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@antiquesfreaks , per ur last episode, here’s your new Patreon tier
Reblogged bendingsignpost
I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad
In case you're curious here's what I mean.
Renaissance(distinct lines, stability and the individual man):
Baroque (bold, chaotic, dramatic):
Romantic(romanticize the simple hard working life):
Do you see the difference?
this post has re-wired my brain in the best way
Reblogged strange-aeons
highly recommend keeping a small portrait of a historical figure who met a grisly end on your work desk. for perspective.
me: oh thomas cromwell, we're really in it now. every day i get emails.
the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: i was on committees with the duke of norfolk. and they beheaded me.
me: yep. good point.
me: cromwell. cromwell this post has got too big and famous and people are starting to misunderstand me on it.
the postcard of thomas cromwell i keep on my desk: oh no! you achieved too much fame and status? and now people are misrepresenting you? should we strip your lands and title? have you been beheaded?
me: YES ALRIGHT FINE
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~ Popular Amusements, Rev. J. T. Crane, D.D, 1870
The Rev. J.T. Crane, who previously disapproved of reading novels, turns his attention to another frivolous time-waster: the game of chess.
Reblogged windandwater
Anonymous asked:
would you read a fanfiction au set at your job? i.e if you're a barista would you read a coffeshop au for any media, hospital au if you're a doctor (?? i guess??? you get the point)
yes and i've actively sought it out
i wouldn't mind it but i'm not seeking it out specifically
no my job is boring and/or wouldn't work as a setting
no i hate my job and don't want to think about it in my spare time
it's nuanced
unemployed button
Reblogged morbidlymanders
The Terror + Antiques Roadshow pt. 1/4
Terror Heritage Post
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Reblogged creatureprofessor
Ships with height differences. Reblog if you agree
Don’t forget age difference
Reblogged creatureprofessor
what if the solution to all your problems is to get really into the history of polar exploration. Have you tried that
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~ The Guest's Handy-Book and Guide to Prominent Points of Interest in New York, Complete with Street Directory, Business Landmarks, and Official Time Tables of Express Trains on Leading Railroads Out of New York (Entertaining, Readable, Valuable & Necessary POCKET DIRECTORY for Visitors and Residents); Hotel Publishing and Advertising Co., 1886
Startle the natives in your town with this amazing advertising trick! I love how enthusiastic this ad is about what's basically a sign painted on glass and an electric light. To be fair, it was only seven years since the first public demonstration of outdoor electric light in the US.
Reblogged notkingyet
