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ig: @valicorne

[ruthless-women]

yk what would really fix me? if madeline miller dropped a new greek mythology book right about now.

[oracle-fae]

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[lovefrenchisbetter]

Charlotte Perriand

[hommedessept]

[robertocustodioart]

Barbara Mullen by Norman Parkinson 1956

[eyesaremosaics]

Sabino Art Glass Opalescent Crystal

[byjove]

Pedro Pascal, love him, great actor, beautiful man. But his little sister???

A FUCKING GODDESS AMONGST US????

[fatimajpeg]

past valentines

[sosuperawesome]

Em Niwa on Instagram

[valentinemuseum]

[ivytea]

goldfish orchid tea

[libbyframe]

Larkspur and lilies commish

[markmcevoy]

Drawing a map to get lost

[ghost-37]

[centuriespast]

Dante and Beatrice William Dyce (1806–1864) Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

[mysterium-solis]

Nymphs Dancing to Pan’s Flute by Joseph Tomanek (1889-1974)

[tirodiritto]

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[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

Gustave Doré's 1857 illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

Doré was 23 years old in 1855, when he first decided to create a series of engravings for a deluxe edition of Dante’s classic. He was already the highest-paid illustrator in France, with popular editions of Rabelais and Balzac under his belt, but Doré was unable to convince his publisher, Louis Hachette, to finance such an ambitious and expensive project.

The young artist decided to pay the publishing costs for the first book himself. When the illustrated Inferno came out in 1861, it sold out fast. Hachette summoned Doré back to his office with a telegram: “Success! Come quickly! I am an ass!”

[ganymedesrocks]

Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883), before becoming one of the greatest illustrators of the 19th century, began his career in caricature, producing picture story albums, the first of which was published when he was only 14 years old, where imitating the form of Rodolphe Töpffer's albums, he parodied off a well-known episode of mythology that he derided on every page on the Labours of Hercules (1847), ten years prior to the present theme.