Ars longa, vita brevis

Old soul from Costa Rica. Anime and manga, fandoms, movies, literature, history, art, old photography, fashion and more.

[dadalux]

William Mortensen (1897–1965), Mary Mother of Jesus (Portrait of Dorothy Cumming), 1926

[lulilak]

i’ll watch them unravel you

credit : @nonalimmen

[nonalimmen]

© Nona Limmen {via Instagram}

[garettphotography]

Exeter Cathedral | GarettPhotography

[ducissatenebrarum]

Rome Church of Saint Mary of Victoria

[64mpg]

it has always been a dream of mine to relax

[threeamserif]

instagram | photos are my own, reblogs fine, do not repost/reuse

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

Beautiful ornate and very intricate gilt detailed book cover c1885 

Little Songs for Me to Sing - composed by Henry Leslie 

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

[Sold]

[moonlitgravess]

XXX

[requiem-on-water]

“The Sorrows of Satan” (1926) film still | dir. by D. W. Griffith | A cinematic image immortalized through Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (1979) cover artwork.

[mournfulroses]

Emily Brontë, from The Collected Works & Poetry of Emily Brontë; “Wuthering Heights,”

[olgas-house-of-shame]

[mysharona1987]

[tinyuglyworld]

Patricia Morrison, bass player of the Sisters of Mercy

[centuriespast]

LECHTER, Melchior Left wing of the "Pallenberg Window" 1902 Stained glass Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne

[centuriespast]

Odysseus’ escape from the giant Polyphemus. Credit… Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

[jinxproof]

Gemma Ward Vogue Italia (2005) ph. Mario Sorrenti