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John Martin, The Great Day of His Wrath ( 1853 ) DETAIL

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William Godwin, from Lives of the Necromancers (1876)

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Paul Verlaine (x)

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Castor, by Jean-Claude Petit (1866). École du Louvre, Paris

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Zak Smith. Girls in the Naked Girls Business: Mandy Morbid (II), 2007. Acrylic on paper, 88.9 x 69.8 cm.

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We cannot tear out a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire.

George Sand, Mauprat  

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Assumption of the Virgin by Egid Quirin Asam, ca. 1717. This three-dimensional display comprised of multiple statues is without a doubt one of the most stunning works of art I’ve ever seen - a true credit to Catholic art.

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Burial of St. Sebastian Pierre Jérôme Lordon—19th. century

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Detail : Portrait of a Young Man. 1530s. Agnolo Bronzino. Italian 1503-1572. oil/wood.     http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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“Dante And Virgil In Hell” (1850) - William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Prometheus the Fallen One Plunges Into the River Styx.  19th.century. Louis Auguste Darodes. French 1809-1879. engraving.      http://hadrian6.tumblr.com