and also the trees

MONT SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE

NILS UDO, Fougères, 1990 and Nid du Crestet, 1988

A child beneath the wing of his golden eagle in the Altai region in western Mongolia. The Kazakh nomads still use the birds for hunting.

Photograph: Massimo Rumi/Barcroft Media

Masha Popova SS23 RTW

gijs bakker in jewels of mind and mentality: dutch jewelry design 1950-2000 - yvonne g.j.m. joris (2000)

Game of bones by Martin van Maële (1882-1883)

Ruins , middle 1800

Northern Italy

Patchwork quilt floor!

You just know that some sweet little old Nana who has been making quilts for the last 50 years has seen this photo and gone “challenge accepted” and make a blanket with that pattern

Ok, I’ve decided I can’t leave well enough alone, but these pictures really do not do this mosaic justice. It is 9,000 square feet, and is basically patchwork spanning over 15 centuries. Here are some other pictures of the Antakya mosaic:

Also, it is not one of the largest mosaics; it is the single largest intact ancient mosaic in the world.

William Andrew Pogány (1882-1955), “Metropolitan Magazine”, Aug. 1916 Source

Victorian 14 Karat Gold Hand Brooch c. 1850 

Vilma Villaverde

Heidi Ukkonen (Swedish, 1980) - The Act of Deception (2021)

Could Be Different, Julian Adon Alexander

jennifer tifft in the costume-maker's art: cloaks of fantasy, masks of revelation - thom boswell (1992)