🪷 #267th 🎂🎉 🏛️ The British Museum first opened its doors 15 January 1759, free to all ‘curious and studious persons’. Modern-day priests of #Antinous from Britain, US and Europe wish Happy Birthday to the museum where #Townley #Antinoos and #Hadrian reside side-by-side.🎺🎉🏛️🎊🪷
🪷🍷 28 Aug is #RedWineDay. Raise your glass of wine to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. This exact replica of the #Townley #Antinoos bust adorns the altar of the Hollywood Temple of Antinous. #NationalRedWineDay 🍷 🪷
🪷 Emperor #Hadrian and the #Townley #Antinous busts are on display side by side at the British Museum, Room 77. 🪷
🪷 May 25 is #WorldTarotDay!
When #PamelaColmanSmith (16 Feb 1878 - 18 Sept 1951) was creating her #Tarot cards, she was inspired by the British Museum's #Townley #Antinous bust. So she included #Antinoos in her now famous cards! Full tribute here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/happ... 🪷
🪷 May 16th is Shades Day! Art: "Del Imperio al Pop. El amor nunca muere" (From Empire to Pop. Love never dies.) #Hadrian wearing sunglasses side by side with the exquisite #Antinous #Townley bust at the British Museum, enhanced by @hadrian_augustus_21 via Instagram. #ShadesDay 🪷
💋 March 16th is #LipsAppreciationDay when we appreciate the beauty of #lips. #Antinous as #Dionysus #Bacchus ... #Townley bust in the British Museum is a remnant of what was once a colossal statue. 💋
🪷 #266th 🎂🎉 🏛️ The British Museum first opened its doors 15 January 1759, free to all ‘curious and studious persons’. Modern-day priests of #Antinous from Britain, US and Europe wish Happy Birthday to the museum where #Townley #Antinoos and #Hadrian reside side-by-side.🎺🎉🏛️🎊🪷
Book cover THE GREAT GOOD THING A novel by Roderick Townley
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, no particular order.
Just covers.
Day 2
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