#italiangoth

[kilenaeidonidellanotte]

[delphinecoma]

Cheers! To Cold Transmission in Germany for including the Delphine Coma remix of “Suspended In The avoid” by European Ghost on the recent mix! #postpunk #postpunkmusic #coldwave #coldwavemusic #coldtransmission #goth #gothmusic #gothlife #eurogoth #germangoth #amerigoth #italiangoth #delphinecoma #europeanghost (at Bad Homburg) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvzOKMjnjD9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cu2omopjw3xs

[cristopherworthland]

A marble sculpture fragment, Torso Maschile, surveys the piano terra at Ca’ d’Oro, one of Venice’s most prestigious palazzi. The late Gothic palace and its collections was bequeathed to the Italian State by Baron Giorgio Franchetti in 1916. Image via @kennyspooren * @galleriageorgiofranchetti #cadoro #palazzo #venicepalazzo #antiquity #marbletorso #giorgiofranchetti #italiangothic #romanticarchitecture #loggia https://www.instagram.com/p/B1giPPJidWX/?igshid=1vwy1fzo5gyjg

[missmaeflower]

Venetian Gothic

Venetians are prideful - where God put water they demanded land, and they broke their backs to build the foundations for bone-colored palaces in the slick black mud. But their ambition was man’s folly, and now the salty lagoon reaches up with wet fingers to drag the city back down to its depths.

The vaporetto is not running. The workers are striking, grim-faced as they pass by tourists who anxiously hang off the docks, searching for a way off Giudecca. But this is a strike. You can’t leave.

You stay up late practicing Italian and try to use it in the city. The locals blink back at you. They respond, but in a harsh dialect that you can’t understand. You don’t try again.

Drinking water costs twice as much as wine. You desperately order some through parched lips and the waiter brings back a single bottle for your entire table. You silently savor the three swallows you are given.

Ten pigeons go unnoticed in the campo, thirty pigeons become a nuisance. But then the swarm comes, smothering innocents in diseased feathers.

“You better buy some rain-boots before the acqua alta”, everyone keeps telling you. But you’ve looked in every store and can’t find a single pair, and now the water’s rising.

An Aperol spritz costs two euros and somehow there is always a two-euro coin in the bottom of your purse to pay for it. The bitter liquid is an ungodly shade of acidic orange and it burns your throat when you swallow. You don’t like it. You order another.

The Venetians pull their scarves tighter as the summer heat grows more stifling. You realize you’ve never actually seen their skin, and then you remember this used to be a plague island.

Flower sellers walk through the streets trying to pawn roses. If you ignore them, they’ll nick your skin with thorns.

You’ve eaten so much pizza and pasta that your insides are caked in dusty flour. You’ve heard legends of hidden Asian and Mediterranean restaurants hidden within cramped alleys, but you can never find them. Locals sneer when you ask and give you more carbonara.

“Ciao, bella”, gondoliers croon from the canal in their black-and-white prisoner’s stripes, beckoning you towards their velvet seats with over-wide smiles. You rush past quickly - you aren’t supposed to talk to strangers.

In the daylight San Marco is packed with tourists, but at night they flee to the mainland and the piazza is deserted save for the leering black eyes of masks in shop windows. Sometimes you could swear they’ve moved.

You greet the dogs that run past you on the street but they don’t respond. You try in Italian, but still no luck. You start to think they can’t actually see you. 

After dinner you ask for a cappuccino. Spoons clink to saucers and silence falls as everyone turns to stare. The cameriera shakes her head. It’s too late for that. You flinch.

A great, hulking cruise ship slowly passes San Marco. It blots out the sun.

You walk into a lace shop on Burano. The old lacemaker smiles at you with too many teeth. She tries to sell you tablecloths and lingerie. You politely say no. She tries to sell you a burial shroud.

You run for the night boat through the darkness, its lights and engine hum the only sign of its approach. You cannot miss this boat. There will not be another. You will not get home. 

The stone stairs into the canal are slick with invisible slime. You’ve seen people slip into the black water. If they come back, they don’t like to talk about it. 

The buzz of mosquitoes keeps you up at night. Winter comes and they still don’t die. You wonder if you’re just imagining the sound now - if you’re going crazy - but you wake up with less blood than when you fell asleep.

You stand in line at the Poste Italiane for hours. They call another number, but it’s not yours. It isn’t anyone’s. Your postcards never reach your family. There’s no proof you were ever here.

[fabiosigns]

Trionfo della Morte, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo © fabiosigns - Giardino. Esterno Giorno. Scena prima - in un giardino delle delizie piuttosto affollato un'umanità varia e selezionata s'aggira nei pressi della fontana gotica intenta a sollazzarsi tra musici in accordo, pettegolezzi cortigiani e preparativi per la caccia. Nota: dame e nobiluomini in damascato, religiosi in tunica e copricapo adeguato al rango. Scena seconda - l'incontro ecumenico ed il sollazzo cortigiano viene interrotto bruscamente dal balzo irruento di macabre figure ossute trionfanti lanciate a scagliar frecce come saette. Nota: l'irruzione genera morte, rassegnazione e fatalismo, ma anche indifferenza e disinteresse. Scena terza - accorrono curiosi dal «fuori campo», umili, composti a mani imploranti, con cipiglio accusatore, occhi chiusi per non vedere, sguardi sbigottiti o terrorizzati, occhi che ci guardano. #museopalermo #museoabatellis #palazzoabatellis #palazzoabatellispalermo #abatellis #sicilianmuseum #galleriaregionalepalazzoabatellis #galleriaregionaledipalazzoabatellis #artesicilia #siciliaartre #artesiciliana #pitturagotica #pitturagoticaitaliana #italiangothic #sicilianheritage #patrimoniosiciliano #fotoviaggi #travelphotography #travelphoto #travelpics #trionfodellamorte #trionfodellamortepalazzoabatellis #trionfodellamortedipalazzoabatellis #trionfodellamortepalermo #affresco #palermo #sicilia #sicily #sicilie #sizilien @palazzoabatellis (presso Palazzo Abatellis) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccz7IlDs2iM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artworkshopinternational]

The interior of the church of Santo Stefano in Assisi. Legend has it that the bells of this ancient church were heard to ring of their own accord at the moment of the death of St. Francis on October 3, 1226. ~~~ This summer come take a workshop here. Link in profile. #📷 @ckreloff ~~~ #assisi #umbria #italy #travel #italytravel #writercommunity #creativewriting #medievalchurch #italiangothic #instatravel #traveling #instadaily #instapic #studyitalian #travelphoto #lgbttravel #gaytravel #artworkshop #writingworkshop #poetry #memoir #arthistory #travelgram #ilikeitaly #artworkshopintl (at Santo Stefano (Assisi))

[giallofever2]

Stunning! Original ART Poster by Luca Crovato La Figlia di Frankenstein aka Lady Frankenstein aka Lady Frankenstein cette obsédée sexuelle ... is a 1971 English-language Italian Horror Film directed by Mel Welles (Ernst R. von Theumer) Release date 22 October 1971 (Italy) written by cult writer Edward di Lorenzo Music by Alessandro Alessandroni stars Rosalba Neri (under the pseudonym Sara Bey) Joseph Cotten Mickey Hargitay Paul Müller Lorenzo Terzon (credited as Lawrence Tilden) Marino Masé 🇬🇧 Lady Frankenstein was distributed theatrically in Italy by Alexia on 22 October 1971. It grossed a total of 139,683,000 Italian lire domestically. It was released in the United States in March 1972 where it was distributed by New World Pictures. 🇮🇹 Produzione Il film fu una coproduzione italo-statunitense della Condor International Productions. I membri del cast compaiono con pseudonimi anglosassoni. Il film fu girato in inglese e italiano, presso gli studi INCIR De Paolis in Via Tiburtina a Roma. Distribuzione Il film fu distribuito per la prima volta in Italia il 22 ottobre 1971. Negli Stati Uniti, dove fu distribuita col titolo Lady Frankenstein, la pellicola è entrata nel pubblico dominio. Alcune scene che accentuano violenza ed erotismo sono state tagliate in alcune versioni. #lafigliadifrankenstein #ladyfrankenstein #rosalbaneri #sarabey #josephcotten #mickeyhargitay #marinomasé #melwelles #ernstrvontheumer #italiangothic #italianhorror #giallofever #filmhorror #horrormovie #stracult #lucacrovato #artposter #originalart (presso Cinecittà)

[chantalhandley]

Barbara Steele - Black Sunday 🖤🖤 #horror #pastelart #darkartist #darkart #mariobava #blacksunday #italiangothic #chantallaurahandley (at Perth, Western Australia)

[niji-orora561997]

Scaligeri dormienti 💤 #verona #archescaligere #gotico #goticoitaliano #tricolore #ilbelloportabellezza #beautybringsbeauty #sightseeing #gothic #italiangothic #sunnysunday #nofilters (presso Arche scaligere) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDif11gFr3w/?igshid=1b3tj2zag7bv8

[zynische-banshee]

I'll be your mirror.

[kilenaeidonidellanotte]

"Ogni volta si rappresentasse una commedia nuova, si era certi di vederla apparire con tre cose che non la lasciavano mai, poste sul parapetto del suo palco di prima fila: l'occhialino, un sacchetto di dolci e un mazzo di camelie. Venticinque giorni il mese le camelie erano bianche; gli altri cinque giorni, rosse, né mai si seppe la ragione di questo cambiamento di colori che i frequentatori dei teatri dove ella più andava, e i suoi amici, avevano, come me, più rilevato. Non s'eran mai visti a Margherita altri fiori che le camelie; così da Madame Barjon, la sua fioraia, avevano finito col soprannominarla la "dama delle camelie", e il soprannome le rimase". Alexandre Dumas

[bruswayne]

“It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.”

[theunabashedepicurean]

The most incredible two weeks exploring Italy… Till next time! #italy #tuscany #florence #firenze #pisa #bologna #emiliaromagna #rome #roma #lazio #venice #venezia #veneto #travel #travelitaly #travelling #historicalplaces #architecture #design #baroque #sculpture #italiangothic #architectural #architecturephotography #architecturaldesign #italytravel #italytrip #duomo #leaningtowerofpisa #bibliotecauniversitaria (at Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj2-0cdIHq2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mirarifata]

Home in Florence #firenze #tuscany #italy #eurotrip #travel #wanderlust #holiday #refresh #blueskies #duomodifirenze #architecture #renaissance #italiangothic (at Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4J6BaAJwTl/?igshid=1rfu9p276vqwr

[artworkshopinternational]

The Basilica of Santa Chiara in Assisi, constructed between 1257 and 1265. ~~~ Take a workshop with us this summer. Link in profile. #📷 @ckreloff ~~~ #assisi #santachiara #stclare #italiangothic #architecture #italianchurch #umbria #italy #travel #italytravel #writercommunity #creativewriting #instatravel #traveling #instadaily #instapic #studyitalian #travelphoto #lgbttravel #gaytravel #artworkshop #writingworkshop #poetry #memoir #arthistory #travelgram #ilikeitaly #artworkshopintl (at Basilica di Santa Chiara)

[complementaryhalves]

tell me a piece of your history that you're proud to call your own . . . . . . . . #firenze #florence #italy #art #middleage #medioevo #gothic #italiangothic #museum #palazzovecchio #history #building #architecture #photography #aesthetic #neptune #nettuno #statue #fountain (presso Palazzo Vecchio) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwW-BhbhnjO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l0dnmcxnwmnc