"The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows towards beauty’s end."- Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows (via vorfreud)
Silvana Mangano in front of a Brâncuși sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1956 - Photo by Eve Arnold
(Source: youwillneverknowwhatifeel, via crimsonkismet)
Boulevard de Strasbourg, Corsets, Paris by Eugène Atget, The Met’s Photos
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Gelatin silver print from glass negative
William Bouguereau - Les Oréades ; Internet edition :-D
‘cause you know, someone on the internet might get offended.
Punch Dagger (Katar) with Sheath, Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Steel, iron, silver, gold, rubies
Manuscript Leaf with Initial A, from an Antiphonary, Medieval Art
Gift of Miss Alice M. Dike, in memory of her father, Henry A. Dike, 1928 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Tempera, ink, and metal leaf on parchment
Hey, this post may contain adult content, so we’ve hidden it from public view.
Breviarium Romanum by Jan van Keerberghen, The Cloisters
The Cloisters Collection, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Paper; leather binding with copper alloy mounts, and wood
(via met-armsarmor)
