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Unforgettably black Instagram: Dakishimetai 22

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Detail from Mary Magdalene as a hermit by Francesco Hayez

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Peter Paul Rubens, details from The Origin of the Milky Way, 1636-1637

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Saint Philomena of Rome, 1820. Detail.

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Wladyslaw Czachórski. Detail from Resting Beauty, 19th Century.

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George Inness (American, 1825-1894), Summer, Montclair, 1887. Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 72.4 cm.

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Amaldus Nielsen - Kveld ved sjøen [detail] 

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View At Rouelles Le Havre (1858)

Claude Monet

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Gustave Courbet, Jo, the beautiful Irish girl (detail), 1866

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Arts inspired Asks!

Painting: If you could decorate a house, which colours would you paint the walls?

Sketch: When you doodle, what do you draw the most?

Sculpture: Do you have any figurines in your bedroom?

Film: When did you last go to the cinema? What did you see?

Photography: Do you use Instagram often?

Pigments: What did you wear today?

Literature: What's the last book you read?

Music: What's the last song you listened to?

Ceramics: Do you have a favourite cup/mug?

Theatre: Do you prefer plays or musicals?

Dance: Have you ever had dance lessons?

Architecture: If you could live in any kind of building, which would you pick?

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Maria Verelst. Detail from Portrait of Anne Blackett, Mrs John Trenchard, later Mrs Thomas Gordon, 18th Century.

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Snow Scene at Argenteuil, 1875

Claude Monet 

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Decker. Detail from Portrait of a Young Woman in Traditional Greek Costume, 19th Century.

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Peter Paul Rubens. Detail from The Birth of the Milky Way, 1636-37.

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Richard Powers ‘Budry’s Inferno’ 1963 from the book The Art of Richard Powers

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ARELLANO, Juan de (1614–1676)

Still Life with Flowers, details 1650-1660 Oil on canvas, 1,220 x 1,010 mm Fundación Banco Santander Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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alphonse mucha

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Grandiose Baroque Library in Prague Is a Stunning Kingdom for Books

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This is where I should be :)