I dreamt that time had ended

The Knight of the Flowers, 1894, by Georges Rochegrosse. Detail and photo by Paul Perrin. Edit.

my heart was filled with ardour)

“Nastassja Korolevichna” and “Maria Swan White” by Sergey Solomko

Evening guest

Portrait of the Italian Poet, Giambattista Marino

Consolation

Details: Doña Gertrudis de Compte y de Bruga, c.1830, by Vicente López y Portaña.

Why seek ye the living among the dead? St Luke 24 v5, by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, 1870-1890s. Oil on canvas.

Hunter S. Thompson (via thvglyfe)

you can guess who’s my fav K/DA gal

— Henryk Sienkiewicz “Pan Wołodyjowski” (via zawissius)

Definitely planning on doing some proper illustrations of this show, since I love it so damn much 💙❄

Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away fifteen paperback classics that were hand-picked by you! Won’t this collection look lovely on your shelf? :D To win these classics, you must: 1) be following macrolit on Tumblr (yes, we will check. :P), and 2) reblog this post. We will choose a random winner on December 29, at which time we’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, we’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!

This painting captures a dramatic scene from Rear-Admiral Sir James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition of 1839-43. Ross was given command of HMS ‘Erebus’ and HMS ‘Terror’ to carry out a magnetic survey in the Antarctic region. The expedition resulted in various discoveries, including the area subsequently known as the Ross Ice Barrier.

Gołuchów Castle, Poland