The Artistic Endeavor

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor Adorno in Minima Moralia (1951), as translated by E. Jephcott (1974), § 143, p. 222

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aubrey beardsley, isolde, 1899, in the collection of the V&A

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California coastal creatures 🐟

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Ingre Morath, late 1950s Masks by Saul Steinberg

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The more you look, the worse it gets.

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This Egyptian-inspired headpiece has been used many times over the years.   It was worn by Janet Jackson for promotional material for the 1999 MTV Music Awards.   Later, it appeared in a photo by David LaChapelle of Christina Aguilera for 𝑽𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 in October 2003.   Finally, it was worn by Sandra Lee in her show 𝑺𝒆𝒎𝒊-𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 with Sandra Lee for a Halloween episode in 2007.   See the other places this headdress has appeared at Bit.ly/Acces220

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Rosalind Russell

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Vintage Paperback - Private Duty For Nurse Peggy by Madeleine Sault

Pyramid (1965)

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Joan Bennett

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Marlene Dietrich, by René Bouché

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Angela Lansbury in the original Broadway, production of Jerry Herman‘s Dear World. New York, 1969.