daughter of chaos

Gabrielle ⊹ art lover ⊹ fond of nature and finding beauty in things ⊹*⊹*⊹ I'm amorous but out of reach, a still life drawing of a peach

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Zoomorphic Vessel (Fallow Deer), Northern Iran, c. 1350-1000 BCE,

Brown burnished ware, 34.6x34.5 cm

Courtesy: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, USA)

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Fang Chuxiong aka 方楚雄 (Chinese, b. 1950, b. Guangdong, China) - 紫藤狐狸 (Wisteria and Fox), Chinese Painting: Ink, Color on Paper

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Aviary

ca. 1850-60

Made in Pennsylvania, United States

Wool, twigs, moss, brass, glass

The MET

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Long-eared Bat

anonymous, Netherlands, 16th century

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Mori Tetsuzan

Deer and Maples 4 panel screen Edo Period

first half of the 19th century

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A bird, likely an ostrich, among ornate detailing

From “The Sherborne Missal” (Add MS 74236) c.1399-1407

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gospels of john of opava: gospel initials

intricately decorated, full-page initial letters (F, I, I) for the gospels of luke, john, and mark, from the richly illuminated (and written entirely in gold ink) gospels of john of opava (evangeliar des johannes von troppau). manuscript produced in prague, bohemia, c. 1368

source: Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 1182, ff. 92r, 149r, and 56r

[daughterofchaos]

Unfinished chapels, Batalha by Andrea Kirkby on Flickr

[periodinteriors]

William Burges, Design for Truro Cathedral (unexecuted), c. 1878, pencil and watercolour.

[eopederson]

Stift Melk, Niederösterreich, Österreich, 2014.

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Mary Magdalene — Art Icons please, like or reblog if you use/save ♡

psd #1 by the lovely @miniepsds

psd #2 by myself, @loviestudio

[reanimatedjuniper]

girl who's died a thousand times and soon will die a thousand more: I think I'm starting to feel a bit better actually

[bisexualrozanov]

#we love a self aware queen

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Emma Schlangenhausen (Austrian, 1882-1947)

[withnailrules]

Eartha Kitt performing in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1955

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Source details and larger version.

There are lucky charms, lucky clovers, lucky horseshoes, lucky cats, good luck spells – thank your lucky stars for this collection of vintage good luck imagery.

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Edward Gorey (1925-2000) - Illustrations from 'The West Wing', 1963