deathandmysticism:

Elements of biology, with special reference to their role in the lives of animals, 1933

vampsandflappers:

Marguerite Gance as the bride in Jean Epstein’s 1928 silent horror film THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER. 

dame-de-pique:

Heinrich Bauer - Ohne Titel, 1930er Jahre

met-drawings-prints:

Crippled Pine by Ernest Haskell, Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Haskell, 1954 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Etching

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/679337

books0977:

Maudie James reads about magic. Photographed by David Bailey for Vogue UK, February 1968. All clothes by Colin Glascoe.

This editorial showcases the gorgeous James in an array of floral outfits. As these photos are Vogue’s “predictions” of spring floral fashions, James poses with astrology and magic books, thereby making her the perfect evocation of the then-newly dawned Age of Aquarius. “Colour under the sun, spellbound in blossom on a smoothly fluted dress.”

efigousi:

Ph. Efi Gousi

silenceformysoul:

Jacques Prévert - La lune

artist-latour:

Roses in a Basket on a Table, Henri Fantin-Latour

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-fantin-latour/roses-in-a-basket-on-a-table-1876

goodmemory:

Fik van Gestel

Rui

deathandmysticism:

Corpse galvanized by Giovanni Aldini with a primitive galvanic battery, 1803

thisobscuredesireforbeauty:

Oskar Theodor Garvens
Source

aqua-regia009:

The Crucifixion (2017) - Miles Cleveland Goodwin

dailyrothko:

Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1968

Acrylic on paper

© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS), Courtesy of The Mark Rothko Foundation

nemfrog:

Spider’s web. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents. c. 1911. Cover detail.