la dauphine

[artemisdreaming]

Sculpture by Auguste Clésinger, “Woman Bitten by a Snake” (1847), and the painting by Edouard Manet, “Olympia” (1863), at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, in September 2015. Nicolas Krief

[lesgardenias]

Emmanuelle Béart in L’Enfer

[heidisaman]

[evelyndragan]

August 28, 2016 - Firenze

[joeinct]

Romy Schneider, Quiberon, Bretagne, Photo by Robert Lebeck, 1981

[disorienteddreams]

La collectionneuse (Eric Rohmer, 1967)

[thejanusjournal]

http://www.thejanusjournal.com/2021/02/17/finding-the-harmony-in-difference/

What some people coin “The Cult of Righteousness,” or what I’ve personally deemed “being a tyrant of belief” is the idea that your opinion, your way of life, your ethics and values are “above” or “greater” than others. If people don’t agree with you or their opinion or belief differs from yours, they are “wrong” or “bad.” This is particularly the case in group-thinking, but I think we all suffer from it at some point personally. It can permeate many realms of our lives. It can come from thinking you are above someone else because of your lifestyle choices, interests, ideology, spirituality, financial status, job, culture, race, education level, sexuality, gender, even the way you see the world. Historically, this way of thinking has created much harm and has manifested itself to the point where we dominate each other because we believe we hold the “better” beliefs or opinions…

Read more of this article on The Janus Journal

[theories-of]

Henri Matisse  Goldfish and Palette, 1914, Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 112.4 cm

[meandmybentley]

[newendy]

[stormtrooperfashion]

[mangamaga]

[punlovsin]

Alain Resnais directing Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada

in “Hiroshima mon amour” .

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[senyahearts]

[fishstickmonkey]

Fikellura Amphora

East Greek, ca. 525 B.C.

Ceramic 

Princeton University Art Museum

[marmarinos]

Egyptian colossal of Ramesses II and the goddess Sekhmet, dating to 1279-1213 BCE. Quartzite.

[playburo]