If you’ve ever wandered through a museum staring at a 14th-century tapestry and thought, “Why does everyone look so chill while being stabbed in the neck?” — congratulations, you’ve noticed one of history’s weirdest aesthetic consistencies. Medieval art is full of people getting absolutely wrecked — spears through torsos, swords in skulls, arrows everywhere — and nobody seems remotely concerned. It’s like the entire population of the Middle Ages was collectively dosed with Xanax before every battle, martyrdom, and beheading.
(via Sad and Useless)
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