Nude By Giacomo Grosso (1896)

Illustration for Act II of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried by Aubrey Beardsley (1892-93)

“Seasons, four elements and human characters”, Isidore of Seville De natura rerum, undated ca. Middle Ages via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

Sleeping Bacchant by Károly Lotz (19th Century)

Eldorado

Gaily bedight,

A gallant knight,

In sunshine and in shadow,

Had journeyed long,

Singing a song,

In search of Eldorado.

But he grew old—

This knight so bold—

And o'er his heart a shadow

Fell as he found

No spot of ground

That looked like Eldorado.

And, as his strength

Failed him at length,

He met a pilgrim shadow—

"Shadow," said he,

"Where can it be—

This land of Eldorado?"

"Over the Mountains

Of the Moon,

Down the Valley of the Shadow,

Ride, boldly ride,"

The shade replied—

"If you seek for Eldorado!"

Edward Allen Poe

Here’s a gal who really knows how to display her Christmas ornaments! It’s the lovely Miss Lady Allure! (Photo by Sharna Lee Photography!) You can see more in our Xmas Nightcap, which came out a couple of years ago.

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This is not a painting. One of my favorite historical photos of all time. The photograph was taken in 1911 by Francis James (FJ) Mortimer FRPS (1874-1944) a pioneer of pictorial photography. The sea his favorite subject, captured the shipwreck Arden Craig, a three-mast wheat ship that crashed into the rocks with nine feet of water after the captain became disorientated in heavy fog.

Dante Running from the Three Beasts, William Blake, between 1824 and 1827

Odalisque with a Fan by Guillaume Seignac (Late 19th - Early 20th Century)

-Last Judgement-