Bronwen MacDonald 🏺🏛️🏳️🌈
@vanth.bsky.social
She/her PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Resides in Japan. Artist. Etruscan and Roman funerary art. Vanth fan-girl. Mom of 2. (bronwenmacdonald.com)
It was a bit a rough month for one reason and then another, so #classicstober ended up a bust. I did, however, manage to get one drawing done of this Etruscan carnelian engraved gem of Ajax and Cassandra. Getty Collection No. 2019.13.10 (Original: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...)
November 11, 2023 at 11:09 AM
It was a bit a rough month for one reason and then another, so #classicstober ended up a bust. I did, however, manage to get one drawing done of this Etruscan carnelian engraved gem of Ajax and Cassandra. Getty Collection No. 2019.13.10 (Original: www.getty.edu/art/collecti...)
Throwback. My version of the Amazon queen Penthesilia. Ink on paper.
November 5, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Throwback. My version of the Amazon queen Penthesilia. Ink on paper.
Throwback. After doing the initial drawing I was messing around with manga filters on Clip Studio. Marble bust of Polydeukes c. 165 CE. Referenced from a photo by @profyarrow.bsky.social.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
October 23, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Throwback. After doing the initial drawing I was messing around with manga filters on Clip Studio. Marble bust of Polydeukes c. 165 CE. Referenced from a photo by @profyarrow.bsky.social.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Throwback. My interpretation of Phanes, the Orphic god of Light and the Firstborn from the Cosmic Egg.
"...throughout this world you brought pure light. For this I call you Phanes..." - Hymn 6 to Protogonos. The Orphic Hymns. Trans. Athanassakis, A. 1977.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
"...throughout this world you brought pure light. For this I call you Phanes..." - Hymn 6 to Protogonos. The Orphic Hymns. Trans. Athanassakis, A. 1977.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
October 17, 2023 at 9:59 PM
Throwback. My interpretation of Phanes, the Orphic god of Light and the Firstborn from the Cosmic Egg.
"...throughout this world you brought pure light. For this I call you Phanes..." - Hymn 6 to Protogonos. The Orphic Hymns. Trans. Athanassakis, A. 1977.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
"...throughout this world you brought pure light. For this I call you Phanes..." - Hymn 6 to Protogonos. The Orphic Hymns. Trans. Athanassakis, A. 1977.
🎨 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Rural, ineffable, two-form'd, obscure,
two-horn'd, with ivy crown'd, euion, pure.
Bull-fac'd, and martial, bearer of the vine,
endu'd with counsel prudent and divine:
Triennial, whom the leaves of vines adorn,
of Jove and Proserpine, occultly born.
- Hymns of Orpheus (Taylor)
AncientBlueSky
two-horn'd, with ivy crown'd, euion, pure.
Bull-fac'd, and martial, bearer of the vine,
endu'd with counsel prudent and divine:
Triennial, whom the leaves of vines adorn,
of Jove and Proserpine, occultly born.
- Hymns of Orpheus (Taylor)
AncientBlueSky
October 16, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Rural, ineffable, two-form'd, obscure,
two-horn'd, with ivy crown'd, euion, pure.
Bull-fac'd, and martial, bearer of the vine,
endu'd with counsel prudent and divine:
Triennial, whom the leaves of vines adorn,
of Jove and Proserpine, occultly born.
- Hymns of Orpheus (Taylor)
AncientBlueSky
two-horn'd, with ivy crown'd, euion, pure.
Bull-fac'd, and martial, bearer of the vine,
endu'd with counsel prudent and divine:
Triennial, whom the leaves of vines adorn,
of Jove and Proserpine, occultly born.
- Hymns of Orpheus (Taylor)
AncientBlueSky
Last year I did a Wonder Woman as Amazon paper-doll booklet for the Wonder Woman for President 2022: 50 Years of Kick-Ass Feminism conference. You can still download the PDF here and print yourself a dress-up paper-doll to colour! wonderwomanforpresident2022.wordpress.com/wonder-woman...
October 15, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Last year I did a Wonder Woman as Amazon paper-doll booklet for the Wonder Woman for President 2022: 50 Years of Kick-Ass Feminism conference. You can still download the PDF here and print yourself a dress-up paper-doll to colour! wonderwomanforpresident2022.wordpress.com/wonder-woman...
Throwback. This is still one of my favourite pieces of art. An Etruscan bronze cista lid done on scratch-board. (And let me say that just scratching the ink almost wrecked my wrist, I cannot imagine engraving it into metal!) 🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
October 14, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Throwback. This is still one of my favourite pieces of art. An Etruscan bronze cista lid done on scratch-board. (And let me say that just scratching the ink almost wrecked my wrist, I cannot imagine engraving it into metal!) 🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Throwback. My patrons can (regardless of their tier) earn a commission. In this case one asked for my take on the "Triple Goddess". I feel that the crone aspect is neglected in the modern world so she's the focus. And being African, she just has to be the Mama. 🎨https://www.patreon.com/bronwen
October 13, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Throwback. My patrons can (regardless of their tier) earn a commission. In this case one asked for my take on the "Triple Goddess". I feel that the crone aspect is neglected in the modern world so she's the focus. And being African, she just has to be the Mama. 🎨https://www.patreon.com/bronwen
I more imaginative drawing. This is Arke (twin sister to Iris) who is feeling for the wings that Zeus tore off her back as punishment for siding with the Titans. I wrote a piece reflecting on the violence and her potential erasure on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/59352310
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
October 7, 2023 at 11:36 PM
I more imaginative drawing. This is Arke (twin sister to Iris) who is feeling for the wings that Zeus tore off her back as punishment for siding with the Titans. I wrote a piece reflecting on the violence and her potential erasure on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/59352310
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Throwback art. Roman cavalry mask/helmet. I'm sorry, but I didn't save the details of the artefact I referenced. 🙇🏻♀️
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
October 6, 2023 at 11:35 AM
Throwback art. Roman cavalry mask/helmet. I'm sorry, but I didn't save the details of the artefact I referenced. 🙇🏻♀️
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Throwback art. Not /everything/ I do is classical artefact based. Here's a piece called 'Dreaming Awake'. 🎨
October 4, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Throwback art. Not /everything/ I do is classical artefact based. Here's a piece called 'Dreaming Awake'. 🎨
Throwback drawing. The "Winged Horses of Tarquinia". 4th c. BCE. Terracotta. National Museum of Tarquinia. 🏺AncientBlueSky 🎨 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged-...
October 2, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Throwback drawing. The "Winged Horses of Tarquinia". 4th c. BCE. Terracotta. National Museum of Tarquinia. 🏺AncientBlueSky 🎨 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged-...
Konnichiwa! I'm a PhD candidate at Stellenbosch Uni, South Africa, but I live in Japan. My areas of interest include Etruscan and Roman art, Vanth, the Erinyes/Furies. Comparative mythology. Classical reception in Victorian art. I also do art and can be contacted for drawings for your publications.
September 29, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Konnichiwa! I'm a PhD candidate at Stellenbosch Uni, South Africa, but I live in Japan. My areas of interest include Etruscan and Roman art, Vanth, the Erinyes/Furies. Comparative mythology. Classical reception in Victorian art. I also do art and can be contacted for drawings for your publications.
Throwback drawing. Toddler Apollo and Artemis slaying Python. 5th c. BCE Etruscan bronze mirror from Cerveteri. Villa Giulia 51109.
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Original on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Original on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...
September 29, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Throwback drawing. Toddler Apollo and Artemis slaying Python. 5th c. BCE Etruscan bronze mirror from Cerveteri. Villa Giulia 51109.
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Original on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...
🏺🎨 AncientBlueSky
Original on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pa...
Throwback drawing.
Stele Kallidemos, son of Kalliades. ca. 350–325 B.C. Greek, Attic. Now in the MET Museum (www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
AncientBlueSky 🏺
Stele Kallidemos, son of Kalliades. ca. 350–325 B.C. Greek, Attic. Now in the MET Museum (www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
AncientBlueSky 🏺
September 29, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Throwback drawing.
Stele Kallidemos, son of Kalliades. ca. 350–325 B.C. Greek, Attic. Now in the MET Museum (www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
AncientBlueSky 🏺
Stele Kallidemos, son of Kalliades. ca. 350–325 B.C. Greek, Attic. Now in the MET Museum (www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...)
AncientBlueSky 🏺
Another throwback. This was a painful piece but I love it! I might try and colour it some time. I'm not certain on the details but it is an Etruscan shield that apparently came from the Tomba Castellani in Palestrina and is now held in the Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia.
🏺AncientBlueSky
🏺AncientBlueSky
September 26, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Another throwback. This was a painful piece but I love it! I might try and colour it some time. I'm not certain on the details but it is an Etruscan shield that apparently came from the Tomba Castellani in Palestrina and is now held in the Museo nazionale etrusco di Villa Giulia.
🏺AncientBlueSky
🏺AncientBlueSky
More throwback art while I clean out my account on the other site. Applique for a funeral couch. Etruscan/Italic. 150-50 BCE. www.getty.edu/art/collecti... 🏺 AncientBlueSky
September 25, 2023 at 9:48 PM
More throwback art while I clean out my account on the other site. Applique for a funeral couch. Etruscan/Italic. 150-50 BCE. www.getty.edu/art/collecti... 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Throwback. Etruscan pendant with granulation (omg, I'm never trying to draw granulation again!). 🏺 AncientBlueSky art.thewalters.org/detail/27121...
September 24, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Throwback. Etruscan pendant with granulation (omg, I'm never trying to draw granulation again!). 🏺 AncientBlueSky art.thewalters.org/detail/27121...
Throw-back. Ink drawing of an Etruscan gorgon antefix drawing in the MET. (Inv. No. 1991.171.44)
September 22, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Throw-back. Ink drawing of an Etruscan gorgon antefix drawing in the MET. (Inv. No. 1991.171.44)
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September 20, 2023 at 9:44 PM
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I woke up to find this in the fridge. My SO made a pan of fudge last night while we were all sleeping. If they think this will stop puella and me from having fudge for breakfast, they are very sadly mistaken. 🤣
August 30, 2023 at 11:27 PM
I woke up to find this in the fridge. My SO made a pan of fudge last night while we were all sleeping. If they think this will stop puella and me from having fudge for breakfast, they are very sadly mistaken. 🤣
Throwback. "Penthesileia" (2019, ink on paper).
Ancientbluesky 🏺#art
Ancientbluesky 🏺#art
August 17, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Throwback. "Penthesileia" (2019, ink on paper).
Ancientbluesky 🏺#art
Ancientbluesky 🏺#art
Throwback. "Victoria" (2019, coloured pencil on toned paper). This was my final assignment drawing for the beginner class at SmART School (www.smarterartschool.com). Assignment was to draw an angel for a TCG. I was like, psssh, angels... I'll show you something better than angels!
🏺AncientBlueSky
🏺AncientBlueSky
August 17, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Throwback. "Victoria" (2019, coloured pencil on toned paper). This was my final assignment drawing for the beginner class at SmART School (www.smarterartschool.com). Assignment was to draw an angel for a TCG. I was like, psssh, angels... I'll show you something better than angels!
🏺AncientBlueSky
🏺AncientBlueSky
Throwback Thursday - "Sacerdos" (2019, coloured pencil on toned paper) 🏺
August 16, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Throwback Thursday - "Sacerdos" (2019, coloured pencil on toned paper) 🏺