Thepretentiousacademic - Quality And Beauty In The Everyday

Really happy for Greece getting the Elgin Marbles back.

museum studies goofs, 2/?

“The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I” from Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Willy Pogany (1910)

Me: Did you know that medieval cathedrals weren't actually supposed to be dark and rundown places with only stained glass as color? They were bright places full of light... the reason they look like that now is because of the centuries of accumulated grime and dust, here look at this restoration of the Cathedral of Chartres in France:

It's based on actual paint from the times, and when you think about it, it makes a lot more sense, after all a church is supposed to be a bright place of hope. Yet when we think about the middle ages we think about grimy and dark cathedrals. I wonder how much of our conception of history is shaped by our current visions of historical buildings.

My Goth GF: listen, I don't think this thing between us is working,

I'm not saying those two people in that piece of media shouldn't or couldn't be gay or in romantic love.

What I'm saying is, I think there needs to be more tenderness in friendships portrayed in media. Especially when both characters are men. I want men being tender with each other especially in platonic relationships. I have so many male friends who are so thoughtful and nice to each other and I rarely see that reflected in media.

Romantic relationships can be amazing. But the people that know me best and have known me the longest aren't the same people I'm romantic with and I don't want to be romantic with those people. Anyone I decide to be romantic with has DECADES of intimacy to catch up before they can start to compare with my friends.

What I think a lot of media portrays is that there is only one relationship that matters and it's the one with your lover and your friendships pale in comparison and I think some fans see what could be an amazing and deeply intimate friendship and automatically think they should be/are sleeping together.

More fore edge painting! This time it's a 1947 collection of poems by the roman poet Horace (snagged it for 5 bucks at a used book store, felt very self satisfied)

the illustration on this is supposed to be like.. a generic Muse? i do not know enough about greek mythology

THIS FLAMENCO SINGER GETS IT

Temple of Venus (Baalbek), built during the 3rd century AD.

This list does not scream “Sexually conflicted” to me. 

there is not one name on this list that isn’t a lifetime achievement of fucking