Anatomical Pieces, Theodore Gericault
Medium: oil,canvas
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“I want to kiss her, tell her my thoughts. God, I’m ready to love her. I’m burning, I am beside myself. I worship her.”
— Margarita Karapanou, tr. by N. C. Germanakos, from “Kassandra and the Wolf,”
“Każdy może na ciebie spojrzeć, lecz spotkanie kogoś, kto widzi ten sam świat co ty, jest zjawiskiem dość rzadkim”
— John Green “Żółwie aż do końca”
“Spustoszony Przez śmiech i słowa Pobity przez Małe uczucia i rzeczy Przez pół miłości I pół nienawiści Tam gdzie trzeba krzyczeć Mówię szeptem”
— Tadeusz Różewicz (via cienie-slow)
Herodias mutilating the severed head of Saint John the Baptist held by Salome (detail) attributed to Pieter de Grebber, c. 1640-1649.
Source: wellcomecollection.org
William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons’ Company, London (detail) by an unknown artist, c. 1730-1740.
Source: wellcomecollection.org
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“Her holy, and mild, and eloquent face,”
— Edgar Allan Poe, from The Complete Works; “Morella,” wr. c. April 1835
1. Prometheus Bound, 1618, by Frans Snyders (eagle) and Peter Paul Rubens | 2. The Punishment of Tythus, 1549, by Titian |3. Prometheus, Early 17th, Theodoor Rombouts
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - Seven Works of Mercy (detail)
details from Un Moulage sur Nature (1887), Édouard Dantan
Detail : Hero Finding Leander. Ferdinand Keller. German 1842-1922. oil/canvas.
Detail : Andromache Mourning Hector. 1783. Jacques Louis David. French 1748-1825. oil/canvas.