breakfast, and worship the moon. I’m going to do whatever I need to in order to cope with being born in the 21st century.

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▪Tapestry: L'Aurore et Céphale, from Les Tentures de François Boucher Series. Culture: French Place of origin: France Date: 1776 - 1777 Medium: Wool and silk

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i think one of the most interesting things is how, ever since the 19th century, the gothic has become almost synonymous with dark and eerie things, vampires and the like. artists and writers in the 19th century looked at those old and grimy buildings and were like, hell yeah, spooky shit. but it becomes even more interesting when you realise that those dark and grimy buildings weren’t dark or grimy at all when they were built; that darkness comes from years and years of smoke from candles and other grime building up. look at this picture from the restoration of the cathedral of chartres:

how fucking cool is this? so not only are those dark and creepy gothic stories from the 19th century just a fiction of the imagination of 19th century edge lords, but the actual medieval cathedrals were light and colourful. it makes you think about what age in history really deserves the term ‘the dark ages’, huh

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rose mood

Huntington Library, Los Angeles

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instagram | atelierjuno

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My copy of The Secret History came today!

Ig: pixel.planetarium

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Emma (2020)

By Autumn de Wilde

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Pretty …

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instagram | bei.bei.wei

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Good afternoon, the academic culture of “if you’re not overworking, you don’t deserve success” is unhealthy.

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Day 3 of my self isolation, I’m trying to continue my studies but everything feels hopeless 😔🤓🌿🍃

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Darkly academic research ideas for your time indoors (because you're not a heathen):

The lives of great classical composers.

Ancient Egypt's social hierarchy and attitudes towards women, homosexuality etc.

Poisons.

The tea trade, and how it became so important to British culture.

18th century fashion and the production of clothing.

How corsets aren't the terrible patriarchal torture devices everyone thinks they are.

The use of recreational drugs in the late 19th century.

The French revolution.

Methods of forensic investigation at crime scenes.

Controversy in psychological studies.

Matriarchal societies.

How nostalgia influences fashion, media, and literature.

The nature versus nurture argument.

The history of trains and railroads.

Symbolism in art.

Just a few research rabbit holes to throw yourself into if you're bored. :)