Call me old fashioned, but an animal hero I often turn to is Aesop’s quiet Tortoise, who shakes off the Hare’s cocky bravado. Some of Aesop’s life may be apocryphal, but as a 7thc bce former Greek slave, he knew pain & struggle —often his underdogs won the day 🐢

21 98

If I had to pick one fairy tale I loved as a child, it was Bluebeard. Brought to life by Charles Perrault in 1697, & illustrated below by Doré & Dalziel in the 19thc, the tale’s themes of forbidden secrets & the perils of curiosity were as old as Pandora 😱🗝#FairyTaleTuesday

13 81

'A Corner of the Tamar Valley.'  Harold Hitchcock's work falls recognisably into the English romantic tradition of William Blake and Samuel Palmer; sometimes slipping freely between the extremes of the French 17thC classicist Claude Lorraine and a touch of 20thC surrealism.

25 117

‘Get those men below! Man the pump! Sand the decks! Mr. Stephenson, get us out of here!’ GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE
Based on
Kindle: https://t.co/X43vc8Wr71
Print: https://t.co/0hSVAqFQh0

21 6

I love the way the Victorians conceived of witch & bat-woman attire —the 19thc had such rich histories surrounding occult hobbyists 🖤🦇#FaustianFriday

15 87

Giuseppe Zocchi
Alexander Visiting the Tomb of Achilles 18thC

https://t.co/jBlk9BZP2B

0 1

Mermaids, mermen & alchemical mysteries from the "Clavis Artis" held in Trieste's Biblioteca Civica Attilio Hortis & published in Germany in the late 17thc. The manuscript's title page claims it's a translation of Zoroaster written on dragon skin in the 13thc

28 105

NTLive2022公開決定㊗️
『#ブック・オブ・ダスト ~美しき野生~』5月13日
『#ヘンリー五世』9月2日
『#レオポルトシュタット』公開日未定
公開劇場🎦
THC日本橋、シネリーブル池袋  
THCららぽーと横浜
THC 赤池 
大阪ステーションCC
アップリンク京都
中洲大洋劇場
シネリーブル神戸*公開日未定

184 286

Benjamin Lay was an 18thC abolitionist, Little Person and friend of Benjamin Franklin. His guerilla theatre tactics raised awareness of the injustices of slavery, and led to Quakers opposing it. BENJAMIN LAY TAKES A STAND is a lyrical account of his life and travels

1 6

The Lovers (mid 20thc) by Remedios Varo, Catalan-Mexican para-surrealist painter and anarchist

122 644

To narrow down MCC's art collection to a select few is headache inducing. Paintings range from 18thC to contemporary works with landscapes, matches, portraits, grounds & thousands of prints to provide a comprehensive depiction of

2 4

Canada Bill: William Jones Confidence Artist - Chances are you even if you’ve heard of Wild Bill Hickok or Buffalo Bill, you haven’t heard of He wasn’t famous like either of those Bills ... https://t.co/mKVrNGJDbl

0 2

Tulips, Mary Moser (1744-1819), English painter-one of the most celebrated women artists of 18thc Britain

382 2910

Tamerlane using a captive king as a mounting block for his (late 16thC, BM)

That's doing it despot style.

5 32

I drew this last night in a thc sleep gummy induced fog

173 702

I'm fat & mentally ill
I wrote a book about a woman like me
The cursed 16thC hero loves her body & her mind
Her MI isn't magic/can't break his curse
She isn't "cured" by love
It's about trusting one's voice & the power of words
I'd love you to read it. RT!
https://t.co/4c4xbbFmmk

23 70

Alaska Thunder Fuck is the first In the collection. It's been a fun journey, I can-not wait to show what I have in store for you!! 😶‍🌫️

👇👇
https://t.co/vLJZYxGEqS

2 9