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Monday, February 24, 2014

Art And Beauty

Woman in the Window (Wife of a Treasurer). Vasily Tropinin, 1841

Let's take a beauty break and look at some treasures that have noting to do with products, #hashtags, commercial interests, promotions, or social media. Just art, beauty, and a fantasy:

Portrait of Agnes Macdonald Poynter by Sir Edward John Poynter (1866)

Cleopatra, John William Waterhouse, 1887

Frederico de Madrazo y Kuntz - Amalia de Llano y Dotres, Countess of Vilches, 1853

Lotte - Christian Schad, 1927



7 comments:

  1. I love this post! Really enjoyable. Did you notice that "The Woman in the Window" looks like you? So pretty.

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  2. Looking at these has been an extremely welcome late afternoon break. Thank you!
    Anna

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  3. Love Cleopatra! she's thinking hard about something-!!!

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  4. I agree with Natalie about the first painting! lol I do like Cleopatra and the Countess of Vilches seems like quite the sweet young woman, despite having such a title as Countess.

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  5. John William Waterhouse was a magnificent painter. I love all of his works. This was lovely. Thank you!

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  6. These are absolutely lovely. Thanks for posting these. You find beautiful images for your posts!

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  7. I love your website! It is so classy and elegant! Thank you.

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