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"I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds." ~ Egon Schiele

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[s48studio]

Sagrada Familia Nativity Facade sculptures Barcelona

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Mermaid by mermaidens on Flickr.

Illustration by J.C. Leyendecker.

[aarchval]

Tracey Emin and Billy Childish in Eugene Doyen's Quiet Lives, 1982.

[skf-fineart]

Dan McCleary (b. 1952)

Mixed Carnations, 2024

Oil on canvas

[gatabella]

Mylene Demongeot on the set of The Giant of Marathon, 1959

[luntfontanne]

Herman Melville's Moby Dick: or, The Whale. Custom binding designed by Susan Ebanks and bound by Chaim Ebanks of Exeter Bookbinders; white Chieftain Goatskin leather with blind tooling, gilt lettering, and glass prosthetic eye, 2023. [x]

Part of an upcoming exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, "Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick" opening on June 1, 2024.

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bob Beerman in Westwood Village, 1950.

[balkanparamo]

Ybon: Yannick Corboz

[photo-dujenoir]

Anca Cernoschi

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 The Veiled Lady (The Persian Lady) - Joseph Stella,  about 1926

[evangelinar]

The Fragrant Iris Guillaume Seignac (French, 1870 - 1924)

[clintcatalyst]

What Doesn’t Kill Me Better Run (2021) — Oh de Laval

[gatabella]

Marilyn Monroe by Philippe Halsman, California, 1952

[vintageeurope]

San Remo, Italy 1890s

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Smirnoff Ad (19 Magazine 1972)