Different Stages of Decomposition

mineralogy-porn:

“Velvet Beauty” Azurite, Malachite and Copper.
Found in 1890 in Bisbee, Arizona

crystal-porn:

Dioptase

Haunted forests of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England (by Duncan George).

gothgirlsgotogivenchy:

Giambattista Valli Haute Couture FW 2012/13 detail.

(Source: ckinn)

(Source: vaacuum)

artemisdreaming:

Woman with a Cat

Louis Anquetin

Frank Cadogan Cowper, La Belle Dame Sans Merci

vintagegal:

“Jackpot” by Gil Elvgren 1961

John Singer Sargent, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth

Tate Gallery, London
Date: 1889
Technique: Oil on canvas, 2210 x 1143 mm

The famous actress, Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928), is shown here in the role of Lady Macbeth. At the first performance in 1888, Sargent was struck by Terry’s appearance and persuaded her to sit for a portrait. He invented her dramatic pose, which did not occur in the production. Oscar Wilde, who saw Terry’s arrival at Sargent’s Chelsea studio, remarked, ‘The street that on a wet and dreary morning has vouchsafed the vision of Lady Macbeth in full regalia magnificently seated in a four-wheeler can never again be as other streets: it must always be full of wonderful possibilities.’

(Source: darkclassics.blogspot.com)

Andor Novák, Femme Fatale

(Source: darkclassics.blogspot.com)

amoelbarroco:

Francesco Hayez, La acusación secreta, 1848

paperimages:

Vincent van Gogh - Irises, Saint-Rémy: May, 1889

“If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere. But still I sometimes long for Holland and especially for home.”

   Vincent to Theo, 30 April 1874 [e]

“Study in Green” by John White Alexander.