[laclefdescoeurs]

Stonehenge with a carriage and travellers on horseback, James Ross

[leatherandmossprints]

‘The Quiet Pet’ (detail) by John William Godward, c. 1906.

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Conradyn Cunaeus (Dutch, 1828–1895), "Allegorical Depiction of Loyalty and Love" (detail)

[bebx]

strawberries | raspberries | currants | cherries

— by Virginia Granberry (1831-1921)

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Crab Vessel with Double Spout.

Place of origin: Colombia, Calima Region

Period: Ilama Period

Date: 1500 B.C.-A.D. 100

Medium: Ceramics

[die-rosastrasse]

Sky & Clouds painted by Théodore Gudin ☁️

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the best kisses are about the hands

the kiss by francesco hayez // the kiss by gustav klimt // the meeting on the turret stairs by frederic william burton // the kiss by auguste rodin and details

[elizabethanism]

"The Kiss", a 12,000-year-old rock painting at Pedra Furada in Brazil

[thegetty]

“Almost every rock, every promontory, every river, is haunted by the shadows of the mighty dead,” wrote the English antiquarian Edward Dodwell of his travels in Greece in the early 19th century.

Watercolors by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi from the vast archive of the Packard Humanities Institute are featured in the new exhibition Greece’s Enchanting Landscape at the Getty Villa.

Dodwell was present in Greece during what proved to be a fascinating and complex phase in the history of classical archaeology, as antiquarians and scholars–men of Dodwell’s ilk–came to the country extolling the grandeur and nobility of its ancient past, seeing what they wanted to see, and, in some cases, taking what they wanted to take.

Curator’s Essay: “A Great Passion for Old Stones and Walls”

[purp11e]

Where tf my soulmate at, i need you bitch

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Front elevation of the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, by David Roberts (1838)

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[0thello]

Mikhail Bulgakov, The Day of the Turbins

[detailedart]

A visual explanation of why stars fall on Earth. Details of The Augsburg Book of Miracles, an illuminated manuscript made in Augsburg in Germany in the 16th century, anonymous author-ess.

[0thello]

Centaur in Love (illustration), 1987

Featured in German art magazine.

[renaissance-art]

Lodewijk Toeput c. 1585

Landscape between Spring and Summer under the Sign of Gemini and Cancer

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Memphis, Egypt, 19th century

Giant statue of Ramesses II among the ruins of the Ancient Egyptian city of Memphis. From the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Artist: Ippolito Rosellini (Italian, 1800-1843)