haute conviction

Olivia Hussey photographed by Terence Spencer in London, c. 1969.

Source: metmuseum.org

Pygmalion and Galatea (1763) by Étienne Maurice Falconet Paul and Virginia (1844) by Alessandro Puttinati Worship of the Female Form (early 20th century) by Alméry Lobel-Riche Kneeling man embracing a standing woman (1908) by Gustav Vigeland In Paradise (1918) by Max Svabinsky Thief of the Moon (1924) by Norman Lindsay

Willem Dafoe by By Naomi Kaltman  (1991)

Joan Baez photographed by Reg Innell, 1968

Henry Ossawa Tanner - Mary (ca. 1914)

Kiss Andrea

Anonyme, Vierge à l'Enfant, Nostre Dame de Grâce, v. 1451-1475, Musée des Augustins, Toulouse

The way Mary sits with almost no visible features but you can still tell that her hands are clasped in prayer- the angel Gabriel manifesting as a single stroke of light as the paint and room seems to contort around him. Easily one of the all timers.

the completed piece for those of u who have never seen it. so bitchin.

Art. Bryan Larsen, "A New Eden", Cover art for Quent Cordair's Idolatry book series Part 2

The gorgeous Bird Mosaic from the so-called House of the Birds in Italica, Spain, features 35 different species of birds.

Vessel sherd. Mitanni ca. 15th–14th century BCE/ Mesopotamia, Tell al-Rimah .

‘Sketch for Eros and Psyche’ by John Singer Sargent, c. 1917-21.

Alighiero Boetti, Immagine somiglianza, (blue biro pen on paper), 1975 [ML Fine Art – Matteo Lampertico, Milano. © Alighiero Boetti / Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Roma]

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Joni Mitchell playing an Appalachian dulcimer in May 1972

Into One Another III, To PPP,  Berlinde De Bruyckere (2010) / Hysterics of Love, Eric Fischl (1997) / We Are All Flesh, Berlinde De Bruyckere (2009)