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Nigel Lambourne - Raised Arms (Hairdressing), ca. 1960

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Laura Knight - Lydia Lopokova at the Looking Glass (1923)

Lydia Lopokova trained as a ballerina at the Imperial School of Ballet in St Petersburg. Her appearance with Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1918 took London by storm. Maynard Keynes became captivated by her childlike gaiety and idiosyncratic English, and after the failure of Diaghilev’s company, arranged accommodation for her in Bloomsbury. Four years later, in 1925, she became his wife, an event that upset the equilibrium of Vanessa Bell’s and Duncan Grant’s close friendship with Keynes. Despite this, the couple moved to Tilton, less than a mile from Charleston, where Lydia continued to live after her husband’s death. (source)

#art #mirrors

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Dream Vision; A Nightmare (1525), by Albrecht Dürer, who died #onthisday in 1528. The watercolour and accompanying text describe an apocalyptic dream he had on the night of 7-8th June 1525.

More art depicting #dreams here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-dreams #OTD

#art #history

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#about me

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Kaoru Kawano - Owl (ca. 1960)

#art #owls

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Georgia O'Keeffe, Blue Nude, 1918.

#art

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#my name doesn't get mispelled a lot #but when it does #it tends to be how my aunt used to pronounce it #(in fact some of her daughters spell it that way) #so it just reminds me of her which is nice #polls

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Details of the chariot of Thutmose IV (reigned 1419-1410 BC)

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Fustat, Cairo, Egypt

#thutmose iv #ancient egypt

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Nobody was doing it like Mary Magdalene. Tits out. Standing on a mountain. Holding a skull. She’s like the lesbian catholic hamlet. Aesthetically an absolute win for the gays.

#mary magdalene

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its important to do this every time a museum or school thinks this is a good idea

#i broke this ai so much it no longer recognised vera brittain #the famous memorist whose 'testament of youth' is one of the most celebrated and most famous books about world war i #i did that by asking it how her brother edward brittain died and then repeatedly asking it to tell me the full story of his death #now why is this important? #because edward brittain was given the choice between facing a court-martial or going on a suicide mission #after he was discovered to be having homosexual relations #the ai could not do it. it would only tell me that he was killed in action #i asked why it couldn't tell me how he died #and it replied with its 'i'm sorry i can only answer wwi questions :( ' #and when i told it what happened #'i'm sorry i don't recall anyone by that name.' #so i asked it 'who is vera brittain' and it replied exactly the same way #if you ask it outright about about homosexuality it replies with a generic thing about how ~such things weren't discussed back then #and how the 'deep camaraderie' in the trenches taught the soldiers empathy and support 'despite our differences' #(really mate?) #and how things are better now #(if you ask it about the queer themes in wwi poetry it tells you it can only answer questions about world war i.) #oh and it forgot who wilfred owen was #deeply fucked #ranting in my tags again #ai fuckery #it CAN tell you how ned kelly's spirit was an inspiration to the lads tho

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so i have a cat now

#kittles

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I wanted to do one of those poll things for season 1 of The Terror. You know the drill, share it and tell me which one of these you think is a lie. To my fellow Cold Boys enjoyers, please share and don't give it away.

#the terror #polls

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Werewolf with a cane, brought to you by my achey joints

#werewolves #art

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Unruly patient

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#kittles

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Source

#foxes

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Giacinto Fuga - We live in the Mystery that we have Violated (1930)

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James Boswell - Traitor’s Purse by Margery Allingham, The Folio Society (2015)

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