“Have you ever seen it, Aragorn? The White Tower of Ecthelion, glimmering like a spike of pearl and silver, its banners caught high in the morning breeze. Have you ever been called home by the clear ringing of silver trumpets? One day our paths will lead us there, and the tower guard will take up the call: The Lords of Gondor have returned.”
(via l-o-t-r)
(via mirroir)
(via caravaggista)
Caravaggio (1571-1610)
Medusa (Detail)
Oil on canvas mounted on wood
1598-1599
55 x 60 cm
(21.65” x 23.62”)
Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Italy)___
In Greek myth, Perseus used the severed snake-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa as a shield with which to turn his enemies to stone. By the sixteenth century Medusa was said to symbolize the triumph of reason over the senses; and this may have been why Cardinal Del Monte commissioned Caravaggio to paint Medusa as the figure on a ceremonial shield presented in 1601 to Ferdinand I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The poet Marino claimed that it symbolized the Duke’s courage in defeating his enemies.
Web Gallery of Art
ok so there was this artist with a painterly/art nouveau-ish style (ok maybe not really, but it wasn’t, like, cartoony)
they had a hiddleston/thor art, and i think thor/loki as well, and a few more thor-related drawings
it was A LONG TIME AGO TOO, long before the avengers came out
i know it’s super vague but i’m placing it in all the tags hoping SOMEBODY WILL HELP ME FIND THEIR TUMBLR AGAIN
Do you mean this guy? This is his DA page as well, if you’re interested!
(via sxirsx)
Trooper of 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, 6th British Airborne Division.
I love the look on his face. So serene and wistful even in the midst of the chaos.
