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pleased to announce that I have graduated from my university and now am free to do whatever (yay!)

this was my diploma project, a series of illustrations for Greek mythology

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The Women of Amphissa, 1887, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Medium: oil,canvas

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For years, having this sea snail was a death sentence.

The Charonia lampas (in Catalan, corn rugós) is the biggest sea snail of the Mediterranean. In the 18th century, it was used as a battle horn by the maulets, which were groups of armed civilians in the Valencian Country who fought for the rights of the agricultural workers against the the nobility and against the Spanish invasion of Valencia.

In 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession, the Valencian Country was occupied by Castille (Spain), as it still remains nowadays. In the years following this defeat, anyone who was found to have this shell at home was suspicious of having been a maulet and, so, executed.

#història #país valencià #maulets #guerra de successió #history #sea snail #war of the spanish succession #charonia lampas #18th century #1700s #history of europe

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD.

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Consecration of the herm, 1874, Fyodor Bronnikov

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The world you live in. Credit: walkingaswind

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Sea Idyll, 1908, Joaquín Sorolla

Medium: oil,canvas

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Folk Art and Folk Artists in Hungary by Gink Károly Published in 1968 by Corvina Press

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Blessing of the Wheat Fields, Jules Breton

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Ariadne, 1898, John William Waterhouse

Medium: oil,canvas

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Zeus Ammon, the merging of the Greek god Zeus with the Egyptian god Amun, was worshipped widely across the classical world from Thebes, Delphi, and Arcadia, through to Egypt and Libya in the form of a ram’s head, or a god with ram’s horns. Alexander the Great was once declared “The Son Of Ammon” by the Oracle of Delphi.

18 karat gold and diamond brooch of Zeus-Ammon (Mid-20th century, Wander & Co., Paris)

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GREEK GODS/GODDESSES WITH TXT POSTS

ZEUS: “I guess we all learned a valuable lesson, except for me, I wasn’t paying attention and was asleep for most of the time”

POSEIDON: “do you want salt with your answer”

HERA: “just found out the world doesn’t revolve around me. Shocked & upset”

ATHENA: “my kink is when people admit I’m right”

APOLLO: “i’m a brat??? okay and??? I know??? next argument???”

ARTEMIS: “i want that dog” “you want every dog”

APHRODITE: “hey just wanted to let you know, I’m beautiful, thank you and goodnight”

HERMES: “you’re kind of annoying” “kind of? kind of?? excuse me. excuse you. I am fully annoying. i am very annoying. there’s nothing half-assed half-hearted  “kind of” about it”   

HADES: “occupation: the family disappointment”

ARES: “sure, I made mistakes when I was younger. But now that I’m older I’ve learned how to make different, often far more serious mistakes”

DIONYSUS: “i’m dropping hints that I’m not fine”

HESTIA: “there’s so much caffeine running through my body right now. It’s like having a cockfight with my anxiety”  

DEMETER: “im sick of being a person. im going go into the woods lay down in the dirt and become a geological feature. and none of you are powerful enough to stop me”

IRIS: “defending myself: oh yeah?? well i got five words for you buddy: please be nice to me”

EOS: “have you ever met someone that was sunshine in human form”

HEBE: “what the fuckaroni”

HEPHAESTUS: “you can’t offend me. I lack emotion”

HEKATE: “it’s only forbidden if you’re a fucking coward”

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Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798 - 1863)

The Wrestlers, after Cephisodote the Younger (Les Lutteurs, d'après Céphisodote le Jeune), N/D

Brush and grey black ink over pencil on paper

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“The passage from traditional mythology to ‘religion’ constitutes a humanist decadence.” - Julius Evola