Miss Ex-Libris

Welcome to my unique selection of visual pleasure. Have a seat and enjoy the show.

[classicalcanvas]

Moulin de la Galette (1886) by Vincent van Gogh

[huariqueje]

Hart‘s Tongue Fern II - Helena Parada Kim , 2023.

German, b. 1982 -

Oil on linen , 180 x 160 cm

[thefugitivesaint]

Rebecca Dautremer, 'La Lectrice et les Monstres' (The Reader and the Monsters), 2020

[roses--and--rue]

16th century magical objects belonging to English polymath and alchemist John Dee: His black “spirit mirror,” a crystal ball, wax discs engraved with the Sigillum Dei Aemeth, and a gold disc engraved with medium Edward Kelly’s vision of the cosmos.

John Dee is perhaps best remembered for his obsidian mirror, but the mirror is actually Aztec. Mirrors have been associated with portals to other realms and used for divination and scrying for thousands of years all across various Mesoamerican cultures, but obsidian became the stone of choice during the Late Postclassic period (c.1200–1521) in Central Mexico. They were highly prized by ultra-wealthy curiosity collectors in Europe, which is how one found its way into the hands of John Dee.

These objects are on view at the British Museum.

[livesunique]

Lismore Castle, Lismore, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland,

Credit: Bill Phelps

[rosieandthemoon]

Monolithic Chapel at Fontanges

[miamaimania]

Framing the Nordic Aesthetic: A Visual Journey by Jesse Latinen for Dansk Magazine

[mangalemi]

[last-picture-show]

Monica Denevan, Content in the Shallows, Burma, 2008

[catchymemes]

[polyversity]

My blog theme in the first year of being on tumblr: carefully chosen font, ‘professional’ style, high quality neutral images with “deep” meanings like the ocean and sunrises. My blog theme after 4 years of being on tumblr:

[polyversity]

It’s been ten years TEN YEARS

[dame-de-pique]

Sunset, 1910s

[miamaimania]

Abstract work by Sangsik Hong ☀ Soft organic form encased in an acrylic box with textured surface.

[pmamtraveller]

Ichiro Tsuruta

[monamoni]

[gobe]

“Last night I photographed a Barn Owl hovering above prey at a local farm where I have been baiting them for some time, I did attempt this last winter but failed due to the lens misting, still a work in progress” ~ Roy Rimmer

[80s-90s-fashionphotography]

Traveling light - Vogue US (1993)

Shalom Harlow by Bruce Weber