Grand Duchess Anastasia at Tsarskoe Selo c.1910
Grand Duchess Anastasia at Tsarskoe Selo c.1910
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Some photos of WWI veterans with their tin masks, some surviving pieces, and a couple WWI plastic surgery photographs. Sorry if this offends you somehow; I find it fascinating.
Because of advances made in medicine, in WWI far more soldiers were surviving disfiguring facial injuries than ever before; this led to the rise in cosmetic surgery and prosthetics- the masks, though more aesthetically appealing than the early plastic surgery, were unsettling because they obviously didn’t move with the wearer’s face, creating a dead-eyed, doll like look. They fell out of favor by WWII, but many men who had received tin masks kept and used them for life.
I appreciate that they incorporated this bit of history into “Boardwalk Empire” via the Richard Harrow character.
(Source: stalinwasabasicbitch)
Judgement scene from Book of the Dead, c. 1375 BC
The Reichstag building on fire, Berlin, Germany, 27 Feb 1933.
The remains of a horse farm during the Great War
Armor of Henry II of France
Date: about 1555
Pericles! c495-429BCE.
The father of democracy himself! He orchestrated the rise of the noble democracy in ancient Greece and helped build the Athenian empire. He was the man behind the ‘Golden Age of Athens’, and created an entire new culture of cultural, military, social, political and economical changes that are still practiced today.
The Greek Parthenon in the acropolis in Athens was due to his vision, among many other famous Greek landmarks we all know and love.
Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is the Black Hours, one of a very few manuscripts on vellum that is dyed black. This image is of folios 18v and 19r shows Whitsun (also known as Pentecost).
For a digital exhibition, take a look at the Pierpont Morgan library website.
Image source: Free Christ Images website, and licensed for re-use with attribution.
A German shell striking the cathedral at Rheims, France
