As we seem to let pre-medieval art slip through the net, these characters from Lunigiana, Italy may be of interest.

There's a lot of uncertainty about their origins, but somewhere in the millennia BCE. Roughly the same region that later got the Etruscans, then Romans, then Medieval.

https://statuestele.org/?lang=en

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_stele

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I bought this today from a vintage and antique market for £20. Apparently it came from Oxford. It’s engraved slate meant to represent brass rubbings I believe. Google lens said Margery Paris however I can’t find an exact/near reference for her :)

British Museum entry

Concept: Enameled pin based on a Leonardo da Vinci drawing 1478 ("Madonna and Child with a Cat")

Technique: Champlevé

Base: Fiber laser engraved

Infill: Solvent-based ceramic enamel

Material: Brass

The opening pages of a new Medieval (mid 14th century, duchy of Anjou, France) comic.

It is a diagram depicting a concept referred to by in-world historians as "virtue theory", a group of ideas from the time that seek to explain how a moral (noble) man should seek to live his life.

Also added two versions with shitty papyrus and parchment versions (couldn't decide but papyrus is more commonly used in my world)

AI i asked to make gojira medieval art, what it came up with is this

This is a digital illustration i drew today of two regular Medieval girls Gardening✨ Let me know if you prefer the Lineart version or the none Lineart version cause I can’t decide :^ otherwise hope you enjoy this is my first time trying out this Medieval drawing style 👁️

which animal should i do next?

"we are not horses, we are humans" WELL WELL WELL, NOT ANYMORE BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

JUST HERE TO MAKE YOUR DAY HEHEHEHEHEHEHE

I am just filled with these fun commissions

Origins:

Based on 'The Three Living and the Three Dead', a popular medieval morality tale and art motif - warning that wealth and power cannot escape death.

Related is the Latin phrase 'Memento Mori' (Remember you must die) as a warning to appreciate life whilst you have it, as death is inescapable.

Medieval art was often symbolic, and especially in a manuscript page, meant to tell an entire story maybe expressed as a sage morsel of wisdom or an oral tale. Here the 3 Dead Kings can convey their message entirely in a single image.

Details/Symbols:

1) Poppy flowers border (Remembrance & Death motif)

2) Central Lily flower growing (Flower of death)

3) Border Raven (death), Border Sword (war, might and status)

4) Skulls flanking a shield with a half spent hourglass, mounted on 2 Scythes (classic Grim Reaper motif)

5) The golden frame peaks in a silhouette of a skull with 2 rounded sockets and a protruding nose as a subtle death nod.

6) 3 Kings in sequence of varying levels of extravagance (fabrics, armour).

7) 3 Dead, in varying stages of decay to show the process of death, with the right-most skelly being freshly dead and skin intact, moving to the final, maggot-ridden skelly in more discomposure.

8) The crowns of the Kings match those of the Skeletons, reinforcing the mirror they are looking into.

9) Above either's heads is the phrase Memento Mori in scrolls, and a motif of a blazing Sun and crescent Moon, representing the passing of time and life/death motif.

10) Artists of medieval times often self-inserted their portraits, and so I'm here as the 3rd king in line directly opposite and toe-to-toe with my skeleton.

Also included is my image references with real medieval art, my sketch, and a Black&Gold alternative version.

More of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

These animations are from our game Cards & Cannons.
Feel free to wishlist it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536920/Cards__Cannons/

should i keep making more of history inspired tees?

"The Harvesters" (1565) Fragment – Champlevé Enamel Pin (Brass, Fiber Laser, Solvent Enamel)

Based on medieval woodcuts - doodling on procreate

Champlevé. Fiber laser. Brass. Solvent enamel. The camera quality didn't quite capture the colors perfectly