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National Unicorn Day 🦄

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. Although a mythical creature that has never actually existed, it has long been a symbol of Scottish heritage and culture.

The unicorn first appeared on the Scottish royal coat of arms in the 12th century, and has since been featured in many works of art and literature.

The unicorn is associated with qualities such as purity, innocence, and power, and is often depicted as a graceful and majestic creature.

As a national symbol, the unicorn represents the unique and magical spirit of Scotland, and is beloved by Scots and visitors alike.

La Scarzuola. The architecture is astonishing, I am in love

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Andre de Dienes in Los Angeles, early 1953.

Vicente Lopez y Portaña (1722 -1850)

The Painter's Honeymoon (c.1864) by Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton (English, 1830-1896)

Memories

“Święty Marcin / Saint Martin” Piotr Stachiewicz 1907

Royal Chapel of Versailles, France.

The Stained Glass of Sainte-Chapelle

Interior of the upper chapel (looking northeast), Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243–1248

This chapel is a masterpiece of the so-called Rayonnant (radiant) style of the High Gothic age, which dominated the second half of the century. It was the preferred style of the royal Parisian court of Saint Louis. Sainte-Chapelle’s architect carried the dissolution of walls and the reduction of the bulk of the supports to the point that some 6,450 square feet of stained glass make up more than than three-quarters of the structure. The emphasis is on the extreme slenderness of the architectural forms and on linearity in general. Although the chapel required restoration in the 19th century (after suffering damage during the French Revolution), it retains most of its original 13th-century stained glass. Approximately 49 feet high and 15 feet wide, they were the largest designed up to their time. (source)

Solovetsky Monastery in Faustovo, Moscow Oblast