Perspective is everything.
Step into Sant’Ignazio in Rome and look down this corridor - your eyes swear the ceiling reaches into the heavens.
It doesn’t. It’s flat.
A masterpiece of illusion by Andrea Pozzo, proving that sometimes the sky is just paint … and belief does the rest.
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Just the sound of your footsteps on ancient cobblestones.
Calvi dell'Umbria, Italy.
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This dog and hare have been best buddies for over 800 years at the Church of St Mary and St David in Kilpeck, England.
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Nature is awesome.
"Blood Falls" in Antarctica.
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What trains looked like in the early 20th century.
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There are doors you remember opening for the rest of your life.
This is one of them.
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Sanctuary.
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Handmade door lock that depicts scenes from the fairy tale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." It was crafted around 1911.
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Beauty of the Night brooch, around 1900.
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Sometimes, it's the smallest moments that hold the greatest power.
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Alphonse Mucha, Zodiac (1896).
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Alphonse Mucha, Zodiac (1896).
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The Bramante Staircase at the Vatican Museums, with its famous double helix, allowing people to ascend without meeting people descending.
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Palais Royal sewing kit, from around the 19th century.
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Craftsmanship.
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One of the coolest vintage pocket lamps I've ever seen!
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Craftsmanship.
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A Perfume fountain from the collection of Marie-Antoinette (around 1780). Yes, as in, the Queen of France.
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These Grand Etteilla Tarot Type II cards are over 130 years old, having been published by Z. Lismon. The Two of Swords features the 2 April 1890 République Français tax-stamp.
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Frederick Sandys, Medea (1866-1868).
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"Beauty is not caused. It is."
- Emily Dickinson
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Stephen King in his office in 1983 at 36 years old. In the same year, he published Christine, Pet Sematary, and Cycle of the Werewolf.
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Jacques Louis David, The Death of Socrates (1787). Two years after this painting, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in France.
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The Two Central Figures in "Derby Day" by William Powell Frith (1860)
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Salomon van Ruysdael, View of the Town of Alkmaar (17th century).
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Vesuvius from Portici by Joseph Wright of Derby
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Did you know that the Lighthouse of Alexandria didn't fall from a single earthquake, but a series of them? Several earthquakes between 956 and 1323 AD gradually damaged & collapsed the ancient wonder
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Albert Christoph Dies, The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (1799).
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Many thanks for this wonderful addition; Bernini and other Baroque artists added a sense of drama that brought their sculptures to life in a different way from the Renaissance. Just compare the David by both Michelangelo and Bernini!
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Saint Michael and the Dragon Spanish (Valencian) Painter, around 1405.
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