#historical stuff

[seeminglydark]

Finished this really fun Cowboy AU piece! I really pushed my limits and boundaries on it, using new palettes and trying a lot of things I’d never tried before, and I’m so so happy with the result!

You can come up with your own story here, but my version involves a jail break, roping in an unwitting pony express rider and the headstrong saloon owner and an outlaw who isn’t actually a criminal!

Before you get too upsetti about them shooting at the sheriff plz remember who the sheriff would be in an AU for Seemingly Dark and I’m sure it’ll make you feel a little bit better.

#seemingly dark #cowboy au #original characters #cowboys #pony express #historical stuff #I actually did. try and make a lot of this historically accurate #not all of it mind you but some #I Hope you like it as much as i do!

[disappointedart]

A deeper voice, red and raw, from much, much further inside, said: KILL 'EM ALL

-Terry Pratchett, fifth elephant

Victorian werewolf as a representation of repression. Yes, another one. You take that.

#my art #historical stuff #victorian #gothic #fantasy #werewolf #gnu terry pratchett #comic

[schumi-nadal]

The Grand Staircase of the Titanic is maybe the most famous place on board. Positioned in the forward section of the ship, the Grand Staircase served as the primary link between decks for first-class passengers and provided access to various public rooms. Spanning seven levels from the Boat Deck to F-Deck, it was a prominent feature of the ship's interior. Adjacent to the staircase, passengers could find three first-class elevators, connecting A to E-Decks. At the top of the staircase was a stunning glass dome. It brought in sunlight during the day and glowed with lamps at night. The Grand Staircase wasn't just for going up and down—it was also where people gathered to socialize.

📸: Screenshots from the Demo 401 of Titanic: Honor and Glory

#sorry guys i'm so back into my obsession #hope some of you would enjoy it tho #so maybe i'm gonna post some other parts #this game is a piece of art #titanic honor and glory #rms titanic #historical stuff

[unhonestlymirror]

Belaruthians sharpen a very big tooth on russians also because their russian proclaimed Novgorod Duke Volodymyr (Vladimir) captured Polack, killed the Polack Duke Ragvalod, Ragvalod's sons and forcibly made Ragvalod's daughter Ragneda his wife, although she wanted to marry a Kyivan Duke Yaropolk. Most likely, he even raped her because she tried to kill Volodymyr (Vladimir) (already having sons from him), but failed. After an assassination attempt, Volodymyr (Vladimir) gave Ragneda and her son Iziaslav power in Polack.

Me knowing this all and watching russians portraying Polack!Belarus and Novgorod!russia as siblings/friends:

#that's why we as Ukrainians don't really want to take responsibility on novgorod because they were always fucked up in the head #and we don't want to associated witg cringe #but we don't want to be russia even more #hetalia #hws belarus #aph belarus #hws ukraine #aph ukraine #historical stuff

[liebgotts-lovergirl]

Historical Moodboards: Bonnie Parker

"I couldn't help loving him madly; for him, even I would die."

#Bonnie Elizabeth Parker #Bonnie Parker #historical people #historical stuff #historical #historical aesthetic #historical crime #Bonnie & Clyde #Bonnie and Clyde #historical couples #myboards #1930s #true crime #Barrow gang #partners in crime #infamous #couple #criminals #famous criminals #outlaws #mymoodboards

[fiora-miriel]

Historical novels and fanfics where men are skilled in loosening the stays/corset whatnot are so hot

I don't make the rules

#so hot #historical stuff

[the-one-and-only-aroace]

Pre aniline:

Until 1856, dyeing was only done with natural pigments. Plants, lichen, fungi and insects were all used in recipes to make good dyes. Anything that stains easily (see grass), generally doesn’t make good dye material. Mordents (look into more), bonded dye to fabric. This could also change the color, which made more varied shades available. Dye recipes were closely guarded (practical for them, annoying for researchers)

Yellow and tan dyes were pretty common. Sources for the new world (possible contenders are smooth sumac, rhus glabra, roots, and young cottonwood leaf buds) were easier to use than the European weld plant.

European woad was the main source of blue until indigofera was imported from tropical regions. Indigo actually produces a yellow color, until exposed to oxygen. To get dark blue, repeated dips into the dye bath and exposure to oxygen are needed.

Green dye was pretty much nonexistent. Chlorophyll doesn’t convert to dye. Some shades can be made, but deep green fabric would need to be yellow and then blue.

Cochineal insects from Mexico made Spaniards rich. Ground cochineal was vibrant, colorfast, and extremely popular.

Aniline:

In 1856, English chemist revolutionized dyeing. His dyes were made from synthesized coal tar, which came to be known as aniline. He first developed a mauve (purple), but other synthetic dyes for more hues were discovered. This allowed dyeing to be industrialized, no longer relying on expensive natural pigments. With dyes becoming more available, bright colors were much more explored.

@field-mouse-queen this gives more of a history than going into chemistry, especially for aniline dyes, but I’m tired so this’ll have to suffice.

#historical stuff #historical dyes #historical clothes #historical dress #research

[sarcasticdolphin]

This is from the funeral of Edward VII of Great Britain in 1910. 9 sovereigns of Europe - FJ was too old to go, so he sent Franz Ferdinand to represent him and as he wasn’t a sovereign, he didn’t get to be in the picture. But imagine a distinctly beardless (and mustache-less) Rudolf amongst these men with fine whiskers (some finer than others lol). 

And his lack of facial hair just accentuates how unnaturally young he looks. Also could have interesting later implications with Sisi - her being jealous of him or something.

#mirrorverse #historical stuff

[nipuni]

😔 Oh Crowley..

#good omens #good omens 2 #crowley #ineffable husbands #the sketch got out of hand #this series has so much stuff I love to draw like clouds fabrics historical fashion flowy hair wings religious imagery stars sad old men- #I'll get better at drawing actors at some point just bear with me for now #my art

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I love this!  The Schofield Building (previously known as the Euclid Ninth Tower) is a high-rise building in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The Building was modernized in the 1960’s, on the left, and restored to its original appearance in 2016.

Clevelandskyscrapers.com

#reverse remodel #historic buildings #other stuff

[disappointedart]

You can repress it, but you can't really get rid of it, can you?

#metaphors for queerness my beloved #my art #historical stuff #comic #victorian #Prussian #fantasy #wings

[little-pondhead]

Your Ancient History, Written In Wax

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Danny knew he should have put better security around the Sarcophagus of Eternal Sleep. It wasn’t even Vlad who opened it this time! The fruitloop was too busy doing his actual mayor duties because for some godforsaken reason, the man got re-elected.

No, it wasn’t Vlad. And it wasn’t Fright Knight, either. Nor the Observants. Who opened the Sarcophagus, then? Danny didn’t have time to find out as Pariah Dark promptly tore open a hole in reality and hunting Danny down.

The battle was longer this time. He didn’t have the Ecto-Skeleton, as that was the first thing Pariah had destroyed. The halfa had grown a lot over the past few years, and learned some new tricks, but apparently sleeping in a magic ghost box meant that Pariah had absorbed a lot of power. The bigger ghost acted like a one-man army!

Amity Park was caught in the middle of the battle, but the residents made sure it went no further than that. Vlad and the Fentons made a barrier around the town to keep the destruction from leaking. Sam, Tucker, and Dani did crowd control while Danny faced the king head-on.

Their battle shook the Zone and pulled them wildly between the mortal plane and the afterlife. Sometimes, residents noticed a blow from Pariah transported them to the age of the dinosaurs, and Phantom’s Wail brought them to an unknown future. Then they were in a desert. Then a blazing forest. Then underwater. It went on like that, but no one dared step foot outside of Amity. They couldn’t risk being left behind.

It took ages to beat him, but eventually, Danny stood above the old ghost king, encasing his symbols of power in ice so they couldn’t be used again. He refused to claim the title for himself. Tired as he was, Danny handed the objects off to Clockwork for safe keeping and started repairing the damage Pariah had done to the town. The tear he’d made was too big to fix, for now, so no one bothered. They just welcomed their new ghostly neighbors with open arms and worked together to restore Amity Park.

Finally, the day came to bring down the barrier. People were gathered around the giant device the Fentons had built to sustain it. Danny had brought Clockwork to Amity, to double check that they had returned to the right time and dimension.

Clockwork assured everyone that they were in the right spot, and only a small amount of time had passed, so the Fentons gave the signal to drop the shield.

Very quickly did they discover that something was wrong. The air smelled different. The noise of the nearby city, Elmerton, was louder and more chaotic. Something was there that wasn’t before, and it put everyone on edge.

Clockwork smiled, made a remark about the town fitting in better than before, and disappearing before Danny could catch him.

Frantic, Danny had a few of his ghost buds stay behind to protect the town while he investigated.

He flew far and wide, steadily growing horrified at the changes the world had undergone. Heroes, villains, rampant crime and alien invasions. The Earth was unrecognizable. There were people moving around the stars like it was second nature and others raising dead gods like the apocalypse was coming. Magic and ectoplasm was everywhere, rather than following the ley lines like they were supposed to.

Danny returned to Amity.

The fight with Pariah had taken them through space and time. Somewhere along the way, they had changed the course of history so badly that this now felt like an alien world.

How was he supposed to fix this?

-

In the Watchtower, The Flash was wrapping up monitor duty while Impulse buzzed around him, a little more jittery than usual. The boy was talking a mile a minute, when alarms started blaring an alarming green. Flash had never seen this alarm before, and its crackling whine was grating on his ears.

Flash returned to the monitor, frantically clicking around to find the issue, but nothing was popping up. No major disasters, no invasions, no declarations of war. Nothing! What was causing the alarm?

Impulse swore and zipped to a window, pressing his face against it and staring down at Earth. “Fuck! It’s today isn’t it? I forgot!”

“What’s today?” Flash asked. He shot off a text to Batman, asking if it was an error. The big Bat said it wasn’t, and that he would be there soon.

“The arrival of Amity Park. I learned about this in school; the alarm always gives me headaches.”

Flash turned to his grandson, getting his attention. “Bart,” he stressed. “What are you talking about?”

Impulse barely glanced over his shoulder. Now that Flash was facing him, he could see a strong glow coming from Earth. “The first villain, first anti-villain, and the first hero,” he said anxiously. “They all protect the town of the original metas. They’re all here.”

“Here? Now??”

“Yeah? They weren’t before, but they are now. The first hero said there was time stuff involved, which was what inspired me to start practicing time travel in the first place.”

“I’m not following.”

“It’s okay. We should probably go welcome them before they tear apart Illinois, though. The history I remember says that some of them freaked and destroyed a chunk of the Midwest during a fight with each other.”

“WHAT?”

#dpxdc #pondhead blurbs #liminal amity park #I’ve seen stuff like this in the mhaxdp fandom and I eat it up every time #basically the fight with Pariah caused the town to jump through time a little #and while they THOUGHT they were keeping everything in #shit leaked out and tainted those points in time #so technically #historically and genetically speaking #Amity Park is the origin point for the meta gene and Danny made history as the first hero #because Clockwork is a little shit #everyone embodies a basic ability and it has grown from there #the flash family are direct descendants of Dani (speed force Dani for the win) #Dash is the reason super strength exists #so on and so forth #go buck wild #bart learned about it briefly in history class in the 30th century #practically hero worships them #booster gold knows about them too but in contrast to Bart’s excitement #booster is fucking terrified because there was a period where Amity Park rebelled against the US government #and he’s from that specific time #he learned to fear phantom because he lived during that part while Bart is from farther in the future when those issues got resolved #guess who’s chosen to welcome the town? >:) #if you’re wondering what happened to the GIW #they turned into the branch Amanda Waller runs #Danny is the first hero #Vlad the first villain #and Dani the first anti hero #there’s an arc where Danny is trying to fix things but clockwork won’t let him into the timestream and all the heroes are horrified #because yeah Danny is the OG but if he goes back in time to fix his ‘mistake’ what will happen to them?

[unhonestlymirror]

You will never hear a russian admitting they are responsible for occupation of Ukraine and destruction of our culture and language... but for some reason, you can hear a Lithuanian joking that GDL was a soft occupation of Ruthenia (Ukraine), although it was probably the time of biggest prosperity and development. GDL was a very progressive and unique state for its times at least because of their famous principle "Старого не руйнуємо а нового не впроваджуємо" - "We don't destroy the old and we don't introduce the new". For Ukrainians, who were suffering from the Horde a lot and even left their homes for a while, it was shocking a bit. Yeah, we had a coup d'etat, change of power... and that's all. in fact, Lithuanian (and Belaruthian too) Dukes on our lands were the only power who learned our language and did not impose theirs on us. They managed the farm well and paid very generously.

There are practically no complaints left by Ukrainians against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which is a sensation because Ukrainians can't live without scolding our government. And if there were any left, the Rzeczpospolita and later the moscow dutchy would certainly have used them.

I think the next time I hear about the soft occupation (which is cute imo, instilling a sense of guilt for what happened ~700 years ago?), I need to tell about the soft occupation of Southern Baltics by South Slavic tribes BEFORE KYIVAN RUS TIMES!!! (which resulted in Balto-Slavic families arise and the first signs of future Belarus appear)

#Taking into consideration the current state of affairs in Lithuania the current perception of the government by Ukrainians #I... don't think Ukrainians would mind the same thing happening again. #Belaruthians would be 90% for this because they are tired of russification and Lukashenko. #but that's just my 2 cents #Lithuania #Ukraine #Belarus #history #historical stuff

[liebgotts-lovergirl]

Historical Moodboards: Alexander the Great

"There is nothing impossible to him who will try."

#myboards #ancient history #Alexander the Great #world history #Macedonia #Hellenism #war history #Alexander III of Macedon #tactician #history moodboards #historical moodboards #historical stuff #historical people

[daenerys-tarrgaryen]

Helaena Targaryen and Cassandra of Troy + parallels

#userstream #hotdedit #asoiafedit #gotedit #perioddramaedit #useroptional #periodedit #welighthewaysource #mine #my stuff #hotd&history* #helaenatargaryenedit #cassandra of troy #mythologyedit #userthing #usermouffe #greek mythology #phia saban #i know these aren't historical parallels but still found them interesting

[andromeddog]

horse time

#my art #ww1 art #ww1 #historical oc #oc stuff #would a british cavalryman in 1914 say yeehaw??? #also i know the pennon is way too long but im going for an aesthetic thing here okay