nimuehariarani:

Painting Billy Brauer

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deadpaint:

John William Waterhouse, Sketch for a Mermaid

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quatemases:

Gustav Klimt, Medizin (Medicine)

1897

Concept of the original work that was destroyed in 1945 during WWII

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23silence:

Giulio Aristide Sartorio - Green Abyss, 1862

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Franz von Bayros, Inferno (1921)

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Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, Ahasuerus at the End of the World, 1888

(Source: gaglioffo, via sbire)

poboh:

Mary Magdalene in the Cave, 1868, Hugues Merle. French (1823 - 1881)

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Talbot Hughes - Echo (detail), 1900

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historical-paintings:

Edward Hughes (1832-1908) - The Fairy Artwork

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deadpaint:

John Singer Sargent, Carnation Lily,Lily Rose

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monsieurleprince:

Friedrich von Amerling (1803-1887) - A Girl Reading

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ssion1984:

The Three Graces from Botticelli’s Primavera

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rolandscapes:

Patience  John Spencer Stanhope

caravaggista:

Caravaggio, Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy, 1606

The Mary Magdalene is a stark image of exile, of anguish, and guilt … Caravaggio had killed a man, and come close to death himself, and the first instinct of a Catholic was to make an act of contrition. His Magdalene  is the sinner who spent many years in solitary penitence; she conveys the sense of desolation and abandonment that is part of the mystical experience; and the divine light creates a dazzling darkness. — Helen Langdon

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artemisdreaming:

The Soul Breaking the Ties That Bind It to Earth

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Large image: HERE

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The Soul Breaking the Ties That Bind It to Earth. Possibly Prud’hon’s last work, the huge painting — more than nine feet tall — personifies the soul as a voluptuous young woman with wings, leaping upward toward the light. “She is nude,” wrote Eugene Delacroix, “having loosed the heavy mantle of this mortal life, which lies in a heap at ther feet.” via: artnet

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Detail

Artemis: See archive for additional Prud’hon

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