Greek Classics Tapestries

The dark academia aesthetic embodies a love of learning and an appreciation of classic architecture, literature, and art. Express that with this pattern that features three Greek architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.

Halloween special edition by AGR

This design was adapted from an antique print in Thomas Bulfinch, The Age of Fable, 1897

Persephone Greek Goddess Mythology Dark Academia

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This beautiful Roman mosaic demonstrates three Roman ideas 1) momento mori (remember death (reminding one to live life to the fullest) 2) tempus fugit (time flies represented by the butterfly) 3) rota fortunae (wheel of fortune representing life being controlled by fate, the wheel supporting the skull and the clothes of a rich woman on left and a peasant woman on left.

"The Birth of Erichthonius. Gaea, goddess of Earth ... presents the young Erichthonius to Minerva. Behind Minerva is Triton and beside Gaea is Vulcan. Two Victories hover over the scene. Casucini Collection at Chiusi." Lithograph from Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l''histoire des religions et des moeurs de l''antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.

A Classical Grecian hoplite from the city of Argos, wearing a more plausible panoply than the Spartans of the film 300, breaks from the phalanx to deliver a mortal blow at the battle of the Hot Gates, 480 BC.

Greek vase scene derived from the antique bookplates in L'ornement Polychrome (1888) by Albert Racinet.

This design is based on a late archaic amphora in the Metropolitan Museum of Art attributed to the Berlin Painter

Demeter Greek Goddess Mythology Dark Academia

Greek Female Statue Mythology Illustration

Adapted from "Greek Vase Paintings." (London Unwin 1894) Harrison, Jane Ellen.

Derived from an antique illustration in Charles Mills Gayley, The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art, 1893

Adapted from "Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l''histoire des religions et des moeurs de l''antiquité." (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859)

This design is based off an antique print of Nike in Thomas Bulfinch, The Age of Fable, 1897

A young woman walks at night her dress deep blues catches a midnight breeze her brown hair is braided in gold. She wanders an Ancient Greek temple the gold stars are shining through the columns. The Sappho quote You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us Is subtly written in the sky in gold foil mixed font.

This is a 6th c. BCE Attic kylix by the Pistoxenos Painter. You can find it in the Carlotta Museum in Stockholm. It's also been made into a popular meme!

This Potteries In Warm Earthy Colors is suitable for your new modern Boho collection. Also perfect for gifts for vintage bohemian arts lover.

Ancient inkwells and pens, adapted from an illustration in William Smith, A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1873.

Ancient Roman fresco Landscape from the Imperial Villa at Boscotrecase, currently in the MET

Also available in white elsewhere in my portfolio

Also available in a black background elsewhere on my portfolio

This artistic interpretation is based on the reconstruction made by Emile Gilliéron. This fresco was excavated in fragments from the Minoan powerhouse of Knossos in 1914, dating to the Late Minoan IB period. Today, it can be viewed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

This design is based on an Athenian Kantharos (a type of drinking cup) that's in the Met's collection. This is a particularly fine example, decorated with palms and olives. The olives also call to mind Athens' patron goddess, Athena, and the foundation myth of the city.

A different take on Actaeon

This Brown Potteries And Leaves is suitable for your new modern Boho collection. Also perfect for gifts for vintage and bohemian arts lover.

Take back control against the patriarchy!

Bingus Maximus

Take back control against the patriarchy!

Take back control against the patriarchy!

Take back control against the patriarchy!

Athena line drawing in an arch with I’m not old I’m classics in pretty typography

This Potteries And Flowers On The Window is suitable for your new modern Boho collection. Also perfect for gifts for Pottery and bohemian arts lover.

Don't tread on me

A no-backround version of my other Athena peice.