#art history awesome

[theinquisitxor]

Researcher and doctorate @NoraEpstein on Twitter just posted a video of the new tattoo she got commemorating her PhD.

And… she footnoted the artwork, with a literal footnote 😂 I love this so much

#medieval #medievalist of tumblr #history #art history #tattoos #historians of tumblr #check out her Twitter she seems like an awesome lady #plus she has her MLIS #bonus points there

[theygotlost]

Disco Elysium political alignments based on historical graphic design styles!

Communist: Soviet Constructivist

Ultraliberal: Art Deco

Fascist: War Propaganda

Moralist: Swiss/International

#disco elysium #harry dubois #harrier du bois #graphic design #mine #god i miss my history of gd class it was so awesome #theres a lot of things that have been codified as the 'art deco' style that werent actually that prevalent in design from the 1930s #the ultraliberal poster is specifically inspired by the artist AM cassandre #i feel like his work is very definitive of the art deco style and feels way more authentic than like. the great gatsby movie or smth #i was not particularly excited to do the fascist one but i was so inspired by this concept and i wanted a complete set #i used american and british wwii posters as reference

[crispycreambacon]

I can't believe a puppet got me to watch an ad read. What the hell.

#i think this is canon btw #i saw this in a prophetic vision right after i watched the latest watcher weekly #GAH last post of the new year!! may 2024 be awesome and splendid and cool y'know #puppet history #the professor #the professor puppet history #watcher #watcher weekly #watcher entertainment #watcher fanart #we are watcher #BY THE WAY IF SOMEONE KNOWS THE MAKEUP ARTIST'S NAME PLEASE TELL #art #artists on tumblr #fanart #comic #digital art #chris p fried art #EDIT: HER NAME IS MEREDITH EVERYONE GAODHWODHDWOWN

[cartoonsinthemorning]

Today it's Jan the 4th, my Birthday! This is my present. Let me tell you why I decided to draw it. I know MTMTE fans think of Rung letting lose and dancing like a dork- during that party chapter in LL- as a simple gag. And I mean YEAH it was hilarious, but. You see. Rung also happen to be, canonically, an anti-fascist icon. A symbol of Liberation, freedom of expression and identity! GUYS HE'S SO DISCO. HE'S A DISCO QUEEN. I strongly associate that dancing Rung bit with the unifying force of Disco, of Queer Joy. It makes me so happy, you have no idea. Or maybe you do, because I went off with this drawing AHAH! GAY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEEE~

#maccadam #tf mtmte #rung #mtmte rung #cartoonzy art #I strongly advice all queers to deep dive into the history of disco #trust me it's important to us all #also you get to listen to AWESOME music

[razzafrazzle]

now THIS is the power of disco

[image description: a drawing of an original character named eros dancing is a dark, crowded room. eros is a fat, pink-furred anthro teddy bear with small angel wings and visible stitches on his body. he is wearing a glittery semi-transparent gold dress with matching armbands and earrings. he is smiling openly while he dances. end id]

#OOOOUGH i was doubting myself for a bit while i drew this but i RLLY like how it came out #the JOY of DISCO BABY #my spotify history is now flooded with 70s music. and its awesome #doc talks #my art #my characters

[trislosherfan25]

Worm party?!

#worms I made for a project #I will be giving a presentation on them in an entirely scientific fashion #they will be getting Latin names and evolutionary history with fossil records and everything #sockz awesome art #worm #felt #art

[247reader]

Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill was born into one of the few remaining Irish (as opposed to Anglo-Irish) gentry families in the early eighteenth century. Her mother was a poet, and Eibhlín, one of twelve surviving children, was taught to read and write in both Irish and English. Her parents arranged a marriage for her, but she was widowed while still in her teens. A few years after, the young widow fell for a man of whom her parents thoroughly disapproved: the rakish soldier Art Ò Laoghaire. Eibhlín and Art eloped, settling in his ancestral home in County Cork, but things were far from peaceful. The Sheriff of Cork, an Anglo-Irish Protestant, detested Art, and after one too many disputes, had him unjustly declared an outlaw; Eibhlín’s husband was now on the run. When his mare returned home, bloodstained, Eibhlín knew the worst had happened. She rode back to recover her husband’s body.

Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, Eibhlín’s lament for her husband, is recognized both as one of the most beautiful poems in the Irish language and one of the best poems of its century in any language. As for Art’s murderers, the Sheriff was found innocent by a jury of his peers - but not by Art’s brother, who gravely wounded him before fleeing across the Atlantic. Eibhlín herself would live until 1800.

#eibhlin dubh ni chonaill #eileen o’connell #irish history #history #awesome ladies of history #my art #murder tw

[dimeadozencows]

Krispee cream

#kris deltarune #kris dreemurr #deltarune #kris my beloved #i don't think I've even liked a vg protagonist as much as i love them #maybe chell #but i love kris even more #i love them so much i wanna stop playing Deltarune to give them a break ❤️ #i like the idea of them feeling gender euphoria in the dark worlds #not only because of one of the most comforting lines in vg history that you can get by interacting with their closet in castle town #'you can wear whatever you want' #but also because someone noticed that their sitting down sprite in the dark world is slightly taller than the light world equivalent #(the one thats used in ch 2 next to the lake if you dont talk to onion san in ch 1) #cus yeah. magical world where everything is perfect. where u get magic powers and awesome outfits. where everyone likes you and prises you #gender euphoria fits right in :] #honestly id open a dark fountain to feel taller regardless of any apocalyptic ramifications or #faceless outside forces who could harm me and my loved ones #i totally understand them and i do not believe anyone has the right to judge their actions #my art #i was on the fance about posting these but afreakingmilkshake convinced me :] i hope i spelled ur username right lol #i lovvvve giving them hairstyles. if only i could make my hair into a perfectly round afro and not have it sadly droop like sad spongebob #maybe in a dark world #(↑another reason to open the dark fountain. they were justified) #i also love giving them braces. and eye bags. and dry skin. the middle school essentials #i love them. i hope the game ends soon so we can leave them alone so they could shower. the poor bastard

[saranilssonbooks]

Best whale wishes to you from little old me and my BFF. Thanks for being awesome and making me happy, folks!

Had something more realistic in mind, but the illustration style apparently got the better of me. (I should in fact be working right now.)

Bonus story: a group of little boys stopped by my table and wanted to take pictures of my drawing. I let them, since the thought of someone out there being shown one of said pictures and identifying the characters amuses me.

Bonus bonus story: Teenager stops to stare at the skeleton, reads the plaque and exclaims "shit, I didn't know they still existed!"

#moby dick #herman melville #obsession #literature #classic literature #book characters #ishmael #whales #book art #queequeg #cross hatching #fanart #you are awesome #good enough drawing #sperm whale #skeleton #natural history #bff #anecdote #happy place #nerding out #kids are weird #pen and ink #shenanigans

[cupcakesmoothie]

Sometimes I wanna draw and then I realise I can't draw

Anyway. WIP! I feel like this'll be fun if I keep going but I have a tendency to lose all motivation if I leave it so I usually do things in one shot. However, I need to go to bed.

I feel like this is a lot of research that people will never see unless they themselves are Mexican but one of the reasons I make/draw things like this is so people feel seen. I looked over a couple things for this, quite fun! This is supposed to be a chiapaneca dress, but I am not used to this more "realistic" style so the dress actually needs to spread out more. It's so pretty though! Will either be very fun or very torturous to colour

This is Paloma! I haven't started on her wings and at this point I'm not sure how to add them in. She's Mexican and was a fashion designer. I'm using that as an excuse to continue putting eyeliner on Alexis, who she is friends (?) with. She's older than him.

I have seen somewhere that Spanish Spanish and Mexican Spanish are slightly different, the two should still be able to communicate. I don't know what you call a "big sister/miss" in Spanish, or if that's even something you do. I guess Senorita would be it? I'm trying to convey that Alexis is showing respect to her though, so that feels like it's not it.

I'm debating between wing styles also. I think colourful wings (Like a parrot) would be pretty, and not as common as dove wings (Which are her namesake). Also it was while I was looking those up that I found out the Mexican flag has an eagle on it! The golden eagle wings sound pretty interesting, if a little bit drab, but having her be tied to the national bird would be fun I think. And lastly, wood pigeon wings, which are also her namesake, only in Latin.

#If any Mexicans stumble across this and don't mind sharing things about your culture feel free to dm me or send an ask #I have many questions. #I prefer to have someone to directly ask since looking stuff up on Google can be a little bit. You know #Have to scroll down so far to find the wiki article now #Honestly anyone can just dm me about this #Learning about cultures is fun and having accurate representation is awesome #If you are Spanish please please please give me outfit ideas #Alexis is probably my favourite boy and I still don't got an outfit for him #I wanna dress him up like a Genshin character. #Say what you will about Genshin and representation (Not good) but #I really love seeing those posts where they can point out exactly what the character is wearing and the history behind it #Like I wanna make something like that!!! #sweetmountainseeds #plagues blessings and journeys #my art #wip #work in progress #mexican

[uncleclaudius]

16th March 37 AD, Caligula became the third Roman Emperor.

The Romans really hoped they would have a good time after over twenty years of dour, unpopular Tiberius, and it certainly proved to be eventful.

Here is a statue of Caligula on a horse. Perhaps it is Incitatus, his favourite horse, which, despite what the most popular stories say, was not made a consul. However, Caligula did give the horse lavish stables and its own slaves to take care of him.

#and no wonder because horses are awesome creature #caligula #gaius caesar august germanicus #emperor caligula #ancient rome #roman history #ancient history #ancient art #roman empire #ancient culture #statue #equestrian statue #horse #incitatus

[tiktaalic]

most of the time i have zero understanding for the want to read bad nromance novels im like. why would you do that. what do you get out of that. but last night i was going thru the markwardo tag on ao3 and i was . utterly and completely charmed. by how many were like. eduardo works at a coffee shop on campus and mark sits in the corner till close on his computer! au where they're born with their soulmate's most important words on them! au where they get stuck in a timeloop and mark spends it trying to give eduardo the most romantic day possible so that he can always remember it and be happy!

#I would never read more than 8k of one but i get it. now #etxt #i might start taking a new stance which is identical to a very common and annoying stance. which is twee-ified aus of very distonal (not a #real word but feels better in my sentence than dissonant or discordant) source material are like. works of art in a way #you know how sometimes you see something very normal and the entirety of human history slams into you like a freight train and yourel ike h #hey what is all this what IS all thsi why are we doing this. #mobile game ads where some streamer i've never heard of is in his mood lighting bedroom slash office of the apartment he's renting because #he cant afford a house. and he's sitting there telling me SNAIL GAME where you're a snail is totally awesome. because he's going to cut a #300 - 1k check for his troubles. of having a hobby outside his 40 hours joband overworking himself at his hobby until it has a profit margi #so that he has enough acclaim to get paid to do a 30 second mobile game ad spot. while still living in his apartment. it's like #a black mirror episode. #anyway. you can experience the same churning turmoil and clarity by reading about the characters in a critically acclaimed drama having #soulmate tattoos.

[ko-odi]

:3c <3

#drake haunted drake haunted drake haunted drake haunte #someone talk to me abt drake haunted olease #i love him so mcuhv #WAILS #the haunted minecraft #drake the haunted #oh also i tried using medibang and it FEELS so nice but the lack of color history and the crowded ui makes my brain hurt #PLUS THERE ARE ADS #but i did get to turn drakes mc skin into a brush and then draw him with it so thats awesome #but i think ill stick to autodesk sketchbook ^^ i hate change #anyways #my art

[sentientstump]

dude got through the rest of nho to try to beat up the first ever opponent he faced many many months ago

if thats not cool then oh snappers

#i am so happy about this episode you have no idea #it will go down the history for sure #the hermit history... the hh.... xD #i noticed something as well i might even clip that! i found it very cool and very awesome and i want to do a post for all of the tc fans #speech speech.... *ugly crying face* dhshsjhjjghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sob #jmax he beat up the nho...... jmax he did it.... xD youre gonna be very happy to hear that #sigh #i will reblog all of jmax art today i dont make the rules get the frick ready

[peaceloveandhistory]

Fun fact: Samuel Colt before 1855, when he was manufacturing the "gun that won the West," started his career by selling hits of nitrous oxide to audiences looking for a cheap high. Colt was also referred to by critics as the "revolving patriot," due to his selling of guns to the North and the South in the arms build-up before the Civil War. One thing is for sure, Colt was an innovator but with an illusive, dark past.

Source: Thornton, Steve. “2 Wicked Sam Colt.” Wicked Hartford, The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2017, pp. 25.

#histoire #history #history in the making #history is awesome #history of science #history stuff #historyposting #today in history #history lesson #connecticut #history is all you left me #art #world #writing #history has its eyes on you #history era #education #history research #history rant #history tumblr #history things #history today #youtube #usa #history is important #history is fun #samuel colt #peaceloveandhistory #history lover #lit

[bogsleep]

The Fifth Plague of Egypt, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1800. Oil on canvas.

#saw this in person in the IMA and it’s awesome #but my photo didn’t turn out well 😭 so this one is from wikimedia commons of the same exhibition #jmw turner #oil painting #art #art history