it was her soul i loved

alma, infj, xxi, literature, history and art lover (◡‿◡✿)

[soulmvtes]

spring on film 🌷

[artfoli]

Details in Pink 

Afternoon Tea for Three, by Frédéric Soulacroix.

The Love Letter, 1750, by François Boucher.

La Soirée, by Vittorio Reggianini.

Flirtation, by Frédéric Soulacroix.

Une Beauté en Rose, by Marie-Félix Hippolyte-Lucas.

The Artist Marie Suzanne Giroust, 1770, by Alexander Roslin.

Portrait of Mary, Countess of Howe, 1764, by Thomas Gainsborough.

La Jeune Musicienne, 1788, by Michel Garnier.

[fruitie]

[oatmilkmaid]

[stickerfae]

[ninebagatelles]

“We often have to explain to young people why study is useful. It’s pointless telling them that it’s for the sake of knowledge, if they don’t care about knowledge. Nor is there any point in telling them that an educated person gets through life better than an ignoramus, because they can always point to some genius who, from their standpoint, leads a wretched life. And so the only answer is that the exercise of knowledge creates relationships, continuity, and emotional attachments. It introduces us to parents other than our biological ones. It allows us to live longer, because we don’t just remember our own life but also those of others. It creates an unbroken thread that runs from our adolescence (and sometimes from infancy) to the present day. And all this is very beautiful.”

Umberto Eco (1932 - 2016, RIP)

[llovinghome]

[fordarkmornings]

Edmond Aman-Jean (French, 1860-1936)

Intimacy, 1901

[heartclovers]

New York City Ballet production of movie version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

[ashstfu]

hands and books <3

[fordarkmornings]

Paul Fischer (Danish, 1860-1934)

Summer on the Beach

[heartluvr2000]

being alive is cool because you get to listen to music and read books

[antikseftali]

[fordarkmornings]

Félix Vallotton (French, 1865-1925)

Naked Women With Cats, ca. 1897 

[cheruib]

life has not forgotten you (it holds you in its hand)

[hyrude]

We were together. I forget the rest.

source: annalaura_art

[yidan]

‘Safe on the other side and here. (A long silence.)’

2021

Zhang Yidan (Instagram)