Pulchrum est Veritatis prædicatio

«Io ho per istinto il bisogno del superfluo... l’educazione del mio spirito mi trascina irresistibilmente verso le cose belle!» G. D’Annunzio

[overclassy]

[letzternachtzug]

Audrey Hepburn photographed by Inge Morath during the production of The Unforgiven, Durango, Mexico, 1959

[thepoetryofmaterialthings]

(via Instagram)

[huariqueje]

Donut Peaches, Greengages, Black Cherries, Yum  -  Emma Dunbar 

Brittsh,b.1961-

Acrylic on board, 30x30cm 

[random-brushstrokes]

Carl Deiker - Dog with lump of sugar on its nose (1870)

[manyother]

Anita Ekberg (1931-2015)

Anita Ekberg during a photo shoot for LIFE magazine in 1955.

[huariqueje]

Bowl of Cherries - Maggie Siner

American , b, 1951 -

Oil 12 x 14 in.

[huariqueje]

Breakfast with Coffee, Orchids and Apricot Jam - Lotta Teale , 2021.

British , b. 1979 -

Oil on canvas board, 40 x 50 cm.

[random-brushstrokes]

Carl Deiker - Dog with lump of sugar on its nose (1870)

[sofia-arabella]

VOGUE US July 15 1926 cover

[oldsardens]

Simon Pereyns - Ecce Homo

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant

c. 1880-1910

ivory, feathers, gilt metal, fabric, lichen, plant husk

England

Powerhouse Collection

[huariqueje]

Beach Umbrella   -   David Hockney, 1971.

British  b.1937-

acrylic on canvas, 49 x 36 ½in. (124.4 x 92.7cm.)

[academiaatitsfinest]

A sudden gust of wind.

Branches brushing against each other—pine, beech.

A fiberglass hull tapping against the dock.

A sudden chill.

The smell of smoke, woodstove fires.

A light going out.

— Lloyd Schwartz

[arthistoryfeed]

Roman Carnelian Moon and Stars Ring, 100-300 AD. https://www.instagram.com/p/B4wMxtcFLGA/?igshid=zdzv7gtwtd8x

[petaltexturedskies]

Eustache Le Sueur, Bacchus and Ariadne (1640) — detail

[tirodiritto]

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[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Horatio Henry Couldery (British, 1832–1918), "Cats by a Fishbowl" (detail)