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archaicwonder: Greek Gold Phiale, Mid-4th Century BCPhiale (libation bowl) decorated with repetitive images of gorgons, the god Pan, fish, dolphins, lion heads and boar heads. Found in the Kul Oba Barrow near Kerch, Crimea in 1830. Modern Kerch was the
heaveninawildflower: Dance card (ivory, mother-of-pearl, and gilt metal) still bearing faint traces of names. Mid-nineteenth century. French - used in America. Image and text courtesy MFA Boston.
bishopdane:Born on this day in 1917, Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century,
ancient-serpent:Memento mori ivory skull, early to mid 19th century, Ivory, carnelian, Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
hogmine: Early to mid 19th century, Ivory, carnelian, Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
peashooter85: A Lefaucheux type pinfire revolver with folding bayonet, Belgium, mid 19th century.
peashooter85: Robbins and Lawrence pepperbox pistol, mid 19th century.
peashooter85: Engraved and pearl handled Remington New Model pocket revolver, mid 19th century.
vintage-tattoo: Mid Nineteenth Century Japanese back tattoo
vaxhuvuden: Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, 1537Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French, active mid-16th century)Oil on wood
necspenecmetu: Joseph-Benoit Suvee, Milo of Croton, mid 18th century
necspenecmetu: Charles-Andre van Loo, Male Nude, mid 18th century
Suzuki Harunobu, “Two Men”, pen and ink on paper, mid 18th century
EROTIC WATERCOLOURS painted on card- England mid-19th century
Nobody had to tell J.C. Leyendecker that sex sells. Before the conservative backlash of the mid-20th century, the American public celebrated his images of sleek muscle-men, whose glistening homo-eroticism adorned endless magazine covers.
antonio-m:Prince Umberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont (King Umberto II of Italy). Portrait by Philip de László, 1928During the mid-15 and 16th centuries, high collars and pleated ruff become so imposing they were nicknamed “millstones” – making
mrsramseysshawl: Denijs Calvaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1540–1619 Bologna), Standing Male Nude, mid 16th–early 17th century
lagonegirl: This, also keep in mind that the “American cowboy” has been exaggerated greatly by Hollywood and popular myth - it was really only a twenty/thirty year period in the mid-19th century that essentially ended around the American civil war
Tightrope Walker Blondin carrying his manager - c. Mid 19th century.
lagonegirl: This, also keep in mind that the “American cowboy” has been exaggerated greatly by Hollywood and popular myth - it was really only a twenty/thirty year period in the mid-19th century that essentially ended around the American civil
theladyintweed: Fayum Mummy Portraits, dating from around 30 BC to the mid 3rd century AD. The portrait heads were attached to Egyptian mummies of the Roman period, covering the faces of the deceased In the top pictures, you can see now they were bound
weirdvintage: During the mid-19th century, crinolines were so large that women were unable to fit into public transportation without first removing their large hoop-skirts (via Vintage Photo LJ)
smithsonianlibraries: To the chronicle of false chronicles we can add The Amber Witch. In the mid 1800s, Author Wilhelm Meinhold claimed to have discovered a 17th century manuscript written by a minister during the Thirty Years’ War. In it, the minister
skelos: Dagger, Italy, mid-16th century
acetylene-eyes: Edgar Degas - Two Women (1876-1877)Most of the canonical oil painters from the mid-19th century onward can hardly be said to have produced entirely chaste work.But what I find interesting is the extent to which sexuality is implicit in
cryptoscience: theladyintweed: Fayum Mummy Portraits, dating from around 30 BC to the mid 3rd century AD. The portrait heads were attached to Egyptian mummies of the Roman period, covering the faces of the deceased In the top pictures, you can see
andreva: How do you fabrics : Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) German painter and lithographer, known for his portraits of royalty in the mid-nineteenth century. He was a virtuoso in the art of conveying the texture of fabrics,
booksnbuildings: Books up to the mid 19th-century, being precious objects, were often given a binding so sumptuous that some of these books today are valued higher as objects of art than for their contents. All these books were sold - to a high price
victoriansword: British Police Constabulary Short Sword dates from the mid to late 19th Century and is nicely identified on the knuckleguard 4th Division Cheshire Constabulary. It is mounted with a slightly curved blade that measures 22 ¾ inches in
ephemeral-elegance: Embroidered and Drawnwork Lace Veil, ca. mid 19th century via Augusta Auctions
peashooter85: Silver handled percussion pepperbox pistol crafted by Filippo Pantaro of Torino, Italy, mid 19th century.
art-of-swords: Yatagan Sword with Scabbard Dated: mid-18th century Culture: Ottoman Measurements: overall length 84cm; blade length 70cm The sword has a single-edged, lightly curved watered steel blade. The ivory hilt features decorative studs and an
treasures-and-beauty: Vietnamese Jug. Nguyen period, mid-nineteenth century.
peashooter85: Beautiful gold decorated dagger with horn grip, Russian, mid 19th century. from Czerny’s International Auction House
pwlanier:A mid-19th century pink topaz and diamond Beetle brooch. Courtesy Alain Truong
yorkeantiquetextiles: Fragment of plain-weave cotton crepe with design of blossoms and flowing stream in natural, undyed cream on a dark blue ground. Mid-19th century, Japan. Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September
peashooter85: An engraved pinfire revolver originating from France, mid 19th century.
vintageeveryday: Portrait photos of teenage girls in the mid-19th century.
vintageeveryday: Hairstyles of Victorian girls in the mid-19th century.
yeahwriters: Persephone Books Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly women) writers.” That is awesome.
the-library-and-step-on-it: Persephone Books Persephone Books reprints neglected fiction and non-fiction by mid-twentieth century (mostly women) writers.
theancientwayoflife:~ Dispute between Heracles and Apollo. Medium: Marble Neo-Attic relief panel Date: Mid-2nd century Provenance: Athens, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (Αθήνα, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιά)
archatlas: French Streets and Architecture in the Mid-19th Century
marmarinos:Ancient Roman gilt bronze head of Antinous, set in an onyx and alabaster bust dated to before the mid 18th century. Currently located in the Galleria Estense in Modena, Italy. Source unknown, but image found on Pinterest.
kenney-mencher: A beautiful portrait that captures youth in all its glowing warmth and energy, this piece was painted by Allyn Cox, one of America’s finest muralists of the mid-20th century. Here he captures a tanned and confident young man, the
ganymedesrocks: Walter Stuempfig (1914 – 1970) was an American artist and teacher, one of Philadelphia’s most highly regarded painters of the mid-twentieth century, who, maintaining a resolutely realistic style firmly based in the academic tradition
ganymedesrocks: Though Jean Goujon’s (about 1510-1567), a French Renaissance sculptor of the mid-16th century, place and date of birth are unknown in any precise fashion, it is generally believed that he was born around 1510 in Normandy. His mature
gayillustrations: George Quaintance (June 3, 1902 - November 8, 1957) was a gay American artist, famous for his “idealized, strongly homoerotic” depictions of men in mid-20th-century physique magazines. He was an influence on many later homoerotic
hadrian6: Roman Statue of Apollo known as the Chigi Apollo, mid 2nd century. AD from the Imperial Villa, Rome. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
hadrian6: Academic Study of a Seated Man. mid-18th.century.anonymous. red chalk on beige paper.http://hadrian6.tumblr.com
hadrian6: Hercules and Achelous Artist: Attributed to the Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (Austrian) Date: probably mid-17th century Culture: probably Austrian Medium: Ivory Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 11 x W. 6 ¼ x D. 4 3/8 in. (27.9
coriesu: statuemania: The Martyrdom of St Sebastian (detail) by Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (Austrian, prob. mid–17th century), Ivory, 1655, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. (via TumbleOn)
myglyptothek:Portrait of a boy of Julio-Claudian family. Mid.I century AD. Marble. State Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersbourg. Inv. A 315
aleyma: Wrestling, detail of an illustration for Paul Hector Mair’s De arte atheltica, made in Augsburg, Germany in the mid 16th century (via).
ars-videndi:Pieter de Grebber (Dutch, Haarlem, circa 1600–1652/53) - Portrait of a Youth, mid 17th century, oil on panel, 79 x 62 cm, Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
static-people: Bronze Statue of a Man. ca. mid 2nd-1st century BCE. Greek
gayartgallery: Male art by Leyendecker (aka J.C. Leyendecker) Nobody had to tell J.C. Leyendecker that sex sells. Before the conservative backlash of the mid-20th century, the American public celebrated his images of sleek muscle-men, whose glistening
