Aesthetic Seduction

thecamphorchest: Watercolours by John Singer Sargent

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:24:11 -0700

thecamphorchest:

Watercolours by John Singer Sargent

windypoplarsroom: Cecilia Beaux “Aunt Eliza”

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:33:15 -0700

windypoplarsroom:

Cecilia Beaux

“Aunt Eliza”

blastedheath: Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920), Prins Paul...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:27:14 -0700

blastedheath:

Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920), Prins Paul Troubetzkoy I, 1908. Etching.

Gjon Mili, 1948

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:28:30 -0700

Gjon Mili, 1948

I AM TUMBLRING ON A 27 INCH iMAC

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:30:31 -0700

AND I’M WRITING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I’M CRAZY STUPID EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT’S...

printeresting: (via readsohard) B*tches in Bookshops (based on...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:55:26 -0700

printeresting:

(via readsohard) B*tches in Bookshops (based on Jay Z and Kanye West’s “N*ggas in Paris”)

cartografico: Vladimir Tatlin | Monumento a la Tercera...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:36:48 -0700

cartografico:

Vladimir Tatlin | Monumento a la Tercera Internacional | Moscú, Rusia | 1920

Félix Bracquemond - Alphonse Legros - 1861 Etching....

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:24:39 -0700

Félix Bracquemond - Alphonse Legros - 1861
Etching. National Portrait Gallery, London.

via blastedheath

Stanisław Wyspiański, Portrait of Irena Solska....

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:02:36 -0700

Stanisław Wyspiański, Portrait of Irena Solska. 1904

via f-featherbrain

Edgar Maxence - 1894

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:02:04 -0700

Edgar Maxence - 1894

thegetty: any name

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:24:45 -0700

thegetty:

any name

cavetocanvas: Giovanni Fattori, Butteri, n.d.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:20:50 -0700

cavetocanvas:

Giovanni Fattori, Butteri, n.d.

oldbookillustrations: The death as enemy (1847). The plague...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:22:11 -0700

oldbookillustrations:

The death as enemy (1847). The plague making its first appearance at a masquerade at Paris in 1831.

A. Rethel, from Alfred Rethel; des Meisters Werke (Alfred Rethel, the master works), by Josef Ponten, Stuttgard & Leipzig, 1911.

(Source: archive.org)

corvidae: elcomfortador: Traditional Bulgarian babugeri...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:59:38 -0700

corvidae:

elcomfortador:

Traditional Bulgarian babugeri costumes, as photographed by Charles Fréger. Via Slate.

I love everything about this.

These costumes influenced the border for one of my Stories From The Stone House series (specifically “Her Heart Turned Within”).

I also recently realized that the stories are not done - I have a vision for one more plate. I never felt that the stories were complete, that they (like so much if my writing) never got a proper closing “chapter” (I think of each print in the series as a chapter from one story).

Oops.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:21:31 -0700

That last post belongs on my food and recipe blog, Quotidian Comestibles, not here. I guess...

Chicken with Tarragon and Garlic, and Mango Salsa over...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:14:03 -0700

Chicken with Tarragon and Garlic, and Mango Salsa over Rice.

This meal was very simple to prepare and delicious. I’ve put a lot more time and effort into less satisfying meals, so I will definitely make this again. Hopefully without burning the rice… That was embarrassing.

Chicken and reduction recipe from Bon Appetit: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/quick-recipes/2010/05/chicken_with_tarragon_and_quick_roasted_garlic

Mango Salsa from Quotidian Comestibles archive: http://quotidiancomestibles.tumblr.com/post/21662250838/fresh-mango-salsa-remember-that-post-about-pepper

Untitled (figure) by Leonard Baskin on Flickr. I bought this...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:56:16 -0700

Untitled (figure) by Leonard Baskin on Flickr.

I bought this today. I own this. It’s on my wall, and I’m looking at it right now. Baskin is one of my favorite artists. He inspired my interest in books as objects, among other things, and now I own one of his prints.

books0977: The Magdalen (c. 1530). Attr. to The Master of the...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:17:19 -0700

books0977:

The Magdalen (c. 1530). Attr. to The Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (German, active from about 1483 to around 1527). Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London. Presented to the National Gallery by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863.

The figures on the jar the Magdalen holds may be Cain and Abel. The rocks in the background represent La Sainte-Baume in Provence, where she is said to have spent many years in penitence.

colourthysoul: Károly Ferenczy - Painter and Model (1904) The...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:47:44 -0700

colourthysoul:

Károly Ferenczy - Painter and Model (1904)

The model doesn’t look very happy. Perhaps she’s tired and would rather this guy who is paying her to sit there nude didn’t touch her all creepy-like. How else can her expression and this odd gesture be interpreted? I’m curious what others see.

centuriespast: Laziness (La Paresse) Félix Vallotton (French,...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:17:27 -0700

centuriespast:

Laziness (La Paresse)

Félix Vallotton (French, 1865–1925)

(1896). Woodcut

MoMA