Bride by *khallion

wanderingzeffyr:

Portrait of Jaroslava (c1930) Alphonse Mucha

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fer1972:

Vladimir Kush

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deafmuslimpunx:

we talk a bit about my works and my goals for the future. check it out.

aelur:

cavetocanvas:

Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1834

The full res of this painting is simply orgasmic. Look at the placement of the figures - they’re so delicate in their movements, the figure of Jane being gently led to her death. The composition is extremely simple, the figures arranged in the shape of a cross that converges in Jane’s blindfold. The lighting is also something that makes me weep, because Delaroche obscured both of her killers’ faces, so we have only a clear view of Jane’s childish expression and her friend’s sorrow. It’s a clever trick - we are not meant to empathize with the killers; the victims have to be the focus of our attention. 

It’s also meant to play up the pathos of the historical scene - Jane knelt too far from the block and had to be assisted to it by one of the executioners.

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8bitfidgit:

Bonsai Tree Houses by Takanori Aiba

For nearly a decade since the late 1970s artist Takanori Aiba worked as a maze illustrator for Japanese fashion magazine POPYE. The following decade he worked as an architect and finally in 2003 decided to merge the two crafts—the design of physical space and the drawing of labyrinths—into these incredibly detailed tiny worlds. Using craft paper, plastic, plaster, acrylic resin, paint and other materials Aiba constructs sprawling miniature communities that wrap around bonsai trees, lighthouses, and amongst the cliffs of nearly vertical islands.
Artist’s website: http://www.tokyogoodidea.com/
More of Aiba’s work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/takanoriaiba/
Source: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/

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selchieproductions:

Eagle/Raven (Ch’áak’/Yéil)

Preston Singletary, Tlingit, USA, 2008

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cloudjunky:

Winter Queen by Aly Fell

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