Alvin Laureille

Mes dilectes 

[cestlavie51]

[ufansius]

Censorship

Every painting, every statue, every piece of art I ever posted here that contained nudity has been flagged. I’m not talking about porn; I don’t post any. I’m talking about Renaissance paintings, classical statues, everything. Can you imagine what would happen to the Louvre, the Met, the Guggenheim if such a standard was applied to their collections?

I’m deleting my posts, all 11,000 of them. I built this tumblr over a period of years, and I was proud of what I’d curated. I’ve nothing against obscenity (obscenity has a time-honored place in art), but I avoided posting it in an effort to be respectful of this community.

But it seems that a draconian red pen is being used to delete millenia of representations of the human form without regard for the sanctity of art. Even the few photographs I posted of bare-chested men from film and TV were flagged!

When there’s no room for art here there’s no longer any room for me. To my 17,000 followers: Goodbye, and good luck!

Ufansius

[cestlavie51]

[the-dead-poets]

[catonhottinroof-deactivated2023]

Fav blogs?

You must to say “please” because the answer takes my time.

Many of them are unfortunately inactive, but they are informative, valuable and inspiring. And also some of them are the sources from where many blogs on this platform and on some oters get their information. (I don’t always agree with the author's point of view.)

Illustrations, art

http://50watts.com/

https://50watts.tumblr.com/

https://pierangelo-boog.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/obillustrations

https://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/

https://fuckyeahvintageillustration.tumblr.com/

http://luciolicinio.blogspot.com/

http://illustrationsvp.blogspot.com/

http://illustrateurs.blogspot.com/

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/

http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/

https://poulwebb.blogspot.com/

https://aboutartnouveau.wordpress.com/

http://womenpaintingwomen.blogspot.com/

http://book-graphics.blogspot.com/

https://anemones-blog.blogspot.com/

http://www.artistsandart.org/

http://adventuresintheprinttrade.blogspot.com/

https://laclefdescoeurs.tumblr.com/

https://didoofcarthage.tumblr.com/

https://classic-art.tumblr.com/

https://hadrian6.tumblr.com/

https://arcadiainteriorana.tumblr.com/

https://soircharmant.tumblr.com/

https://german-expressionists.tumblr.com/

https://thunderstruck9.tumblr.com/

https://fabriciusitalicus.tumblr.com/

https://venusmilk.tumblr.com/

https://ancientart.tumblr.com/

https://somedevil.tumblr.com/

https://suebryanart.tumblr.com/

https://hideback.tumblr.com/

https://wonderlartcafe.tumblr.com/

Books, history

http://theshakespeareblog.com/

https://s357a.blogspot.com/

https://twitter.com/chatsubo

https://collation.folger.edu/

https://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/

https://fragmentosnomadas.tumblr.com/

https://mhsteger.tumblr.com/

https://tundragrass.tumblr.com/

https://onna-musha.tumblr.com/

https://twitter.com/victorianweb

https://twitter.com/whencyclopedia

https://twitter.com/drjeball

https://twitter.com/kspartiatis

https://twitter.com/tzoumio

https://twitter.com/julienolivier45

https://twitter.com/digitalmapsaw

https://twitter.com/romanhistory1

Photos, fashion

http://l-aquoiboniste.blogspot.com/

https://www.thesartorialist.com/

http://meteneishastaelparrus.blogspot.com/

https://horseunderthetable.tumblr.com/

https://kitajgorod.tumblr.com/

https://hinterdemmond.tumblr.com/

https://dame-de-pique.tumblr.com/

https://chagalov.tumblr.com/

https://mezzaluna.me/

https://firsttimeuser.tumblr.com/

https://to-ashes-we-fall.tumblr.com/

https://undr.tumblr.com/

https://birdsong217.tumblr.com/

https://regardintemporel.tumblr.com/

https://steampunktendencies.tumblr.com/

https://improving-slowly.tumblr.com/

https://somnolentdesolation.tumblr.com/

https://milamai.tumblr.com/

https://neapolisneapolis.tumblr.com/

Movie, music

https://silents-please.tumblr.com/

https://the-dark-city.tumblr.com/

https://margotfonteyns.tumblr.com/

https://jailhouse41.tumblr.com/

https://insearchofpaganhollywood.tumblr.com/

https://movieposteroftheday.tumblr.com/

https://filmstarpostcards.blogspot.com/

https://moviepostersold-blog.tumblr.com/

https://leadingtone.tumblr.com/

https://clavierissimo.tumblr.com/

https://historicalsingers.tumblr.com/

https://operavoci.tumblr.com/

https://fyeahoperasingers.tumblr.com/

http://jazzagemusic.blogspot.com/

https://songbook1.wordpress.com/

https://fuckyeahballetsrusses.tumblr.com/

https://petite-ballet.tumblr.com/

[standingatthefence]

Isabelle Huppert photographed by Édouard Boubat, 1986 

[smokedrunk]

Isabelle Huppert par Edouard Boubat.

[my-secret-eye-deactivated201902]

Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, 1976

[alaindelonlife]

[awesomebnw]

[golden-age-of-wireless]

ISAMU NOGUCHI

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

‘Lounging Louise’ - Louise Brooks photographed by Eugene Robert Richee ca.1928.

[leggerezza-dell-essere]

____ Nobuyoshi Araki, 1994.

[paolo-streito-1264]

Claudia Cardinale listening to records, 1959.

[vintage-old-hollywood]

Marlene Dietrich

[wehadfacesthen]

Photo by Irving Penn, 1948

[aa05150]

Trans-Europ-Express (1966) directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet

[billterebenthine]