maraviglie alte et stupende

my own personal wunderkammer

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The Shining Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1980)

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“Conceptio Culpa, Nasci Pena, Labor Vita, Necesse Mori” “Conception is a sin, Birth is pain Life is toil, Death a necessity”

The Frailty of Human Life (1956) by Salvator Rosa

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Saint Catherine of Siena (detail, 1612-14) Juan Bautista Maíno

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2 Illustrations to denounce the crimes of the corset and how it cripples and restricts the bodily organs in women.

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Painting by Rene Magritte.

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Magnificent and Superb Royal Cased Pair of Lavishly Gold Inlaid Percussion Pistols by Manceaux of Paris Presented to Captain Thomas, Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, by Louis Philippe, King of France 

from Rock Island Auctions

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By Franz Eybl (Austrian, 1806-1880) 

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Icon of Saint Pete Townshend

from Lisztomania (1975)

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Saint Michael’s Church is one of the oldest churches in Vienna, Austria.

| Photographer: Retlaw Snellac

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1966 flood of the Arno Rive, Florence.

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Maze Garden at Château de la Ballue in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, France.

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“Apricot Sprites” found in the cross sections of a fruit tree by Daniel

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The Fall of the Rebel Angels (detail). Frans Floris de Vriedt ~ 1554 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Salvador Dalí’s surrealist dream sequence in — Spellbound (1945) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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Lizzie Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted in 1893 for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. 1. The axe used to kill Andrew and Abby Borden (the handle is broken off). Many believe Lizzie Borden killed her parents although she was acquitted of the crime. 2. Abby Borden’s skull. 3. Andrew Borden’s skull.

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Handmade Gold & Bone Spine Filigree Back Piece by AconiteCreations. Available here