The painting featured is "Night (No. 2)" by William Orpen, created in 1907. The work depicts a couple in an intimate moment, in a nocturnal setting, with a window in the background. The atmosphere of the painting conveys a sense of passion and emotion. Orpen, known for his boldness and talent, captures the joy of the early years of his marriage to Grace, who married in 1901. The painting is one of a series of works created by the artist that year.
"Even in the grave, all is not lost"
- Edgar Allan Poe
đź–¤ In my dreams, this is my home đź–¤
Solovetsky Monastery in Faustovo, Moscow Oblast
A phenomenally enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606, housed at the Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Le Mont Aiguille, majestueux et solitaire, incarne la beauté brute de la nature, un lieu où l’amour et la tendresse se mêlent à la grandeur du monde. Comme la montagne, la femme est forte et douce, mystérieuse et sereine, portant en elle la sagesse et la passion de la terre. Dans ce cadre sauvage, elle trouve l’harmonie, un écho d’amour pur, un lien profond avec l’infini.
Mont Aiguille / France 🇫🇷
PhoTo ©️ LM
Traditional Russian house decoration
Romeo and Juliet on the Balcony (1886) by Julius Kronberg
The Lady of the Lake, Albert Sangorski, Tennyson’s Morte d’Arthur, 1912
scenery in china
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. Tacitus
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