Cringe-fest

All the world’s a cheap stage, and we are but bargain-bin actors.

[cringe-fest]

Mimum actum est

[vintage-tigre]

"Walking Objects" by Laurie Simmons (1989)

[deathandmysticism]

Simon Bening, God creating Eve from Adam's rib, ca. 1525-30

[manyother]

This is the famous miniature by the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening, kept at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It depicts in detail the biblical story from the Book of Genesis, where God creates Eve from Adam's sleeping rib in the Garden of Eden.

This work is part of the ornate Prayer Book by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg.

[lascitasdelashoras]

Ikkō Narahara - The Horse Crossing on the Sea, 1961

[vintage-tigre]

David Bowie and his supermodel wife Iman, 2003 - Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth for Tommy Hilfiger.

[summertimenoir]

Rita Hayworth in The Lady From Shanghai (1947)

[cringe-fest]

50 posts!

[vintage-tigre]

Golly Gosh, She’s Hot - this is a rare 1930s European porcelain kinetic sculpture, which has a detachable left leg that can be used as a smoking pipe. The empty seat next to her would be where one placed the tobacco or herb of choice to pack into the pipe.

Descended from a much older Chinese and European tradition of risqué articulated nodding figures, these Naughty Nodders were novelty items designed for storing spices, trinkets or smoking paraphernalia. They are being rediscovered today as examples of mid-century kitsch, pin-up culture and postwar ceramic design. Most commonly found examples are Japanese export ashtrays mass produced during the late 1940s and 1950s post war colonial era.

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Betty Blue (1986)

[manyother]

Béatrice Dalle (b.1964). Betty Blue (lit. '37.2° in the Morning') is a 1986 French  erotic  psychological drama film.

[thatisentertainment]

THE PRINCESS BRIDE 1987 | dir. Rob Reiner

[madmax76d]

One of my favorite getting even moments

[manyother]

This photo was taken on the morning of August 5, 1962.

The picture was taken in the courtyard of Marilyn Monroe's house, located at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California (USA). The photo shows the moment when paramedics carry the body of the actress out of her mansion a few hours after she was found dead.

Lee Wiener was the photographer of this historical scene.

[samanthasawyer1]

[celebs4ltr]

Sandra Bullock

[cringe-fest]

This image features Sandra Bullock, but the image itself is generated by a neural network (AI).

The image simulates a scene from the iconic science fiction action film "The Terminator" (1993), where the actress played Lieutenant Lenina Huxley.

The device on her head: This is a helmet for so-called "virtual sex" (or digital non-contact mind fusion), which was used in a utopian future society instead of traditional physical contact.

[hollywoodgems]

Luscious Susan Hayward, early 1950s.

[cringe-fest]

This is an artificially colored (colorized) image. The original historical portrait of Susan Hayward, taken by a film studio in the 1940s, was in black and white.

The actress had bright blue eyes. However, the real Susan Hayward had brown eyes.

Her hair looks dark brown or almost black. In reality, Hayward was one of the most famous red-haired beauties in Hollywood.

[dinovelvet]

[deathandmysticism]

The Fishermen Battle with the Giant Squid, 1881

[manyother]

1998. Cameron Diaz (b.1972) in 1998 (photographer-Michelle Huddy). 

[cringe-fest]

"Self-Portrait with a Magical Scene",(1635/37) by Pieter Bodding van Laer (c.1599- 1641) was a Dutch  painter  and printmaker.

This is a Dutch artist with the Italian nickname Bamboccio, and he painted perhaps the most stressful self-portrait in the history of art.

At the bottom is a burnt piece of paper: the author's signature, the notes, and the lyrics of the song, "il diavolo no burla," "the devil doesn't joke."

The moral is simple. It's bad to practice black magic. It's beautiful to admire art.