Diex Aie

From “Geisha Party” series, Kyoto, 1946 by Alfred Eisenstaedt.  Image via Pinterest

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, 1898. Shared by Ilya.

Lady in kimono at Heian-jingu shrine, Kyoto, Japan: text and photography by 92san　平安神宮　京都.  

Artist: Muto Katei Title: Engakuji Temple in Kamakura (Kamakura Engakuji) Date: 1954 Medium: Color woodblock print Credit Line: Bruce Goff Archive, gift of Shin'enkan, Inc.

Kashiku of the Tsuruya.  Ukiyo-e woodblock print.  About 1800, Japan.  Artist Utagawa Toyokuni II

Sleeping at the window ;-))

Annunciation, 1623 by Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563--1639)

Interior of Japanese temple

Golden Eyes, 1917 by Norah Neilson Gray (Scottish, 1882--1931)

This woodblock print by the Shin-hanga (New Print) virtuoso Shiro Kasamatsu (1898–1991), is titled "Shinshu Shirahone Onsen" (Shirahone Hot Spring in Shinshū)., 1935, Japan. The artwork captures the historic, hidden mountain onsen (hot spring) of Shirahone, nestled deep in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture (historically Shinshū). Famed for its opaque, milky-white thermal waters rich in calcium and magnesium, the spring is presented here as an idyllic, secret sanctuary.

Paradiso Canto 31 - Rosa Celeste. Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven, The Empyrean (Gustave Doré, 1871)

Deux icônes futuristes du passé : Citroën DS21 et Le Concorde 🇨🇵

Badab-e Surt

Georg Wilson (British, 1998) - Strange Pastoral (2025)