Lacus Curtius

Remember that thou once did write in stone

[lizzibennet]

i am once again asking you to watch the 2019 shakespeare in the park production of much ado about nothing

[mythologyofblue]

Anonymous, Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School

[draculasdaughter]

Secret poison cabinets in the shape of books, historicism in the style of the 17th century (1 2 3 4 5 6).

[shakespearenews]

The Novelist Mona Awad Pushes Shakespeare off the Stage

The Canadian author joins us to discuss the deep entanglement of tragedy and comedy in her latest novel, "All's Well."

BOLLEN: I took a lot of Shakespeare in college, and I don’t think we ever read All’s Well That Ends Well. It’s one of his “problem plays.” I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it performed.

AWAD: It’s super unpopular. The heroine isn’t particularly likable. My visceral reaction to her is not unique. There are a lot of people who are very conflicted by Helen—she’s a strange one. And she’s so drawn to this man. The attraction that she has is unique to Shakespeare’s comedic heroines, almost masculine. She’s not somebody that people easily root for, which drew me to her even more. She’s polarizing. You can see her as this conniving wench, or you can see her as this poor orphan who is just trying to survive in this world where she has no power. And then she claims this incredible agency.

[arcanewraith]

Lately I’ve been obsessed with the works of Hidden Velvet.

[welcome-the-magick]

The head of Medusa carved from BC Jade

Artist: L’AQUART

[meanrunway]

Mugler FW 2020

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by cocorrina.co

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the high priestess + libra | by @cocorrina.co

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celestial beauty by @cocorrina.co

[artist-dali]

The Royal Heart, 1953, Salvador Dali

[lesbianofshalott]

grocery store looks

[forthepleasureofmylife]

Be Not Inhospitable To Stranger  Lest They Be Angles In Disguise

Shakespeare & Company Paris

 Photo: Dieter Krehbiel

[danskjavlarna]

From Prof. Oddfellow’s sketchbook: “Wine’s skeleton resembles both a corkscrew and a vine.”  For more eccentricities, see our collection of “Forgotten Wisdom.”

My strange collection of vintage alcohol imagery will have you seeing things.

Shiver in wonderment: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy

[historicwomendaily]

the wives of henry viii & their memorable/badass moments

↳ requested by anonymous

[thefugitivesaint]

Sidney Herbert Sime (1865-1941), ‘St. John of Patmos’, “Form- A Quarterly of the Arts”, 1921-22 Source

[elucubrare]

The last note in the Penguin Classics edition of Tacitus’ Annales. It’s an incredibly effective moment created by the fragmentary nature of the text — a reminder that History gives and takes with the same hand.

[sigaloenta]

obligatory John Henderson reblog (Fighting for Rome: Poets and Caesar, History and Civil War, Cambridge 1998, p. 299)