Classical art

I wish I'd saved who painted the above! Hopefully a nice net surfer can chuck us a comment if they know?! Much appreciated! ^_^

Fuseli- The Nightmare

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indoor consolations on a winters day

Nicolas Poussin

Narcissus John William Waterhouse

Miranda- The Tempest. John William Waterhouse

James Alphege Brewer

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Kickass paintings

Paolo Uccello

Remedios Varo

Joseph Paton

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Classical art continued

Narcissus transfixed by Carvaggio

Phaedra 1880 Alexandre Cabanel

Saint George and the dragon circa 1470 by Paolo Uccello

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Classical art

I won't pretend to know anything about art, I just like the feelings the soft colours evoke

Edouard Manet, Woman with parrot, 1866

William Morris

Gustav Klimt 

Anything that has the ability to make us forget about ourselves, however momentarily, is beautiful

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A Midsummer Night's dream paintings

The enchanting play brought to life on the canvas

Oberon, Titania and Puck with fairies dancing William Blake 1786

Henry Fuseli

Titania Sleeping Arthur Rackham

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Goya

Witches in the air

I stare at this one for ages at a time

definitely my two favourite Goya paintings

Witches Sabbath

look at those brush strokes!

and a black painting

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Boudica/ Boadicea

History! No subject is more divisive or awesome than you!

Boudica was the queen of the British Iceni tribe who fought the occupation of the Roman Empire

Read more here

Reason for this post: art inspired by history! 

and music, my favourite Enya tune here named after this icon

There is something so brilliantly majestic about old school classical style, it's so mighty and full of expression!\

I love all the interpretations of what she may have looked like:

Sister is doing well with hair like that in AD 60 roughly ;)

Pics from Wikipedia, and Google, haha yes, I just referenced Google, take that Uni!

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Lately...

Lots of journal keeping, hi Tare Panda(s!)

Gustav Klimt jewellery box

Postcards: Plague doctor Venice, Anne Frank house Amsterdam, John William Waterhouse paintings, Prague and the Berlin Wall

How I long to be back in Europe!

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Memento Mori

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,

Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur,

Omnia mors perimit et nulli miseretur.

Ad mortem festinamus peccare desistamus.

Life is short, and shortly it will end;

Death comes quickly and respects no one,

Death destroys everything and takes pity on no one.

To death we are hastening, let us refrain from sinning.

Ni conversus fueris et sicut puer factus

Et vitam mutaveris in meliores actus,

Intrare non poteris regnum Dei beatus.

Ad mortem festinamus peccare desistamus.

If you do not turn back and become like a child,

And change your life for the better,

You will not be able to enter, blessed, the Kingdom of God.

To death we are hastening, let us refrain from sinning.

-Libre Vermell de Monstserrat 1399

A recurring motif in art, literature, music etc. Momento Mori 

Hans Memling

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More Frida Kahlo paintings

1926 self portrait

Deceased Dimas 1927

Self portrait 1937

Two Women 1929

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John Singer Sargent

American portrait painter

Carmela Bertagna

Mrs Diane Dobson Barton

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler

Mrs Charles Inches

Madame X

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose

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Shakespeare's Ophelia in art

John William Waterhouse

John Everett Millais

Alexandre Cabanel

Ernest Hebert

John William Waterhouse

Not bad for falling from a branch into a stream

 John William Waterhouse, you can bring literature to life!

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Romwe Birth of Venus

 Birth of Venus print jumper by Romwe here, this is a magical magical jumper

Pic taken from their site, other pic from Tumblr

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