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Mariners Apartment Complex - Lana Del Rey

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Santa Monica Dream - Angus and Julia Stone

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helenmilesmosaics

These ancient mosaic fragments, slightly submerged in the sea, can be found on a deserted stretch of minor road on the East coast of the Greek mainland, untended, unsignposted, unnoticed.

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Necro Maria, a breathtaking, exquisite marble sculpture representing a classy decadent macabre reinterpretation of Our Lady of Sorrows, a collaboration between 3D illustrator & art director Billelis & Sick Mick (@sick666mick). Via The Ethereal & the Uncanny

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Château de Villette, built in the 17th. century and designated as one of the most important historical castles in France, is approx. 40 minutes west of Paris. It was designed by Francois Mansart (1598-1666) for the Count of Aufflay. The elegance of the classic design, gave him the designation of "Le Petit Versailles".

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Mudejar art is practiced by Mudejars, people of Muslim religion who remained in the Christian kingdoms after the conquest of their territory and, in exchange for a tax, retained their religion and legal status. It is an exclusively Hispanic phenomenon between the 12th and 17th c.

The materials used in the mudejar art are: The plaster introduced in the Iberian Peninsula by the Muslims from the East; brick, considered the Mudéjar material par excellence, being used for both decorative and constructive purposes; the wood in the ceilings and the ceramics

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A flock of birds captured in slow-motion make the world look like it’s suspended in time (source)

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satomichi

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“The mouth, with its opening joining the red of the lips to the flesh of the face, seemed to be real flesh rather than paint. Anyone who looked very attentively at the hollow of her throat would see her pulse beating: to tell the truth, it can be said that portrait was painted in a way that would cause every brave artist to tremble and fear, whoever he might be.”

-Giogrio Vasari, Lives of the Artists (1550)