A.

the peculiar, the beautiful, & the brooding. — she / they

[langsandlit]

[aletheyass]

girl help i stood up too quickly and had visions of saint michael saint catherine and saint margaret telling me to drive out the english and take the dauphin to reims for his consecration

[alexandre-benois]

Street Dancer. Costume design, 1917, Alexandre Benois

Medium: gouache,graphite,pen,ink,watercolor,paper

https://www.wikiart.org/en/alexandre-benois/street-dancer-costume-design

[fairyskytten]

““hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally””

— little women by louisa may alcott

[viktor-vasnetsov]

Portrait of T. V. Vasnetsova, 1901, Viktor Vasnetsov

[cma-european-art]

Dovizia (Plenty), Giovanni della Robbia , c. 1520-1529, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture

Many elite Florentine Renaissance homes had sculptures of idealized young women carrying nature’s bounty, such as this work. The motif stems from a statue by Donatello (about 1386-1466) that towered over Florence’s main public market. At home, however, the sculpture became a talisman for the family’s well-being. Worry about the low birth rate was a serious political matter in Florence, so the sculpture would have stimulated fertility and promoted motherhood, but it also promoted financial success. Size: Overall: 110.2 cm (43 3/8 in.) Medium: glazed terracotta

https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.343

[modelsof-color]

Alexis Sundman by Ina Lekiewiczi for Harper’s Bazaar UK Magazine - October 2020

[fruitffish-deactivated20250218]

Detail of “Before the Wedding” (1882 painting) by Antonio Muñoz Degrain

[classicarte]

Perdue dans les rêves (Lost in Dreams) Friedrich von Amerling, 1835

[klassizismus]

Detail: Portrait of a Woman, probably Maria Schuurman, Anonymous c. 1599-1600

[klassizismus]

Dead Mother, Egon Schiele, 1910

[artist-holbein]

Design for a Pendant, 1535, Hans Holbein the Younger

https://www.wikiart.org/en/hans-holbein-the-younger/design-for-a-pendant

[cma-prints]

A Voice from the Cliff, Winslow Homer, Cleveland Museum of Art: Prints

Medium: wood engraving

https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1485

[si-american-art-museum]

Reception of the Artist in Panama, Eadweard Muybridge, 1875, published 1877, Smithsonian: American Art Museum

Size: image: 5 ½ x 9 ¼ in. (14.0 x 23.5 cm) Medium: albumen silver print

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=73860

[artist-sargent]

The Dance, after Carpeaux (?), John Singer Sargent, Feb 1907, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Size: 20.5 x 12.9 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.) Medium: Black ink on off-white wove paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/194857

[lawrence-alma-tadema]

Pandora, 1881, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Medium: watercolor

[lawrence-alma-tadema]

In the Temple, 1871, Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Medium: oil,canvas