Sophie's World

[sophiealicec]

San Fransico 2016

[mauveflxwrs]

Gustav Klimt - Sonnenblume

[weirdlandtv]

Mushroom charts. The second one is by Cavallini; I featured their fruits and vegetables charts recently. The third one, from 1912, shows a collection of poisonous mushrooms and their edible counterparts.

[noelbadgespugh]

[lifemaniac91]

[nuance]

Bathroom goals

Via @emma_sugi on instagram

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[equatorjournal]

[nobrashfestivity]

Henri Matisse, Plate from “Passiphaé”, 1944

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[wildstrawberries1854-blog]

Detail from Beethoven Frieze, 1901

Gustav Klimt

prints <3

[oldloves]

Frida Kahlo & Josephine Baker had an affair when both women were living in Paris in 1939. 

Kahlo had recently separated from her husband Diego and had come to Paris to oversee an exhibition of her paintings at the Louvre. In addition to her music career, Baker was, at the time, working for the French military intelligence as an ‘honorable correspondent.’ She would coax information about German troops and other military matters during her parties where she would meet officers frequently.

While the details of the affair have remained cloudy, it’s been confirmed by Baker’s son and biographer that soon after meeting, Baker and Kahlo became romantically involved. Both women identified as bisexual and were famous for boldly eschewing the conventions of the time. 

[huariqueje]

Acanthus    -    William and May Morris, 1874-80.

British,  1862-1938

Embroidery  tile 

[heaveninawildflower]

Morris & Co fabrics taken from a swatch sample book of 58 pieces of block-printed cotton and linen (British, 1900-1910). Designs by William Morris, John Henry Dearle, Kate Faulkner.

Images and text information courtesy V&A.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. All Rights Reserved.

[ripe]

motherthemountain on ig

[sophiealicec]

San Fransico 2016

[bundibird]

A woman on Facebook summed up my feelings on Australia's current fire crisis perfectly:

[ghostmaloney]

This was my aunt's place. This was the house I had my engagement party in, and the caravan I would sleep in. I used to lay a picnic blanket on that now burnt grassy hill and watch the sunset. Smoked cigarettes on the steps with close friends. Watched kangaroos hop past from the hammock next to the verandah that doesn't exist anymore. Those kangaroos are all gone now. No wildlife.. no nothing. Art, photos, memories, all fucking gone.

This isn't the theme of this blog but if you, at this point, don't believe climate change is real then fucking fight me. This is real, this isn't a future concern it's HAPPENING RIGHT FUCKING NOW. I can't deal with this, please please don't give up. Keep fighting.

I don't want anyone to lose anything anymore.

[thesnobbyartsyblog]