Art & Academia

“We are so customed to disguise ourselves to others that, in the end, we become disguised to ourselves”-Donna Tart, The Goldfinch

[lunamonchtuna]

“I —so imperfect, so weak, so unspeakably lonely.”

— Virginia Woolf, from The Waves

[sainted-places]

[corrnellia]

‘’So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.’’

— letters written c. September 1847

[c0ssette]

Painting details ღ Pink period dresses

[catchingtearsinrain]

A Whiter Shade of Pale.  

White Dresses in European Art (and flowers), 1789-1902

-List of paintings after the break-.

Portrait of Félicité-Louise-Julie-Constance de Durfort,(detail), Merry Joseph Blondel ,1808.

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria (detail) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1865.

Isabel Álvarez Montes (detail) by Federico de Madrazo, 1868

Madame la Comtesse de Cambaceres (detail), Adolphe William Bouguereau, 1895 

Portrait of a Lady Holding a Pink Rose (detail), Edward Hughes, 1902

Comtesse de la Châtre (detail) by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1789. 

A New Basket Of Flowers (detail) by Federico Andreotti 1867

Marie-Thérèse Princesse de Lamballe(detail) by Anton Hickel, 1788 

The Portrait of S.S Yakovleva,(Detail.)by Ivan Yakovlevich Vishniakov 

. Portrait of a Lady (detail) by Ivan Kuzmich Makarov, 1855,

[elgerry82]

[magic-of-eternity]

[gatabella]

Hedy Lamarr, Crossroads, 1942

[europeanarchitecture]

Palazzo Farnese (Caprarola) - architect Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, Caprarola, Italy (by alfiogreen)

[neoclassicalmadamelebrun]

“It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. - I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples”

[loumargi]

Alcide-Théophile Robaudi (1850-1928)

[classicarte]

Perdue dans les pensées (Lost in Thoughts) Gustave-Jean Jacquet

[neoclassicalmadamelebrun]

Mrs. Davies Davenport

1782-1784, George Romney, Oil on canvas.

[autumncottageattic]

sparrowinlondon

[wintergreenacademia-deactivated]

wintergreenacademia’s subpar opera reviews

(All of these have been streamed through the met)

Carmen: the first opera I saw! Fabulous orchestra, pretty good storyline. Best parts are toreador song and the part where carmens friends are doing their tarot cards. 4/5.

La traviata: my favourite opera. Alfredo and Violetta’s romance is SO DAMN CUTE. Best parts are hide-and seek and un dì felice eterea. Point taken off only because she takes too long to die but that seems to be a big thing in opera. 4.5/5.

Rigoletto: pretty good. Pissed me off a lot though because the duke never got what was coming to him. 3/5.

La bohème: in my opinion, the main storyline was boring. It’s nothing you’ve never seen before if it’s not your first opera. HOWEVER. Musetta is my dream role and all the stars are for her. 3/5.

Mariage de figaro: uhh pretty good but I wanted countess to end up with cherubino :(. Refreshing though because it’s not a tragedy. 3.5/5.

Faust: Faust is the WILDEST trip I’ve ever been on. I appreciated how marguerite goes batshit but in the beginning it’s really slow. 4/5.

Manon: Almost my favourite. I say almost because Manon pissed me off in act three and four but overall suuuuper good. The love story is so real to me and the chevalier is just. Perfection. Ugh yes 4.5/5.

(Incomplete list:))

[houvre]

[studyplants]

bridge of sighs, cambridge | ig: studyplants