hortus conclusus

inspiration and design blog

[carsonfellis]

New beautiful record out in January!

[sforzinda]

Het moeras (detail), Anton Mauve, ca. 1885–88

[georgiatnsv-deactivated20260427]

Green Iceland by MaxCere on Flickr.

[grett]

[tedx]

Ballet brain — TEDxAmsterdam + the Dutch National Ballet visualize the human brain through dance in this beautiful performance from the Dutch event. Watch the whole performance here»

[detailsofpaintings]

[boyhood]

Mary L. Macomber, Night and her Daughter Sleep (detail)

1902

[fablesandgables]

Saint George Killing the Dragon - Bernat Martorell, 1434/35

Tempera on panel

61 1/4 x 38 5/8 in. (155.6 x 98.1 cm)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the second quarter of the 15th century, Bernat Martorell was the leading painter of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Saint George was the patron saint of Catalonia, and Martorell’s vivid painting probably once formed the center of the altarpiece of the chapel of the Catalan government in its palace in Barcelona. The central image would have been flanked by smaller narrative panels, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris; they illustrate the martyrdom of the saint in gruesome detail.

— Permanent collection label [x]

[strangeforeignbeauty]

Ash Stymest for Eloq FW 2014

[typeverything]

Typeverything.com - Perhappiness painting in Brooklyn by Cristina and Cyla.

[l-homme-que-je-suis-blog]

Laurie Harding & John Hein in “Mirage” Photographed by Rodolfo Martinez and Styled by Beagy Zielinski for Veoir Magazine Fall/Winter 2014

[cerceos-deactivated20160308]

Robert Triscoli

Untitled, 2012

[centuriespast]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861 Mikawaya Tetsugoro, publisher Japanese Toyotomi Hideyoshi escapes assassination on the ship of Yojibei (Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Yojibei), Famous places of Kyushu, Buzen Province, going to the capital…, 1847-1852 Polychrome woodblock print/RISD Museum

[taiyomatsumoto]

[virtual-artifacts]

Artisan, 250-600 Guatemala, Petén region, Maya style (250-900), earthenware with colored slips, Overall - h:56.50 w:22.00 d:35.50 cm (h:22 3/16 w:8 5/8 d:13 15/16 inches). John L. Severance Fund 1994.12.1

[strangeforeignbeauty]

Jan Purski by Goncalo Silva | London Men’s Fashion Week AW15

[ultima-f]

garmonique

[problem]