Frowzy Indulgences

wine-loving-vagabond:

thisblueboy:

Tuscan Painter, active in Rome c.1615-20, Abduction of Ganymede

And here I thought that I would never be disturbed by a painterly depiction of the Abduction of Ganymede myth after seeing Rembrandt’s. 

eskisanat:

William Bouguereau - Les deux baigneuses

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howtobeafuckinglady:

Girl zip me up Unpublished project for Alaïa by Steven Meisel (1987)

(Source: butchqueen, via fashinpirate)

workman:

sulphuriclike:

Stefano Maderno_Saint Cecilia_1600

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architecturalhistory:

Oxford University Natural History Museum, Deane and Woodward, Oxford, 1855-60

• Gothic Revival
• Strongly influenced by John Ruskin’s interest in expressing the natural world through architecture
• Most striking is the glass and iron roof. The first attempt at making the roof collapsed, as it couldn’t support its own weight.
• A second attempt rectified the mistakes, and still stands today.
• Cast iron columns support the roof
• Columns around the hall are each made of a different type of British stone.

architecturalhistory:

Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, 1777-79

• The first bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron.
• Cast iron had previously been too expensive a material to use, but a nearby furnace enabled the bridge to be made relatively cheaply.
• As there was no precedent, the bridge was put together as if it was made of wood. Each piece of iron was cast individually then attached together later.

sisterwolf:

William Hamilton - Celadon And Amelia

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Hands of Mstislav Rostropovich, 1961 - by Erich Auerbach  [+]

(Source: alesario, via agentlewoman)

intrepidcrow-girl:

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950).  Renascence and Other Poems.  1917.

(Source: youngdopenproud, via ascoldasearth)

biscodeja-vu:

Brahma. Punjabi depiction from about 1700.

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