Jean Duvet

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(submitted by @youwantmetoexpressmyself)

(via Robert Polidori Documents Over 20 Years Of Restorations At The Palace of Versailles | Yatzer)

Circe and Scylla, John Melhuish Strudwick 

I was fortunate to speak with @thegetty​ recently as part of the #GettyInspired initiative. We spoke about open access, the future of art history, and of course, public executions in the Baroque period. Take a look at my #GettyInspired profile here, and read our full conversation, “For Art History, Generosity Is the Real Power of the Internet,” in the Getty Iris.

Hans Makart, Die Falknerin, 1880.

Makart paints a double portrait here: the woman as falconer, but also the woman herself as a bird of prey alongside her animal counter-part, connoted by the woman’s dress and pose reflecting that of the falcon. This falls in line with the fin-de-siecle concern over the femme fatale.

FLUORITE with PHANTOMS

Wonderful specimen of intergrown Fluorite crystals with phantoms inside the cubes. The crystals are very sharp, lustrous, glassy and highly transparent. The real beauty in this specimen is the phantoms. The predominant color is green combined with intense purple phantoms at the corners. Some black dendrites enrich the display.

Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine), Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Old Map of Paris Monumentale, France 1878 

via oldmapsandposters.storenvy.com

This weekend I had the most incredible photoshoot with the insanely talented Laura Dark.

(Visited Laura Dark’s Website: http://lauradark.com )

Water Lilies, 1907 ~ Claude Monet