Bacchus and Ariadne

art history aesthetic // art history blog Of ladies, knights, of passions and of wars, of courtliness, and of valiant deeds I sing. Canto I, stanza 1 ➳ Ludovico Ariosto

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Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon (c. 1954)

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Nadia Boulanger

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Lada, a cherished member of our extended library family, is already diligently working towards her New Year’s reading goals.

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Ziegfeld Girl, 1920s.

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alexander mcqueen fw13

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Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, 1743-1809

Venus with a dove, ca.1780, graphite, pen and ink, 20,5x16,5 cm 

Metropolitan Museum of Art                 Inv. 2008.384

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Les Roses - Rosa gallica purpuro-violacea magna, (detail) 1824. Pierre-Joseph Redouté

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salle des miroirs, palais de versailles, france

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greek myth meme  ☰   [4/8] other deities

persephone was the daughter of zeus and demeter. she was a vegetation goddess and she became queen of the underworld through her marriage to hades, lord of the underworld, after he abducted her while she was picking flowers.

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Swedish wedding crown from the 18th century

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Empress Lilith from Pazuzu - 1994.

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Diamond, Ruby and peral necklace set in gold.

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Beatrix Potter Letters