crystal of the universe

James Jacques Joseph Tissot, Triumph of the Will - The Challenge (detail), ca. 1877

Some years later, I heard of her being swung for hours at a late night garden party, and asking to be swung higher and higher. I reproached her for this, perhaps with too much gravity, and she said: 'Why, it was fun and I probably looked like the girl in The Swing by Fragonard in the Wallace Collection, or hope I did!' - Alan Dent, Vivien Leigh: A Bouquet

CHRIS EVANS as ARI LEVINSON The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) | dir. Gideon Raff

@Esther_418

Happy Valentine's Day! 💌🌹

CHRIS EVANS as NICK VAUGHN Before We Go (2014) | dir. Chris Evans

— David Lynch to Vanity Fair, 2017.

GIULIA FARNESE ✿ THE BORGIAS (2011-2013) — 1.04: Lucrezia's Wedding

Sintober - 22. Lust

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Base Serpent Messmer

"On March 15, 1498, according to the reports of the Ferrarese ambassador in Venice, [Lucrezia] gave birth to a boy who was christened Giovanni (Juan), in memory of her beloved brother, the murdered Duke of Gandía. The official bull declared that the child, delicately described therein as 'the Roman infant' (infans Romanus)." — The Borgias and their enemies 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert

Dragon Age: The Veilguard | ▶ dev. Bioware

COMPANION (2025) dir. Drew Hancock

#evolution of cesare's obsession with lucrezia's neck

JENNIE ZEN (2025)

STRANGE DARLING (2023) dir. JT Mollner

vignette from Oscar Wilde's ‘Salome’, 1893