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“Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling”
—Oscar Wilde
It’s been a while since we checked in on how the Renaissance is doing with its ocean mysteries, so here is a marine biology update circa 1550.
Seals come in two forms:
Buff

& Triangular

Walruses are horrifying

But whales are worse


Fish can have human faces

but not always where you’d expect

As for the rest






… it’s probably better left alone.
[All images except chest face fish from Historiae animalium liber IV : De piscium & aquatilium animantium natura. Chest face fish from The noble lyfe & natures of man of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen]
“kiss me, out by the milky twilight, lead me out on the moonlit floor”


“lift your open hand, strike the band and make the fireflies dance”








“she adores pretty things, and witty words”



Renaissance Art GIFs. x
Pallas and the Centaur by Sandro Botticelli

Same Energy:

knowledge is power right? and power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. come to bed with me darling, let’s discuss the merits of particular renaissance art styles until we pass out consumed by lust… god you’re so sexy when you talk pythagorean theorem like that


Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel (1847)


“Old man’s treasure” by Karl Gussow.

"Daydreaming" by Unknown Artist from the 19th Century.

"Daydreaming" by Unknown Artist from the 19th Century.
Me in a time machine
we are in a time machine. So, where do you want to go?
Oh let’s go to the 1500s!
Danypie, you are a brown skinned bisexual.
Ok let’s go to the 1700s!
Danypie, you are a brown skinned bisexual.
*Ok let’s go to the 1920s!*
*voice slowly deteriorates* Danypie, you are a brown skinned bisexual.
Fine the 1960s then!
DANYPIE YOU ARE A BROWN SKINNED BISEXUAL