Aeternos esse nos credimus

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women reading in peter vilhelm ilsted (1861–1933)

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Relief sculptures from the Hadrianeum on the Campus Martius, 145 AD

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Józef Szermentowski (1833-1876), Morning Star, 1874

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Miniature Skeleton - Larva convivalis. Able to be posed and shaken, used by Romans most likely during banquets. In the first century B.C and the first century A.D., the Romans frequently linked images of the banquet and death in both literature and the visual arts. This blending of imagery probably derived from the resurgence during this period in the popularity of Epicurean philosophy with its emphasis on the need to grasp the pleasures of life while one is still able. (source)

Roman, Asia Minor, 1st century

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Adrian van der Werff Holland 1659-1752 -The penitent Magdalena

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The Card Room by Talbot Hughes - 1895

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Attributed to Jean le Noir  - The Wound of Christ, from The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy, before 1349.

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“Leave me to my own absurdity.”

— Sophocles, Antigone (via the-book-diaries)

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Emile-Eisman-Semenowsky-Paintings-Girl-Holding-a-Dove

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Franz Ittenbach (1879-1913) Doroteya

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Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1912)Graziella

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Women statues, el Rastro, Madrid.

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Brian Paterson

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“The Lily is Dead”, 1873

Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel

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“The Lily is Dead”, 1873

Adolphe-Alexandre Lesrel

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Villa Romana de Salar, Spain (2018/08)

The Roman Villa of Salar had an exceptional moment with the discovery of a third Venus. The third Venus - which is in a perfect state of preservation - complements the other two similar pieces found in 2012 and 2013.

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Detail of Medea, by William Wetmore Story.