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Some colonial knot buddleia flowers! By the time I’ve finished this piece it’ll have nearly every kind of embroidery stitch known to humankind on it… ‪

Lita Cabellut

Corridor by Andrea Kirkby on Flickr

Ida Rubinstein,  Romaine Brooks

The Attic Room, 1918

William Ratcliffe (British, 1870 - 1955)

Ah-ga-ssi (The Handmaiden) dir. Park Chan-wook; 2016.

The Blank Signature, Rene Magritte

She did not want to be fair, although she knew what he said was true. He never once crossed the borders of friendliness with her and, when she thought of this, fresh anger rose, the anger of hurt pride and feminine vanity. She had run after him and he would have none of her.

Senshi Kiss (Lovers), inspired by Gustav Klimt’s 1907 painting, The Kiss.

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Redbubble | Storenvy | Society6 | INPRNT

The Swamp, 1900

Gustav Klimt

2014 Best of Medievalpoc: Portrait Busts

Head of a Frowning Black Man; Germany (c. 1650s)

Bust of a Man; studio of Francis Harwood. England c. 1758.

Fragment: Head from a Passion Scene; France (1247)

Busts from the Hotel Drei Mohren

Black Woman with Drape; Italy (c. 1640s)

Charles Cordier; Black Moorish Woman. France (c. 1848)

Two Portrait Busts: Man and Woman as Roman Soldiers; Melchior Barthel

Jan Claudius de Cock; Bust of an African Boy. South Netherlands (c. 1700)

Serpentine Bust of a Black Woman; Italy (c. 16th century)

Two Busts of Women by Cordier

Various Roman Sculptures and Portrait Busts (Ancient Art Week)

John Nost II; Bust of a Moor. England (c. 1700)

Venetian Artist; Two Marble Busts. Italy (c. 1750s)

Charles Cordier; African Venus. France (1851)

Portrait Bust of a Man; Italy (early 16th Century)

Head of an Enslaved Man; Italy (c. 1560–90)

Charles Cordier; Nègre en Costume Algérien or Nègre du Soudan. France (a. 1857)

Jean-Antoine Houdon; Portrait Bust of a Woman. France (1781)

Portrait Bust of Memnon, Pupil of Herodes Atticus

Malmesbury Abbey Gardens by jacquemart Via Flickr: Wiltshire

Edwardian stage actress Lily Elsie

mb: the saint // @wraithlings

“last year I abstained / this year I devoured without guilt / which is also an art”

Boss of me

@natashandlovu

Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda Fall 2016-17

Watch: Leslie Jones gave a touching tribute to Whoopi Goldberg about why representation matters

Gifs: The View

Jupiter Planet Power, Make Up!

Creative Feminine Portraits Composed Of Flowers And Stems 

Chicago based online boutique Sister Golden is headed by a mother and daughter, Vicki and Brooke Rawlins duo who create art and decor items for the home. In the latest series, they have featured portraits composed entirely of natural elements, such as flowers, petals, leaves and stems. 

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I’m going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.

Elsie de Wolfe (via alighthouseofwords)

“Countess Carolina Maraini Sommaruga” (1901) (detail) by Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859-1933).

A new series by milk morinaga!!! 8D

Where my introverts at?

Les petits signes …. by Denis Cauchoix