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Venus and Tannhauser by Lawrence Koe, 1896

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William Adolphe Bouguereau, The Nymphaeum, 1878

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Carl Bertling (1835-1918) - Diana awakening Apollo

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Víly u pramene (Faeries Near the Spring) by Maxilmilian Pirner, 1895

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Dance of the Leaves, Dragonfly, Morning Dew by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (Polish, 1849–1921)

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Jules Joseph Lefebvre

French, 1836-1911

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Arthur Loureiro (1853 - 1932)

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Spring has come in winter. Snow in the branches Shall float as sweet as blossoms.

T.S. Eliot, from The Collected Plays & Poems; “Murder in the Cathedral,” (via violentwavesofemotion)

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I kissed his shadow. I kissed his shadow and this kiss did not touch him, this kiss was lost in the air and melted with the shadow. Our love of each other is like one long shadow kissing, without hope of reality.

Anaïs Nin, from “House of Incest,” published c. 1936 (via violentwavesofemotion)

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Aurora, William Jacob Baer

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Nymph, William Jacob Baer

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Nymphs Listening to the Songs of Orpheus, Charles François Jalabert (French, 1819-1901) 

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A Wood Nymph (1886) Robert Pötzelberger (1856–1930)

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Rene Gerin

French, 1862-1895

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Paul Delaroche - Louise Vernet on Her Deathbed [detail]

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Perfumes of lilacs, roses and irises Mellowness of peaches and honey drops Cerulean sky and cotton-candy clouds But mon amour was the most resplendent

(via girls-art)

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Godesses of night in paintings

Auguste Raynaud (French, 1854–1937)

Auguste-Alexandre Hirsch (French, 1833-1912)

François-Léon Bénouville (French, 1821-1859)

Americo Pedro (Brazilian, 1843-1905)