usvaisa

[last-picture-show]

Georg Krause, Angel and Cherub, Philadelphia, 1962

[cotralzrust]

[1o9]

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

“Dante imagines himself lost in a dark and gloomy world.”

L'Inferno (Giuseppe de Liguoro, Francesco Bertolini & Adolfo Padovan, 1911)

[shisasan]

Atelier Manasse, 1930s

[pwlanier]

Mourning brooch.

19th c. American, lignite (jet) memento mori jewelry, hand clasping bouquet with rose garland below, brass clasped pin back, 1.25"h x 3"w x .5" d

Milleabros Auctioneers

[visualus]

by Nedda Afsari, 2016.

[handreliquary-deactivated201811]

Hand Reliquary of Saint Attala French (Strasbourg), before 13th Century

[eugenny]

Orphée (1950) dir. Jean Cocteau

I am letting you into the secret of all secrets, mirrors are gates through which death comes and goes. Moreover if you see your whole life in a mirror you will see death at work as you see bees behind the glass in a hive.

[handreliquary-deactivated201811]

Hand Reliquary of Saint Attala French (Strasbourg), before 13th Century

[lavenderfables]

The Secret Garden (1993)

[luxomaniac-deactivated20190310]

Thierry mugler

fall/winter 2012.

[electricrain]

Yohji Yamamoto SS2008

[hautekills]

Jill Stuart f/w 2009

[simena]

Carl Probst (detail)

[coriesu]

The Seven Sorrows Unknown artist Quito—1860

[tabernacleheart-deactivated2025]

Oh– the Crown, and the Nails!

[tenderstems]

various sacred hearts (damien hirst; tim tate; antique ex-voto; 19th c. french religious card; 19th c. french reliquary; repousee antique; carved wood frame c. 1890-1920; unknown painting)