ora pro nobis

better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

[talonabraxas]

The Four Noble Truths shejtano @shejtano

[pazzesco]

Due to the success of the 1896 series, Champenois asked Mucha to design 2 more sets based on the seasonal theme in 1897 and 1900.

The 1897 series (above) of color lithographs on paper is located at the Art Institute of Chicago.

[cuties-in-codices]

portrait of abbess st. madelbertha with a demon

from a german manuscript depicting various saints, ca. 1514-1519

source: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Ser. n. 4711, fol. 7 recto [detail].

[korolgalaktiki]

[cappellapaolina]

The Chapel of the Milk Grotto of Our Lady in Bethlehem, 1863

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1808-1894

Private Collection

[moviesludge]

i got you a present

[antonio-m]

"Mazeppa", c.1870 by Hermann Loeschin, Musée Bossuet, Meaux, FR. oil on canvas

[arinewman7]

High Tea

Daniel Merriam

2013

[polkadotmotmot]

Eugeniya Dudnikova - Questions about the nature of light, 2021

[hellanne]

When you start liking pain things start to get interesting.

Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays    (via lickinganorchid)

[gyossefka]

Tran Nguyen

[theblackestofsuns]

“The Heart”

Upon A Star (1987)

Moebius

Epic Comics / Marvel Comics

[theblackestofsuns]

“Approach”

Upon A Star (1987)

Moebius

Epic Comics / Marvel Comics

[theblackestofsuns]

“Something Wrong?”

Upon A Star (1987)

Moebius

Epic Comics / Marvel Comics

[mybluewindow]

Franz von Stuck - “Die Sinnlichkeit”, 1891

[3y3]

Dex (livelypocketdust)

[dismoondart]