Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art, architecture, history, and some other things Joseph, twenty-something, London

[thememedaddy]

[simena]

Giuseppe Pesa

[oldpaintings]

Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866--1924)

[simena]

[casteldaccia]

"The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring" by Kilian Eng.

#The Lord Of The Rings #The Fellowship Of The Ring #Kilian Eng

[huariqueje]

The red sea at sunset    -    Galileo Chini ,  1911.

Italian ,  1873 - 1956

Oil on canvas , 64  x 80 cm.

[simena]

GARNET RUSKIN WOLSELEY

[simena]

Pierre Riollet - Girl at the library

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Flora

Artist: Evelyn De Morgan (English, 1855-1919)

Date: 1894

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: De Morgan Collection, London, United Kingdom

Description

Flora is the Roman Goddess of flowers, especially associated with spring, her festivals, the Floralia, were from 28 April to 3 May. The scroll is in Italian and translates as follows:

I come from Florence and I am Flora.

That city takes its name from flowers,

Among flowers I was born and now I take a new home,

In the mountains of Scotland I shall reside.

Welcome me and may my treasure,

Be dear to you amid the northern mists.

[centuriespast]

A miniature book made by Charlotte Brontë at age 13, one of more than two dozen she created. It recently surfaced after being considered lost for more than a century.

Credit…Clark Hodgin for The New York Times

[illustratus]

Morning Bells (Old German City in the Morning Light) by Carl Gustav Carus

[allieinarden]

*kicks down your door* GAUDETE GAUDETE CHRISTUS EST NATUS EX MARIIIIIA VIRGINEEE GAUDETEEEEEE

*yanks out a tambourine* TEMPUS ADEST GRATIAAAAE HOC QUOD OPTABAAAAAMUS CARMINA LAETITIAAAAE DEVOTAE REDAAAAMUS, GAU–

[english-history-trip]

It’s that special tiiime of yeeear…

[english-history-trip]

Strap the hell in everybody, it’s drum-whackin time

[simena]

Carl Eduard Onken

[oldpaintings]

Anna de Weert (Belgian, 1867--1950)

[ltwilliammowett]

Shipwreck in Ice, scenery, part of paper theatre set, paper, maker unknown, Germany, 19th century

[simena]

HENRI MARTIN - Grand bassin du Parc de Marquayrol

[illustratus]

Courtyard of the Doge's Palace, Venice by Franz Alt