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Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:07:15 -0400

artpedia: John Everett Millais - Ophelia, 1851-52. Oil on...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:02:49 -0400

John Everett Millais - Ophelia, 1851-52. Oil on canvas

From the Tate Gallery, London:

The scene depicted is from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Act IV, Scene vii, in which Ophelia, driven out of her mind when her father is murdered by her lover Hamlet, drowns herself in a stream:

There, on the pendent boughs her coronet weeds
Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke;
When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And, mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up;
Which time she chanted snatches of old tunes,
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element; but long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull’d the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death.

A lot of beautiful minds

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:59:37 -0400

A lot of beautiful minds

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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:38:06 -0400

artpedia: Ceri Richards - Still Life with Music, 1933. Oil,...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:23:41 -0400

artpedia:

Ceri Richards - Still Life with Music, 1933. Oil, mixed media and drawing on canvas

artpedia: Kees van Dongen - Le Coquelicot (The Corn...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:45:36 -0400

artpedia:

Kees van Dongen - Le Coquelicot (The Corn Poppy), 1919. Oil on canvas

One of my favorite at MFAH

artistreader: ‘involving her image in my...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:42:59 -0400

artistreader:

‘involving her image in my voluptas’…

(detail from botticelli’s ‘primavera’, showing voluptas, the roman goddess of pleasure and bliss, the daughter of psyche and amor, in vernal dance with the two other graces castitas and pulchritudo.)

justinsbeach: One of Da Vinci’s lesser known drawings.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:42:04 -0400

justinsbeach:

One of Da Vinci’s lesser known drawings.

bighugsandhighfives: Boudicca was the wife of Prasutagus, who...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:40:45 -0400

bighugsandhighfives:

Boudicca was the wife of Prasutagus, who was head of the Iceni tribe in East England, in what is now Norfolk and Suffolk.

In 43 CE, the Romans invaded Britain, and most of the Celtic tribes were forced to submit. However, the Romans allowed two Celtic kings to retain some of their traditional power; one was Prasutagus.

The Roman occupation brought increased Roman settlement, military presence, and attempts to suppress Celtic religious culture. There were major economic changes, including heavy taxes and money lending.

In 47 CE the Romans forced the Ireni to disarm, creating resentment. Prasutagus had been given a grant by the Romans, but the Romans then redefined this as a loan. When Prasutagus died in 60 CE, he left half his kingdom to the Emperor Nero to settle this debt.

The Romans arrived to collect, but instead of settling for half the kingdom, seized control of it. To humiliate the former rulers, the Romans beat Boudicca publicly, raped their two daughters, seized the wealth of many Iceni and sold much of the royal family into slavery.

The Roman governor Suetonius turned his attention to attacking Wales, taking two-thirds of the Roman military in Britain. Boudicca meanwhile met with the leaders of the Iceni, Trinovanti, Cornovii, Durotiges, and other tribes, who also had grievances against the Romans includinggrants that had been redefined as loans. They planned to revolt and drive out the Romans.

Boudicca’s Army Attacks:

Led by Boudicca, about 100,000 British attacked Camulodunum (now Colchester), where the Roans had their main center of rule. With Suetonius and most of the Roman forces away, Camulodunum was not well-defended, and the Romans were drive out. he Procurator Decianus was forced to flee. Boudicca’s army burned Camulodunum to the ground; only the Roman temple was left.

Immediately Boudicca’s army turned to the largest city in the British Isles, Londinium (London). Suetonius strategically abandoned the city, and Boudicca’s army burned Londinium and massacred the 25,000 inhabitants who had not fled. Archaeological evidence of a layer of burned ash shows the extent of the destruction.

Next, Boudicca and her army marched on Verulamium (St. Albans), a city largely populated by Britons who had cooperated with the Romans and who were killed as the city was destroyed.

Changing Fortunes:

Boudicca’s army had counted on seizing Roman food stores when the tribes abandoned their own fields to wage rebellion, but Suetonius had strategically seen to the burning of the Roman stores. Famine thus struck the victorious army, weakening them.

Boudicca fought one more battle, though its precise location is not sure. Boudicca’s army attacked uphill, and, exhausted, hungry, was easy for the Romans to rout. Roman troops of 1,200 defeated Boudicca’s army of 100,000, killing 80,000 to their own loss of 400.

What happened to Boudicca is uncertain. It is said she returned to her home territory and took poison to avoid Roman capture.

A result of the rebellion was that the Romans strengthened their military presence in Britain and also lessened the oppressiveness of their rule.

Boudicca’s story was nearly forgotten until Tacitus’ work, Annals, was rediscovered in 1360. Her story became popular during the reign of another English queen who headed an army against foreign invasion, Queen Elizabeth I.

ornamentedbeing: Liane de Pougy, the courtesan who became a...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:38:54 -0400

ornamentedbeing:

Liane de Pougy, the courtesan who became a princess.

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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:30:17 -0400

elenadivincenzo: #cafedumonde #nola #neworleans (Scattata con...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:32:16 -0400

elenadivincenzo:

#cafedumonde #nola #neworleans (Scattata con Instagram)

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Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:56:46 -0400

streetsofserendipity: August 17, 2012 Washington Square Park

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:56:13 -0400

streetsofserendipity:

August 17, 2012

Washington Square Park

streetsofserendipity: August 23, 2012 Washington Square Park

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:53:13 -0400

streetsofserendipity:

August 23, 2012
Washington Square Park

truebluemeandyou: DIY Rodarte Inspired Star Hair Pins Tutorial...

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:49:44 -0400

truebluemeandyou:

DIY Rodarte Inspired Star Hair Pins Tutorial from Hello Whimsy here. I like this tutorial so much because it transforms cheap plastic buttons, has really good instructions, and shows you lots and lots of options on how to make it your own. You can also check out the DIY Cluster of Stars Hair Clip that has a different feel to it here.

amnhnyc: Inside the Herpetology Collection Photo by Rod

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:04:03 -0400

amnhnyc:

Inside the Herpetology Collection

Photo by Rod

suicideblonde: Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:03:54 -0400

suicideblonde:

Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire

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Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:01:08 -0400

moshita: Antique Skeleton Postcard, 1906-1910 JG50

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:34:31 -0400

moshita:

Antique Skeleton Postcard, 1906-1910

JG50