Hungry for Beauty

[°-° 🌿 @juniper_girl]

Natalya Petrova in Ruslan and Ludmila Руслан и Людмила (Aleksandr Ptushko, 1972)

[°-° 🌿 @juniper_girl]

Ruslan and Ludmila Руслан и Людмила (Aleksandr Ptushko, 1972)

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

would have felt so good to have a stylish houndstooth cloak in 300 bc

[mrs. jackpots @titleposting]

Morgiana (1972) is the perfect dark spring movie

[Medieval Diesel @TimothyEveland]

I had no idea about Academiciens until now. They act as official guardians of French culture and intellectual life, also called Immortals because they're elected for life by the Académie. They each get their own custom sword to go with their vestments, and they look amazing.

[Sammy @domesticmothman]

Human Lanterns (1982)

[. @misty_mountain7]

Kokuho
Director: Lee Sang-il

[lulu @stilIwalking]

buddha (1961) dir. kenji misumi (#botd)

[Miroslav @Yagnilo]

Saccos(dalmatic) of the Patriarch of Constantinople. 14th century.

[•R•S• @Ay_Blinkin]

Menzel's studies are a joy to look at. Spontaneous yet precise.

[shaun ^_−☆ @adobomochi]

i’ve always been fascinated by the phenomenon of language taking visual form in response to its natural environment.

many ancient scripts from tropical regions like baybayin, khmer, thai, balinese, and javanese developed their rounded, flowing forms not purely for aesthetic beauty, but because they were traditionally written on palm leaves. paper was not a very ideal medium in humid climates so dried palm leaves became the writing surface of choice.

sharp, straight strokes could easily split or tear the leaf. so scribes adapted their technique by favouring curved and looping forms that were gentler on the leaf surface. over generations, these practical adjustments became the standard way of writing the characters. what began as a physical limitation slowly transformed into a defining stylistic identity across much of southeast asia.

i find it incredibly compelling that something like climate and plant life can influence the way a language looks. not just what people wrote, but literally how their writing physically moved across a surface.
i just think that's so freaking cool.

[mia 🍮 @pitcher56fan]

i've grown fond of these mannequin displays i keep seeing on pinterest

[Matheus Marchetti @Mathmarchetti]

Wuthering Heights (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1988)

[100 NIGHTS OF HERO MOVIE @100nightsofhero]

These looks deserve a story of their own. #100NightsOfHeroMovie is NOW PLAYING - only in theaters. Get tickets now at the link in bio.

[𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐮 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐧 @retrofilmm]

The Mad Fox (1962) dir. Tomu Uchida

[あの夏 @DBo2750puu0hfu3]

「日本の礼冠」

豪華に装飾された冠といえば西洋の王冠のイメージが強いかもしれない（？）が、東アジアでも華麗な冠は古くから使われ、日本でも即位の礼や朝賀など特別な儀式の時にこのような冠が用いられた

西洋の王冠も儀式用に着用される重く装飾的な冠と平時に着用する冠は区別されたという

[Kevin MacLean (Fortress of Lugh) @FortressLugh]

Here's the exact armour being depicted in that Black Figure pottery - not mythical - real. The crests were organic and thus long gone.

This was anachronistic to the time period, but not mythical.

Stop the copes, stop the fanboying. It's pathetic.

[Tang Wen Xi @teulu_dewr]

Huge shame though they didn't get Alan Lee on the project

[Dan Davis @DanDavisWrites]

Tlingit armour incorporating Chinese coins.

Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, mid-19th century.

[BinGoblin @goblin_bin]

Concept:
Some Barons daughter who’s a little too into death