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luvyourmane:

Dopeness.. 🎶 #luvyourmane #laurynhill #maxwell #locs

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18-15n-77-30w:

18° 15’ N, 77° 30’ W

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12:19 pm  •  14 February 2013  •  1,543 notes  •  View comments

cavetocanvas:

Andrea Mantegna, Death of the Virgin, c. 1542

From the Museo del Prado:

The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and the Laguna of Mantua can be seen in the background. 

This scene depicts the Virgin Mary’s final moment on earth. According to the Apocrypha, her body and soul were carried up to Heaven by Jesus following her earthly death. This moment is also known as the “Dormition of the Virgin”. 

The composition is dominated by the search for perspective, which is achieved mostly through the geometric pattern of the flooring, the scaling of the figures and the window in the back, which acts as a “vanishing point”. Also remarkable here is the strong individualization of the characters’ physiognomies and the masterful rendering of the landscape. Indeed, this is one of the first Italian paintings with a recognizable topography. 

The scene is derived from a mosaic in Saint Marcos of Venice designed by Andrea del Castagno, and from the vaulted architecture visible in drawings by Jacopo Bellini, the painter’s father in law. Mantegna entered the service of the Gonzaga family of Mantua in 1549 and this work was painted for them. The upper third is missing, but a part of it,Christ Receiving the Virgin, is at the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara. 

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rightho:

The Lady and the Unicorn (La Dame à la licorne) is the title of six medieval tapestries which can be found in the Musée du Moyen-Âge in Paris. They depict the five senses, and the most important one of them, depicted above, is headed by the motto ‘À mon seul désir’ (To my one desire). Drawn in Paris and woven in Flanders, they are enough to make one wonder if the Middle Ages were as dark and backwards as we are taught. If you are interested in really learning about the Middle Ages, I recommend the book ‘Those Terrible Middle Ages’ (an imaginative translation from ‘Pour en finir avec le Moyen Age’), by the brilliant French historian Régine Pernoud. It’s subtitle is: ‘debunking the myths’. Indeed.

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twirlmart:

Le Modèle alangui

Marrakech, Maroc

c. 1934 

Jacques Majorelle

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“The first time
you took off your clothes
in front of me, you slid
the white fabric of your blouse
off your arms and revealed
the pale ladders
of scars.

You never referenced them
directly. You said you were
lost, once. You said you
did things, once, and you
did them because they
helped you survive yourself.

I didn’t say anything,
but you took my hand
and pressed it to the
ridged rows of your flesh
and for every line you left
upon yourself and healed,
I found another reason
to call you beautiful.”

— Gabriel Gadfly; “Survival” (via petrichour)

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12:41 pm  •  13 February 2013  •  9,778 notes  •  View comments

soulfreeisthewaytobe:

steel67:

bibleschoolbabblings:

love-1910:

girloverhere:

Three men who stood in the same line in Auschwitz have nearly consecutive numbers: From left, Menachem Shulovitz, 80, bears B14594; Anshel Udd Sharezky, 81, was B14595; and Jacob Zabetzky, 83, was B14597.

“We were strangers standing in line in Auschwitz, we all survived different paths of hell, and we met in Israel,” Mr. Sharezky said. “We stand here together now after 65 years. Do you realize the magnitude of the miracle?”

Amazing. And there should be more notes. Just saying.

Yes, amazing.

Wow. Unbelievable.

This photo is way powerful. Note that gap…

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12:18 pm  •  13 February 2013  •  58,534 notes  •  View comments

pederost:

Nadav Kander - Bodies (2006)

Anyone else thinking of Placebo? 

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felixinclusis:

angrywhistler: Guglielmo Alfarone

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unicornmunch:

flurle:

lunarynth:

never NOT reblogging this. When people say this, they’re implying that a mans natural state is ‘rapist’ - that when they see a woman, they must CONTROL themselves so they don’t rape them - as if they have no control over themselves because they’re some sort of sexual beast. 

YOU GO GIRL!

this is beautiful. c’:

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