Amateur Aesthete

See also: leplusgrandsacdespetitspois.tumblr.com (fandom, weird art history, cats, endless reblogs of those dancing reindeer gifs) and somepicturesofmen.tumblr.com (does exactly what it says on the tin)

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Gerald Mynott “Italian Villa Tuscany” 

From the Collection of twelve lithographic prints from The Curwen Studio,1984-87.

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Abbott Handerson Thayer, William Michael Spartali Stillman (1905)

[aesthete]

Hi everyone, I still exist, but so does my PhD work, so... I’ll reappear some day I’m sure. For now, here’s a nice thing I saw this weekend in Rome. Burne-Jones mosaics at St. Paul’s Within the Walls. (And if you’re here to ask if I’m willing to give away or sell my URL: No. Sorry. I’ve had it ten years now. I’m attached.)

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Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965), Cactus flowers. Oil on canvas, 32 x 32 in.

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Eugen Jettel (Austrian, 1845-1901), A meadow with willow trees near Staatz, c.1898. Gouache on cardboard, 34.8 x 25.7 cm.

via windypoplarsroom

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Plas Brondanw by David Biggins Via Flickr: Orangery

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Hong Kong In The 1950s Captured By A Teenager

These stunning photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s are captured beautifully by a teenager. Ho Fan who arrived from Shanghai in 1949. The streets, filled with vendors, coolies and rickshaw drivers, fascinated Ho. Taking pictures in a studio was the norm then, but the Ho was more interested in r

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His name is Ho Fan, and these pictures are from his book, “A Hong Kong Memoir.”

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Meni Chatzipanagiotou @menis-art

https://www.behance.net/meni_chatz

Check us out on Instagram: @Lesstalkmoreillustration

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Watercolour cats by Endre Penovac

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A Forest Stream, Hendrik Pieter Koekkoek

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Martin Jacobson (Swedish, b. 1978), Illuminated winter oak, 2013. Watercolour on paper, 72 x 96 cm.

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Ice storm - c. 1920s - (Via)

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Guignard Saner - Highway Chapel, Uri 1997. The monolithic exterior shields a meditative courtyard in the back from the highway noise, allowing visitors to focus on the mountain range. The windows are filled with crushed glass used from recycled bottles. Photos © Dominic Büttner.

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Eugène Grasset, Design drawing, 1900. Gouache and watercolour Marguerite brooch, made by Maison Vever, Paris

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