just an art historian

it’s from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina and dated to around 97-105 AD. I find it so comforting to know that even almost 2000 years ago people had friendships like these and wanted to spend their birthday together.

hi sorry s'cuse me but were NONE OF YOU GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT BLACK BOOKS OF HOURS???

oh to draw embroidery like Alexander Roslin does

this reminds me of my classical mythology lecturer in uni. He told us that he had a 'great idea for a school trip', that would entail us looking for a very dark cave, so dark that no natural light could reach.

“The myths of Dionysos are dominated by an initial fierce resistance to the god, in the same way that we refuse to recognize the wild forces in us until we are overwhelmed by their power.”