The Fairest of Them All

ugonnwaotti

Maurer commented, “My main concern in painting is the beautiful arrangement of color values – that is, harmonized masses of pigment, more or less pure. For this reason, it is impossible to present an exact transcription of nature….It is necessary for art to differ from nature….Perhaps art should be an intensification of nature…”

1925 c. Cream silk pumps produced by designers working for Bonwit Teller, an upscale department store on Fifth Avenue, New York City. They were worn by Mary Stevens Chapin to a wedding in which she was a bridesmaid. From Randy Bryan Bigham, FB.

~ i NEED this!!

Lizadrs

i'm not convinced that art only has something to offer us when we personally want to participate in the activities being depicted

for context, I made a tweet with this image and caption in 2023 and it somehow blew up to be my most liked tweet of that year

Aquatic flowers and a night sky 🪷🌿🌙

Giambattista Valli | Spring/Summer 2025

Now remember, a lady rides sidesaddle, NOT astride. Your mother would be in hysterics at the very idea that a daughter of hers would ride a werewolf astride! Why, next you’ll be showing ankle…

Zero from FFXIV

Saffron: huh?