“Let Us Read, And Let Us Dance; These Two Amusements Will Never Do Any Harm To The World.”

Karl Bryullov, ‘Last Day of Pompeii’, (Details)

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running around london in 1988

what am I supposed to do when all I crave is ✨academic validation✨ but cannot get myself to study

Feminine rage in paintings

Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi | Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist by Caravaggio | Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio | Jael and Sisera by Alessandro Turchi | Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Louis Finson | Jael slays Sisera by Ottavio Vannini | Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes by Orazio Gentileschi | La Douce Résistance by Michel Garnier | Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great by Elisabetti Sirani | Salome Bearing the Head of Saint John the Baptist by un unknown copyist after c. 1631 originated from Guido Reni

@academia-lucifer

unpopular opinion maybe but waking up to rain on a quiet weekend is quite literally the most magical thing in the world

I'm tired of this generation, I want a man from the 1800's to invite me to a ball and dance with him.

pov: you’re an occult librarian, serving witches, vampires, and other academics of the night