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attributed to Thomas Rooke (Burne-Jones’ assistant), after Edward Burne-Jones, Design for Christ Enthroned in the Heavenly Jerusalem, in the American Church in Rome

#Thomas Rooke #Edward Burne-Jones #angels #American Church In Rome #Christ #symbolist #pre-raphaelite #art #mural #mosaic #study

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Saint Mark frees the slave from torture, Tintoretto, Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia

Repost from @luiberre on Instagram.

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Personification of Death as a Hooded Skeleton, French, probably 16th century, wood

#sculpture #wood #carving #art #death #sothebys #skull #skeleton #gothic

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Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), The King of All Beasts, pencil on paper

#edward burne-jones #lion #drawing #art #pre-raphaelite #symbolist #victorian

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Edward Gorey by R. Avedon

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William Langson Lathrop, (American 1859-1938), After the Storm, Oil on canvas

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Laocoon. c.1550s. Alessandro Allori. Italian 1535-1607. oil/canvas.                   http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Discovery of the statue of Antinous, lover of Roman emperor Hadrian, found near the Temple of Apollo in the sanctuary at Delphi (1893)

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Study for frontispiece for “Les Jeunes France” by Theophile Gautier by Félicien Rops, Drawings and Prints

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Broccoli, 1979 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Graphite and ink on paper

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/389363

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“We are surrounded on all sides by the stars.” An introduction to astronomy. 1868. 

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Pete Shelley “Homosapien” (1981)

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“My darling heart – I do love you so terribly… you are the greatest artist that ever was.” - Composer Benjamin Britten in a letter to his partner, the tenor Peter Pears

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Woman Wearing a Costume Whose Bustle and Headdress are the Shape of Fishes by Anonymous, British, 19th century, Drawings and Prints

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Watercolor on gray card

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/387491

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A must-read for SATB fans. Bennett puts into words the aural landscapes this album has always given me. PEEPSHOW and Kate Bush's HOUNDS OF LOVE, my two all-time favorite albums, being strange, expansive fairy tales for the ears and soul.

#siouxsie and the banshees #samantha bennett #bloomsbury #book #peepshow #fuckyeahmusic #modern music and cinema