The Cranky Professor

Western Civilization - you know, it's always about to end.
ancientpeoples: Bronze plague of Mithras slaying a bull  Mithras was originally an Iranian god who became very popular in the Roman Empire, especially with soldiers. Mithras is aided by a dog, a snake and a scorpion.  Roman  Mid-Imperial Period, mid 2nd tot early 3rd century A.D.  Location unknown Source: The Metropolitan Museum  Always reblog tauroctony.

ancientpeoples:

Bronze plague of Mithras slaying a bull 

Mithras was originally an Iranian god who became very popular in the Roman Empire, especially with soldiers. Mithras is aided by a dog, a snake and a scorpion. 

Roman 

Mid-Imperial Period, mid 2nd tot early 3rd century A.D. 

Location unknown

Source: The Metropolitan Museum 

Always reblog tauroctony.

cmog: For Cityscape, Jay Musler (b. 1949) chose a spherical container blown of industrial Pyrex glass, which he cut in half. He then cut the rim of the hemisphere into a jagged edge, sandblasted it, and airbrushed it with oil paint. Cityscape evokes an urban landscape at sunset, the profiles of buildings uniformly darkened by the setting sun glowing red-orange in the distance. Although Musler is best known for his sculpture assembled from pieces of painted flat glass, Cityscape is one of his most widely recognized works. It is an excellent example of how studio glass artists have interpreted traditional domestic glass forms, such as the functional bowl, as sculpture. In an effort to dissociate sculpture in glass from craft, many contemporary artists have avoided using traditional containers. However, in Cityscape, the viewer respects the interior space as nonfunctional. The sculpture’s relatively large size and its combination of decorative techniques reflect new trends in studio glassmaking in the 1980s. (via Cityscape | Corning Museum of Glass)

cmog:

For Cityscape, Jay Musler (b. 1949) chose a spherical container blown of industrial Pyrex glass, which he cut in half. He then cut the rim of the hemisphere into a jagged edge, sandblasted it, and airbrushed it with oil paint. Cityscape evokes an urban landscape at sunset, the profiles of buildings uniformly darkened by the setting sun glowing red-orange in the distance. Although Musler is best known for his sculpture assembled from pieces of painted flat glass, Cityscape is one of his most widely recognized works. It is an excellent example of how studio glass artists have interpreted traditional domestic glass forms, such as the functional bowl, as sculpture. In an effort to dissociate sculpture in glass from craft, many contemporary artists have avoided using traditional containers. However, in Cityscape, the viewer respects the interior space as nonfunctional. The sculpture’s relatively large size and its combination of decorative techniques reflect new trends in studio glassmaking in the 1980s. (via Cityscape | Corning Museum of Glass)

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erikkwakkel: Medieval smiley face This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day. Pic: Conches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century). More medieval doodles in this Tumblr.

erikkwakkel:

Medieval smiley face

This is a true feel-good doodle, drawn by a medieval reader and found in the lower margin of a 13th-century page. The surprisingly modern-looking smiley face is wearing glasses and seems to float towards the text in a balloon, quite content. This little scene made my day.

Pic: Conches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7 (main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century). More medieval doodles in this Tumblr.

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waking up and checking your tumblr like it’s the morning paper

(Source: pokec0re, via roundermask)

hismarmorealcalm: Portraitkopf Alexander des Großen Yes, we can tell it’s Alexander from his hair do!

hismarmorealcalm:

Portraitkopf Alexander des Großen

Yes, we can tell it’s Alexander from his hair do!

centuriespast: pair of eye inlays New Kingdom to Late Period (1550-332 BCE), 1550 BCE - 332 BCE Memorial Art Gallery

centuriespast:

pair of eye inlays

New Kingdom to Late Period (1550-332 BCE), 1550 BCE - 332 BCE

Memorial Art Gallery

awildofnothing: apiphile: jaggedfragments: Nothing could make me more curious about your taxidermy than this. I need this as a t-shirt as “zoologically improbable and/or terrifying to small children” sums me up. Finally I know what I want inscribed on my tombstone when I die.

awildofnothing:

apiphile:

jaggedfragments:

Nothing could make me more curious about your taxidermy than this.

I need this as a t-shirt as “zoologically improbable and/or terrifying to small children” sums me up.

Finally I know what I want inscribed on my tombstone when I die.

(via museumtales)