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The Vision of the Empyrean by Gustave Doré (1832-83)

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Gold wreath of a Thracian aristocrat (ca. 4th century BCE) from Golyamata Mogila (Bulgaria)

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Vanity (detail), 1907

Frank Cadogan Cowper

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The Four Seasons, Alfons Mucha, ca. 1897

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Luis Caballero

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Auguste Toulmouche (French, 1829-1890)

The Reluctant Bride, 1866

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Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Spring (detail)

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“Chasseur nocturne”

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Photographs by Frank Eugene (1865-1936), 1900s.

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Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823-1889)

Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners, 1887

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Another speedpainting study.

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sometimes i forget how reading is just. marvelous. just an absolutely fucking endlessly joyful activity. i’ll go about my life and not read one single book for months and be like why am i morose! why am i so apathetic! what is missing here!!!! and try to look for whatever it is that is lacking and never find it anywhere and i get so tired and sad and angry, and then i’m finally like i’m gonna stop everything for a couple days and read a really good book bc i don’t care about anything else. and suddenly i get motivated to work bc i know i’ll read when i’m on break. i get more creative. i want to watercolor again and bust out the shameful fabric stash with all my unfinished sewing projects. god even my dreams get more vivid!! what the fuck! and i’m like here is the magic i was looking for, why did i ever think i was going to find it anywhere else. it was always here!!!

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in 1888, artist James Ensor created an etching titled "My Portrait in the Year 1960". this was that portrait:

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the underground man is real and he's writing a paragraphs long reply on a hate-based subreddit right now

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reflection

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Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Heliogravure by unknown photographer 1936 of the painting by Guido Reni (b.1575 d.1642)