Ivory Tower

irish harpist mary o’hara (1954)

by Yevonde tri-colour separation negative, 1935

Gymnopédies no. 1 played at 7-11 as a loitering deterrent

2000-year-old green serpentine stone mask found at the base of the pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Victoria & Albert Museum

Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish in Rimini, detail, 1518, fresco, anonymous painter from the circle of Gerolamo Tessari, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padua

Bull Sculpture, Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 BCE) ◉▮

Goya, "Look how solemn they are!" (¡Miren que grabes!), Plate 63 of "Los Caprichos" (1799).

© Misja Klimov, 2014

"Woman Attacked by a Kamikiri" by Utagawa Yoshifuji, Japan, 1868. This is what an encounter with a kamikiri looked like—a mischievous yokai (monster from Japanese folklore) that attacked its victims, usually women, and mercilessly cut off their hair.

Circa 20th Century

Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses 🐙

Cecil Beaton Self-portrait-as-King-Cnut-circa-1915-London-

"Deß weit und breit berühmten Johannis Isaci Hollandi Geheimer und biß dato verborgen gehaltener trefflicher Tractat", c. 1667

La Mort du Dernier Centaure (The Death of the Last Centaur) by Antoine Bourdelle (c. 1911-14)