L'esthète

"I danced with passion to spite the music.“ ― Gelsey Kirkland

[electricnik]

Victorian and Edwardian books.

[antique-royals]

Joseph Karl Stieler ,Schloss Nymphenburg (Castle), Schonheitengalerie (Gallery Of Beauties)(details).

[auxpoles]

Ulyana Lopatkina & Andrey Ermakov in La Rose Malade

[artmastered]

Giovanni Boldini, The Mondona Singer, c.1884, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm, Gallerie d’arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Ferrara. Source

[detailsofpaintings]

Giovanni Boldini, Portrait of Mrs. Howard-Johnston

1906

[darklingpearl]

Francois Boucher, Madame de Pompadour (details of hands), oil on canvas

[parisbeautiful]

[travel-dream-discover-blog]

L’Hôtel national des Invalides, Paris

[cannibalpropensity]

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

[travelingcolors-deactivated2020]

Vienna | Austria (by Károly Meyer)

[dieorfree]

Castles

[lady-arryn]

Mariinsky Theater’s production of Swan Lake  ¨*•♫♪

[cuprikorn]

grand trianon by jessica via Flickr please don’t remove credit, add/promote your blog, or claim as your own

[imperial-russia]

One of the stunning dresses of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna

[wondrousworld]

Neuschwanstein Castle: Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany by Stephen Olsen

[let-it--snow]

[esthetisme]

Helmut Berger & Romy Schneider | King Ludwig II of Bavaria & Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

Ludwig (1972), directed by Luchino Visconti.

[fleurdulys]

Winter Landscape - Heinrich Gogarten