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artist, professor, dancer, thinking too much, 29

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Alberto Zardo (Italian, 1876-1959, b. Padua, Italy, d. Florence, Italy) - Inferno Canto 34, Satan in the Frozen Lake from The Divine Comedy, Painting

[goth-queen]

[naldibutnice]

Pauline Frederick by White Studio, 1914

[itsanxiete]

i should quit my job and live off of the land (die)

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Not exactly in Kansas: my collection of vintage Wizard of Oz imagery.

[wildflowerdaysi]

A Moonlit Woodland Scene by Mekertich Givanian

[artssie]

Dancers (1896) by Franz Von Stuck

[graveyarddreams]

Do we have enough time?

[charnel-grounds]

Larisa Brechun, “The King in Yellow,” oil on panel, 2026

“I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth—a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow”

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Palace of the Spirits (circa 1941)

— by Romolo Tessari

[lee-me]

Sabes que estás realmente mal cuando decides regresar a Tumblr.

[lovecamelia]

Yo esa

[stariteart]

🏳️‍⚧️ TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY 🏳️‍⚧️

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN

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At the end of the day

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Viktor Schramm - "During the fitting" (1900)

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Aron Wiesenfeld - "Lost Track" (2018)

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Antonietta Brandeis - "Porta della Carta" (1886)

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Maxfield Parrish - "The Lantern Bearers" (1908)