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The Shining Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1980)

#the shining #horror #literal bloodbath #if you want blood you got it

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“Conceptio Culpa, Nasci Pena, Labor Vita, Necesse Mori” “Conception is a sin, Birth is pain Life is toil, Death a necessity”

The Frailty of Human Life (1956) by Salvator Rosa

#salvator rosa #vanitas #mors vincit omnia

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Saint Catherine of Siena (detail, 1612-14) Juan Bautista Maíno

#juan bautista maíno #saint catherine of siena #baroque light

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2 Illustrations to denounce the crimes of the corset and how it cripples and restricts the bodily organs in women.

#medical history #corset #victorian ridiculousness #costume history

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Painting by Rene Magritte.

#roger daltrey #rene magritte #oh no lacan

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Magnificent and Superb Royal Cased Pair of Lavishly Gold Inlaid Percussion Pistols by Manceaux of Paris Presented to Captain Thomas, Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, by Louis Philippe, King of France 

from Rock Island Auctions

#visual culture #weapons #pistols at dawn #dueling

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By Franz Eybl (Austrian, 1806-1880) 

#early modern portraits #costume history #all the young dudes

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Icon of Saint Pete Townshend

from Lisztomania (1975)

#byzantine #icons #pete townshend #the who #lisztomania #byzantine daddy

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Saint Michael’s Church is one of the oldest churches in Vienna, Austria.

| Photographer: Retlaw Snellac

#saint michael #michaelerkirche #vienna #madonna candia #karl georg

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1966 flood of the Arno Rive, Florence.

#firenze #santa croce #angeli del fango

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Maze Garden at Château de la Ballue in Bazouges-la-Pérouse, France.

#chateaux #wisteria #hedge maze

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“Apricot Sprites” found in the cross sections of a fruit tree by Daniel

#natura pictrix #pareidolia

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The Fall of the Rebel Angels (detail). Frans Floris de Vriedt ~ 1554 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

#frans floris #demons #renaissance demons

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Salvador Dalí’s surrealist dream sequence in — Spellbound (1945) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

#dali #spellbound #surrealism #fuck yeah horror cinematography

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#hannibal #aesthetics before ethics #beautiful horrible things

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Lizzie Borden was an American woman who was tried and acquitted in 1893 for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. 1. The axe used to kill Andrew and Abby Borden (the handle is broken off). Many believe Lizzie Borden killed her parents although she was acquitted of the crime. 2. Abby Borden’s skull. 3. Andrew Borden’s skull.

#skulls #lizzie borden #true crime #with an axe

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Handmade Gold & Bone Spine Filigree Back Piece by AconiteCreations. Available here

#fashion #bone armor #skeletons