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The Griffon Helm, around 1540. Italy.

This bourguignotte is a typical, though marvelously crafted, example of how Mannerism is reflected in arms and armour.

Elaborate decorations and shapes of fantastic animals became common for the parade armour. Griffon, a beast from ancient mythology, was both a tribute to the fascination with antiquity and an animalistic representation of it’s owner’s might and fury. As the visor was raised, the knight became half-man half-beast.

Musée de l’Armée

Easily the creepiest helmet I’ve seen in my armour appreciation life. It even beats this. But not the fanciest of all the Italian bourguignottes, let’s be fair.

Rum Brave | Murder by Death

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:17:37 -0400

Rum Brave | Murder by Death

bienenkiste: Photographed by Marton Perlaki for The Room Spring...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:57 -0400

bienenkiste:

Photographed by Marton Perlaki for The Room Spring 2011

“I don’t believe in men’s wear or women’s wear, I just like...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:24 -0400

“I don’t believe in men’s wear or women’s wear, I just like what I like.”

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:23:46 -0400

Hope in the Air — Laura Marling Why fear death, be scared...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:52 -0400

Hope in the Air — Laura Marling

Why fear death, be scared of living,
our hearts are small and ever thinning.
There is no hope ever of winning.
oh, why fear death, be scared of living.

I went to a bouncy castle place with the preschoolers today.

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:37:04 -0400

I went to a bouncy castle place with the preschoolers today.

Kiernan Shipka photographed by Dawn DiCarlo for Zooey Magazine,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:12:22 -0400

Kiernan Shipka photographed by Dawn DiCarlo for Zooey Magazine, Spring 2013 Issue.

dutch-and-flemish-painters: colourthysoul: Louis Gallait -...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:27 -0400

dutch-and-flemish-painters:

colourthysoul:

Louis Gallait - Joanna the Mad with Philip I the Handsome

Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), known as Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la Loca), was heiress of the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon, a union which evolved into modern Spain. She married Philip the Handsome, initiating the rule of the Habsburgs in Spain. After her mother’s death, the couple briefly ruled Castille (1504-1506). After Philipp’s death in 1506, Joanna became mentally ill and was was confined to a nunnery, while her father Ferdinand and later her son Charles ruled Spain in her place.

Philip I (22 July 1478 – 25 September 1506), known as Philip the Handsome or the Fair, was the first member of the house of Habsburg to be King of Castile. The son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands (as Philip IV) from his mother, Mary of Burgundy, and briefly succeeded to the Crown of Castile as the husband of Queen Joanna of Castile, who was also heiress-presumptive to the Crown of Aragon. He was the first Habsburg monarch in Spain. He never inherited his father’s territories, nor became Holy Roman Emperor, because he predeceased his father, but his son Emperor Charles V eventually united the Habsburg, Burgundian, Castilian, and Aragonese inheritances.

The future King Henry VIII of England met Philip the Handsome on a visit Philip made to Henry’s father’s court in London, and regarded him as providing a model of leadership towards which he aspired.

confusedtree: Like obviously a billion dollars is worth more than the feelings of sad teenagers but...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:18 -0400

confusedtree:

Like obviously a billion dollars is worth more than the feelings of sad teenagers but I just love that Tumblr finally removed all ambiguity from that truth. I would choose the money too

Pandora — Tribute to Edgar Maxence

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:32:27 -0400

Pandora — Tribute to Edgar Maxence

burgundyreds: Lino Villaventura

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:33 -0400

burgundyreds:

Lino Villaventura

Pandora — Tribute to Edgar Maxence

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:12:58 -0400

Pandora — Tribute to Edgar Maxence

Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:51:27 -0400

dipot: Gustave Moreau: Sappho (1893)

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:07:18 -0400

dipot:

Gustave Moreau: Sappho (1893)