H.

A beautiful thing is never perfect

[eirene]

La Chevelure, ca. 1898 Jules Leon Flandrin

[ourheatisgospel]

(via our heat is gospel: Image)

[roua-poemului]

“I saw only her. The room was full of her alone.”

— Margarita Aliger on Anna Akhmatova, “A Life of Anna Akhmatova”.

[archiveofcath]

“Violence does not always take visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.”

— Haruki Murakami (via quotemadness)

[labentiasidera-deactivated20210]

“Fata viam invenient.”

—

Vergilius

The fates will find a way.

[pmamtraveller]

FRANZ EISENHUT - BEFORE PUNISHMENT, 1890

In this artwork, Eisenhut depicts a scene set in an oriental context, which was a popular theme among European artists during the 19th century. It shows two nude female figures, depicted as harem slaves, locked in wooden foot stocks secured with a padlock. This scene is set against an ornate, presumably Middle Eastern, architectural backdrop.

The title "Before Punishment" suggests that these women are awaiting some form of disciplinary action. There's an insinuation of narrative tension, where the viewer is invited to speculate on the nature of the punishment to follow, potentially involving traditional methods like falaka or bastinado, which is foot caning. The composition centers on the women, drawing the viewer's eye to their plight and the instruments of restraint.

At the time, Orientalism was a significant trend in European art, where artists sought to capture the perceived exoticism, mystery, and allure of the Eastern world. This interest was partly fueled by increased travel, colonial expansion, and the fascination with the cultures of the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. Artists like Eisenhut were influenced by the works of earlier orientalist painters like Jean-Léon Gérôme or Eugène Delacroix.

The painting's theme of a harem scene with elements of punishment would likely have drawn interest for its sensational and exotic narrative. Such themes were part of a broader public fascination with the East, often portrayed through a lens of Western fantasy.

[the-lost-lamb]

Plameno mi se izvijaš u cvet.

I u poljupcu prezrele breskve slast. Zri ljubav. Podne.

San u podne - Momčilo Nastasijević

[kamala-laxman]

a cloud of fireflies drifting through the evening reeds Basho

[theoriginalmindseye]

[butmyloveyouhavewings]

[violentwavesofemotion]

“So many tender and painful, sweet and bitter, emotions crowd in my soul—”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, from a letter to Mikhail Dostoevsky, c. October 1832 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[the-lost-lamb]

Odalisque With The Fan by Guillaume Seignac, detail

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“The woman who watered her roses with blood,”

— Erica Jong, from Becoming Light: New & Selected Poems; “Blood and Honey,”

[cultofthedarksun]

Artur Volkmann

[violentwavesofemotion]

“Your body is all honey and perfume–and freedom and seduction and temptation and God knows what all.”

— Henry Miller, from Dear, Dear Brenda: The Love Letters Of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus (via violentwavesofemotion)

[the-lost-lamb]

The Girl of the Wind by John William Waterhouse 1904.

[the-lost-lamb]

... у мутна окна прозора, пун ситних гласова вечери, шапућем, несигурно, и моје име.

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