a history of my calamities

labelleotero: Leon Bakst Design for a Decadent Dress for Mrs....

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:38:14 -0400

labelleotero:

Leon Bakst Design for a Decadent Dress for Mrs. Legar, 1910.

siginskji: Blanch - Portrait of Vaslav Nijinski

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:37:47 -0400

siginskji:

Blanch - Portrait of Vaslav Nijinski

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Sat, 25 May 2013 15:12:08 -0400

discardingimages: bunny hunter Pontifical of Guillaume Durand,...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:11:39 -0400

discardingimages:

bunny hunter

Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390.

Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, fol. 165r

from The Hunt of the Unicorn, tapestries, 1495-1505

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:23:10 -0400

from The Hunt of the Unicorn, tapestries, 1495-1505

brettkingery: Selections from Structure of the Visual Book by...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:18:01 -0400

brettkingery:

Selections from Structure of the Visual Book by Keith Smith

asymptotejournal: A letter dictated by Joan of Arc, and signed...

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:17:39 -0400

asymptotejournal:

A letter dictated by Joan of Arc, and signed herself

Joan of Arc dictated several letters while she was alive that provide a glimpse of her character and personality. While Joan herself could not read or write she was articulate and sent out the following letters ranging from the first one sent to her English adversaries to the last one sent to the people of Reims shortly before she was captured. Joan herself signed the last three letters.

More here.

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beauhibou: Love this idea.

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:06:36 -0400

beauhibou:

Love this idea.

slowlyeden: Louis Couperus book covers by Jan Toorop, via The...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:06:01 -0400

slowlyeden:

Louis Couperus book covers by Jan Toorop, via The Rijksmuseum

thegetty: differenceetrepetition: Medieval methods of...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:05:35 -0400

thegetty:

differenceetrepetition:

Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.

Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.

booksnbuildings: The library at Sissinghurst castle, the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:05:20 -0400

booksnbuildings:

The library at Sissinghurst castle, the delightful and exquisite home of Vita Sackville-West and her husband, Harold Nicolson.

fuckyeahpreraphaelites: Design for The SirensEdward...

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:10:53 -0400

fuckyeahpreraphaelites:

Design for The Sirens
Edward Burne-Jones

"Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:15 -0400

“Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.”

- Anne Carson, Introduction to Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides (via filthiestlaugh)
I love love love this introduction. I give it to my classical civ students every quarter.

"Les miroirs feraient bien de réfléchir un peu plus avant de renvoyer les images."

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:45:26 -0400

“Les miroirs feraient bien de réfléchir un peu plus avant de renvoyer les images.”

- Jean Cocteau — Le sang d’un poète (1930)

d-outre-temps: MAIN TITLE “Le Testament d’Orphée.” Jean Cocteau...

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:49 -0400

d-outre-temps:

MAIN TITLE “Le Testament d’Orphée.” Jean Cocteau (1959) by BlueSuddenSubway on Flickr.

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d-outre-temps: villa Santo sospir by luerna on Flickr. ¤

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:34 -0400

d-outre-temps:

villa Santo sospir by luerna on Flickr.

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angeheurtebise: Jean Cocteau, 1929.Photo : Germaine Krull.

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:39:26 -0400

angeheurtebise:

Jean Cocteau, 1929.
Photo : Germaine Krull.

"Once I went to interview Jean Cocteau. His house was piled high with bibelots, paintings, drawings..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:19:03 -0400

“Once I went to interview Jean Cocteau. His house was piled high with bibelots, paintings, drawings by famous artists, books - Cocteau kept everything and felt a deep love for all those things.
During the interview I decided to ask him: ‘if the house caught fire right now, and you could only take one thing with you, what would you choose?’
Cocteau said: ‘I’d take the fire.’”

- a journalist in Brissac, France (via woodysblues)

postmariedo: Le poète, en composant des poèmes, use d’une...

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:18:29 -0400

postmariedo:

Le poète, en composant des poèmes, use d’une langue ni vivante, ni morte, que peu de personnes parlent, que peu de personnes entendent.

"It is, it seems, a social crime to desire solitude. After a piece of work, I flee. I seek new..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:18:20 -0400

“It is, it seems, a social crime to desire solitude. After a piece of work, I flee. I seek new territory. I fear the slackness of habit. I want to be free of techniques, of experience — clumsy. That is to be a trifler, a traitor, an acrobat, a fantaisiste. To be complimentary: a magician. A wave of the wand and the books are written, the film is shot, the pen draws, the play is staged.
It is very simple. Magician. That word makes everything easy. No need to labour at our work. It all happens of its own accord.”

- Jean Cocteau, The Difficulty of Being (via woodysblues)