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started reading again; mostly re-reading books i’ve enjoyed in the past. coming back and finding out that you love them even more the second time around is good.
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apparently i lost followers for speaking up, so i'm gonna say it again.
racists are not welcome on my blog. anyone discriminating other human beings for their race, gender, disability or sexuality is not welcome. anyone thinking they are superior to other humans are not welcome.
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“When all we see in art history is a male-dominated white heaven, we become the inferior to this gender and cultural imperialism” -Harmonia Rosales
“The creation if god”
“Summer”
“The birth of Oshun”
“The birth of eve”
All by Harmonia Rosales
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I was in a library and when I opened a book it licked me.
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This Giraffe is at least 6,000 Years Old
Recorded in 1987 by French archaeologist Christian Dupuy, two remarkable life-size depictions of giraffes were engraved on the weathered surface of a sandstone outcrop in north-eastern Niger. The animals cannot be seen from ground level; they are only visible by climbing onto the boulder.
They are thought to date from between 6,000 and 8,000 years ago, to a period known as the Neolithic Subpluvial, when environmental conditions were much wetter and the Sahara was a vast savannah capable of sustaining large mammals such as giraffe. And, of course, humans.
The engravings reveal a sophisticated artist who utilized multiple techniques including scraping, smoothing and deep engraving of the outlines. This was not the first fumblings of an amateur, but someone who had been taught techniques, and was part of a larger artistic tradition. A systematic study of the area has identified 828 further engravings, including 704 animal forms, 61 human forms, and 17 inscriptions of Tifinâgh script.
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Details in Purple
The New Bracelet, 19th century, by Frans Verhas.
Countess Alexander Nikolaevitch Lamsdorff, 1859, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.
Summer Idleness: Day Dreams, 1909, by John William Godward.
Lady in Violet, 1874, by Pál Szinyei Merse.
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1570, by Alessandro Allori.
A Lady in a Lilac Dress, 19th century, by Władysław Czachórski.
That Was a Piedmontese, 1862, by Arthur Hughes.
A Gust of Wind, by Gaetano Bellei.
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1. Fallen Angel, by @3rdeyechakra / IG: @bbychakra92 | 2. Fallen Angel, 1868, by Alexandre Cabanel.
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quarantine portraits: the zoom meeting vs. the rokeby Venus
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IN THIS HOUSE WE celebrate black women sculptors because Dark Academia has a slight Michelangelo fetish and sometimes it’s good to mix things up.
Left to Right: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller & Elizabeth Catlett, Selma Burke & Simone Leigh, Edmonia Lewis & Augusta Savage
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some of you haven’t gotten a book taken away in class because you just couldn’t stop reading and it SHOWS
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“Carpe noctem, seize the night, drink that cheap wine in your cabinet, allow yourself to scream and cry and laugh, let loose just for the night, the morning sun will bring you back.”
— my journal entries
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