art and love of art

Vanity Fair covers by Franz Leyendecker

Balladen Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen, illustrated by Robert Engles, 1915

The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1921

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868

King Arthur and His Knights, based on Morte d'Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory, compiled by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant, illustrated by Frank Godwin, 1927

King Arthur and His Knights, based on Morte d'Arthur of Sir Thomas Malory, compiled by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant, illustrated by Frank Godwin, 1927

Louis Vuitton FALL 2013 READY-TO-WEAR. By Marc Jacobs.

The Odyssey of Homer by George Herbert Palmer, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, 1929

Apollo, Briton Riviere, 1874

McQueen SPRING 2004 READY-TO-WEAR. From Vogue Archives.

Historical illustrations by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951)

Vanquished, Edmund Blair Leighton, 1884

Mothers and their children in the illustrations of Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)

Saint Mary Magdalene, Gregor Erhart, circa 1520

Studies for "Medicine", "Philosophy", "Jurisprudence", Gustav Klimt, 1897-1900

Women in the paintings of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)