Fragments of Sappho, circa 630 - 580 BC. Translated by Anne Carson.
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after 3 hours of burning, this candle begins to melt through the eyes, making the statue appear to cry. she weeps for 2 hours.
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A Gust of Wind by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
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Frederick H. Evans - Canterbury: Angel Tower and Dark Entry, n.d.
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“Le temps viendra. Je, Anne Boleyn”
The time will come. I, Anne Boleyn.
Anne Boleyn’s actual handwriting <3
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Four Studies of a Dog, 19, Museum of the Netherlands
Vier studies van een hond, zittend en liggend.
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Vessel in the Shape of a Bear, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art
Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1966 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Copper alloy, cast
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‘’The unplaiting of the hair’’ 1997, 100x100, oil on canvas - #AndreyRemnev #Russia
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Alphabet Book, late 14th century, by Giovannino de Grassi (1350-1398)
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‘Artemis’ (stained glass). Design by Géza Maróti (1875-1941).
Budapest Museum of Applied Arts. Photograph by Szilas. Wikimedia
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Day and Night stained glass windows (1897–1900). Designer and executant: William Glasby (1863–1941) Henry Holiday Studio, Hampstead.
Images and text courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/207692?rpp=30&pg=16&ao=on&ft=stained+glass&pos=468
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Alexandra Khudyakova
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The unfinished portraits of Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830):
Lawrence was famed for the length of time he took to finish some of his paintings (Isabella Wolff waited twelve years for her portrait to be completed) and, at his death, his studio contained a large number of unfinished works. Some were completed by his assistants and other artists, some were sold as they were.
Maria, Lady Callcott, 1819, oil on canvas
Lady Elizabeth Lowther, delivered unfinished 1830, oil and black chalk on canvas
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, commissioned 1829, oil on canvas
Emilia, Lady Cahir, Later Countess of Glengall, c. 1803-5, oil and graphite on canvas
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