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[centuriespast]

KHNOPFF, Fernand Mask of a Young Englishwoman 1891 Polychromed plaster, height 41 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

[byneddiedingo]

beyond-the-pale

John Singer Sargent - Two Male Figures, Possible Study for “Hell”, c. 1910

The Met

[xboys69]

[flamingartofheart]

The Genius of Peace stopping the horses of Mars, 1793 - oil on canvas

— Bénigne Gagneraux (Fracne, 1756–1795)

[oncanvas]

A Bouquet of Flowers, Clara Peeters, circa 1612

Oil on wood 18 ⅛ x 12 ⅝ in. (46 x 32 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

[venustapolis]

The light shineth in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not (Evelyn De Morgan, 1855 - 1919)

[sculppp]

Academic study ,one model, same position, three different angles, three different painters,1782.

Left: Ferdinand-Nicolas Godefroid

Right: Paul Barbier

Center: Louis-Simon Boizot

[joeinct]

Protecting Michelangelo’s David during World War II, Florence, Unidentified Photographer, 1943

“In January 1943, during the height of World War II, Florence took extraordinary measures to safeguard its invaluable artistic heritage from aerial bombings. Michelangelo’s David, a symbol of the city, was enclosed in a protective brick structure to shield it from potential war damage. Here, workers begin to lay the first bricks.”

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Monna Vanna

Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)

Date: 1866

Medium: Oil paint on canvas

Collection: Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom

[zanephillips]

CONNOR STORRIE for Cultured Magazine

[clawmarks]

New stock patterns of non-arsenical artistic wall and ceiling papers - Wm. Woollams & Co. - 1897 - via Internet Archive

[theageofthemovies]

Pier Paolo Pasolini in Trastevere, 1953

Photo by Herbert List.

r.m.

[account-moved-no-longer-active]

"Diogenes" by John William Waterhouse, 1882

[oldpaintings]

Emile-Allain Séguy (French, 1877--1951)

[c86]

If I keep dressing up like this I’ll save the world from Nuclear Apocalypse. But will anyone love me for it? I’ll save the world anyway. I know what looks good

Photography by Hank O’Neal | Text by Allen Ginsberg Untitled [Marsha P. Johnson], 1974-83 From The Gay Day Archive

[tridentandtales]

Roman mosaic depicting the drinking contest between Herakles and Dionysos

early 3rd century CE

Princeton University Art Museum y1965-216

[artssie]

The Death of Icarus (b.1823-1889) by Alexandre Cabanel