The Dowager Empress

A collection of history stuff, fashion stuff, and general esoterica. I also have a personal blog for whiny text posts and anime, which is here

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[the-dowager-empress]

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[nae-design]

1960s Japanese magazine cover illustrations by Satsuko Okamoto (1945-)

[classicarte]

Nu masculin au Studio de Bonnat (Male Nude in the Studio of Bonnat) Laurits Regner Tuxen, 1877

[r-dino]

(銀座和叶@みっくみくにされたんダヨーさんのツイート: “明日は念願のドラクエバレエなので 気合い入れてこの着物で行きます‼︎ もし見かけましたら、お気軽にお声かけください😊 #ドラクエバレエ #スターダンサーズバレエ団 # 着物 #スライム… ”から)

[sovietpostcards]

I. Ya. Bilibin, illustration for “The Feather of Finist the Falcon” folk tale (postcard issued in 1965)

[classicarte]

L'Enchanteresse (The Enchantress) Heinrich Lossow, 1868

[twixnmix]

Malcolm X with his wife, Betty Shabazz, and their children during a meeting at the headquarters of his Organization of Afro-American Unity at Hotel Theresa in Harlem on February 20, 1965.

Malcolm is holding his daughter Qubilah. He was assassinated the next day at the Audubon Ballroom in front of his wife and children.

(Photos by Duilio Pallottelli)

[erezkaan]

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Madonna of Lilies (1899) and Pieta (1876)

[theactioneer]

Alain Delon & Toshirô Mifune on the set of Red Sun (1971)

[sartorialadventure]

Traditional Polish costumes, modeled by women from different countries (click to enlarge)

[nemfrog]

“Horns of Taurotragus oryx gigas. The book of antelopes. v.IV. 1899-1900. 

[phobs-heh]

Jan Bruegel the Elder

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JAPAN. Tokyo. 1961. A father pauses before a shrine while taking his son to school. / JAPAN. Tokyo. 1984. Disneyland. By Burt Glinn

[met-medieval-art]

Shrine of Saint Patrick’s Hand, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Rogers Fund, 1908 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Silver, gem stones

[met-cloisters]

Breviarium Romanum by Jan van Keerberghen, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Paper; leather binding with copper alloy mounts, and wood

[thebloomsdayreport]

New Yorkers On Their Lunch Breaks In The 1970s, by Charles Traub