Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, 1787-1793
Artist: Antonio Canova
“Aware of you, chaotically.”
— Anaïs Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller as collected in A Literate Passion
Night; and Day by Edward Robert Hughes (English, 1851-1914)
François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) A Swarm of Cherubs, ca.1765-67
Delta of Venus (1995) | Dir. Zalman King
blow jobs aren’t fun if he isn’t moaning, groaning, and growling
— charlotte brontë, jane eyre
It’s you, it’s you, it’s all for you. Everything I do. Tell you all the time, heaven is a place on earth with you. -Video games - Lana del Ray
Reminds me of that book 'Heidi'
Anaïs Nin, from the short story “Elena”, Delta of Venus (published posthumously in 1977)
the tempest (1979) directed by derek jarman
"Oh, how beauteous mankind is. O brave new world that has such people in it."
male nude - gustav klimt (1880) // 9x01 // the dying gladiator - pierre julian (1799) // patroclus - jacques-louis david (1780) // 9x03 // male back with flag - michelangelo (1504)
Peter Paul Rubens The Judgment of Paris 1638-1639 oil on panel 199 × 381 cm Prado Museum
Heracles and Omphale, Francois Boucher, 1735
happy may. ( ❀ )
François Boucher (French, 1703-1770) Danaë, ca.1760-80 The Wallace Collection
Luis Paret y Alcázar (Spanish, 1746-1799) Circunspección de Diógenes, 1780 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid Diogenes was sunning himself in a grove near Corinth when Alexander The Great, having heard of his reputation as a sage, came out to meet him. Standing over him, Alexander said, “Ask whatever you wish of me!” Diogenes replied, “Stand out of my light.” Alexander said, “If I were not Alexander I would be Diogenes."
Caravaggio
Edvard Munch
Caravaggio - Seven Works of Mercy - Detail - (1607)
Galleria Farnese (frescoes details), Annibale Carracci, 1597-1607
Fontana di Ganimede, Boboli Gardens
Florence, Tuscany
March 2024
i n m o n o c h r o m e 📸 Anthony Gayton
William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905) Le Printemps (The Return of Spring), 1886
Edward John Poynter (1836-1919, British) ~ The Vision of Endymion, 1902
[Source: manchesterartgallery.org]
Stoker (2013) dir. Park Chan-wook