Un Bar aux Folies

May 17

discardingimages:

the cat’s tower besieged by the micebook of hours, London ca. 1320-1330.
British Library, Harley 6563, fol. 72r

discardingimages:

the cat’s tower besieged by the mice

book of hours, London ca. 1320-1330.

British Library, Harley 6563, fol. 72r

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centuriespast:

Emile Zola (1840–1902)NanaAutograph manuscript signed, 1880
The Morgan Library

Just started reading Le ventre de Paris!

centuriespast:

Emile Zola (1840–1902)
Nana
Autograph manuscript signed, 1880

The Morgan Library

Just started reading Le ventre de Paris!

Oh Gosh, Steve SO good-looking on this one.

Oh Gosh, Steve SO good-looking on this one.

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May 15


Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, central sculpture of the Berki Altarpiece (northern Hungary, today Rokycany, Slovakia), 1480-1490, painted and gilded wood, 161 x 121 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Posting it again, knowing that this time it will get to MUCH more people than on 04 Oct 2010…

Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, central sculpture of the Berki Altarpiece (northern Hungary, today Rokycany, Slovakia), 1480-1490, painted and gilded wood, 161 x 121 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Posting it again, knowing that this time it will get to MUCH more people than on 04 Oct 2010

nataliakoptseva:

Serra, Jaime (Spanish) Stories of Mary Magdalene 1359
Detail

nataliakoptseva:

Serra, Jaime (Spanish) Stories of Mary Magdalene 1359

Detail

tamburina:

Ilya Repin, Judas, 1885.


Dostoïevski en peinture.

tamburina:

Ilya Repin, Judas, 1885.

Dostoïevski en peinture.

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May 14

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centuriespast:

Last Judgment, in an initial ALeaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin.Italy, probably Florence, ca. 1280Illuminated by the Maestro Geometrico.
The Morgan Library

centuriespast:

Last Judgment, in an initial A
Leaf from an Antiphonary, in Latin.
Italy, probably Florence, ca. 1280
Illuminated by the Maestro Geometrico.

The Morgan Library

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May 13

lyghtmylife:

Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille
[French Realist Painter, 1796-1875]The Cathedral of Mantes1865-69Oil on canvas20 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.Musee Saint Denis, Rheims

lyghtmylife:

Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille

[French Realist Painter, 1796-1875]
The Cathedral of Mantes
1865-69
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.
Musee Saint Denis, Rheims

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bofransson:

Wassily Kandinsky, Sailboat at Sea, 1902 

bofransson:

Wassily Kandinsky, Sailboat at Sea, 1902