Luis Eduardo Urquilla Ventura

Salvadoreño.
Escrito está: no sólo de pan vive el hombre. Plus Ultra.

[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

"Ringing of the Bells" by artist Eyvind Earle

[History of Khorâsân and the Persianate World @BiruniKhorasan]

Old picture of ethnic Tajik men from Samarkand.

[Sophia @SophiaFioren]

Vase by Émile Gallé, France, 1884

[Scott @Havenlust]

Why did Claude Monet keep returning to water?
Because water never gave him the same answer twice.

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

An 800-year-old oak door in the undercroft of Wells Cathedral, England.

Dated to around 1265–1266, it once protected one of the cathedral’s most secure spaces — the undercroft, used to store treasures, valuables, and manuscripts.

[ざっくり歴史速報 @8wa16]

司教の格好して説法する狐

14世紀前半（1340年頃）の法学写本『スミスフィールド・デクレタルズ』余白（マージナリア）に描かれた風刺画。

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

This piece is called "Break Free," created by artist Disha Dua.

[Unearthed 🏺 @UnearthedHQ]

Deep in the heart of ancient Bactria, where the rugged mountains of modern-day Afghanistan meet the legacy of Alexander the Great, an artisan poured their soul into a masterpiece. This is the Cybele Disk of Ai-Khanoum, a breathtaking 2nd-century BC relic forged from bronze and gilded with whispers of gold leaf.

More than just metal, it is a living bridge between worlds. Look closely, and you can almost feel the desert wind as the great Anatolian mother goddess, Cybele, rides a chariot pulled by powerful, majestic lions. Beside her stands Nike, the winged goddess of victory, while overhead, the sun god Helios shines his radiant light upon a crescent moon and a star.

This disk is the emotional heartbeat of a forgotten multicultural empire—a place where Greek settlers and Near Eastern cultures didn't just coexist, but beautifully fused their faiths, dreams, and art into one timeless story.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Franz Hein: ‘Mermaid in a Pool with Goldfish’, 1904

color lithograph.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

genius

[Masterpieces of Japan @JapanTraCul]

Crane in Waves, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1833-1835

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

Vintage Art Deco Diana lamp.

[MrCasey @MrCasey62]

“I am certain in my heart that all that I am, I have received from God.”

~ St. Patrick

[Colección Mariano Moret @ColeccionMMoret]

Al contemplar el icono del Pantocrátor (s. VI) del Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Sinaí en un documental sobre Iconos cristianos, inmediatamente pienso en como me recuerda a algunos rostros del Greco y en lo mucho que pesaba la herencia bizantina en la cultura visual del cretense. Ahora os dejo el enlace del documental: https://t.co/lJnZVAkU5v

[Architecture Hub @archpng]

Doors that look like pulled curtains — but they’re bronze.

This is the west portal of St. Jacobi Church in Hamburg, created in 1966 by sculptor Jürgen Weber. Set within the historic church’s stone entrance, the bronze doors fold like heavy fabric while carrying detailed relief scenes across their surface.

[ざっくり歴史速報 @8wa16]

ホルンを吹く兎

13世紀フランスの聖書の挿絵

[HerodotusWave @HerodotusWave]

The "Helioendimio" double bed designed by Luigi Ontani in 1982.

[soli @solisolsoli]

Keeping the Night by kazunoko_zunoco

[LeoDaVinciWave @LeoDaVinciWave]

Grand Central Terminal in New York City, photographed around 1929.