At left is a statue of the fallen angel Lucifer by sculptor Joseph Geefs, for the Cathedral at Liège, Belgium. It is titled L’Ange du Mal (the Angel of Evil). It was deemed to be inappropriately alluring with an unhealthy beauty, and removed. The cathedral commissioned a replacement from Joseph’s brother, the sculptor Guillaume Geefs, (shown at right) which is titled Le Génie du Mal (The Genius of Evil). I guess the chains and the half-eaten apple made it okay.
Alexandre Cabanel, The Birth of Venus (detail), 1863
The biggest scam your brain is telling you is that everybody else is human and allowed to make mistakes but that you yourself have to be perfect and flawless to deserve their company
Teuta Matoshi gowns
Francesco Hayez (1791 - 1882)
Obelisque
Vengeance Is Sworn
Ballerina Carlotta Chabert as Venus
Meditation on the History of Italy
The Kiss
Melancholy
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
A black and white summer beauty break, courtesy of ten classic actresses and entertainers — Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Pam Grier, Rita Hayworth, Eartha Kitt, Carole Lombard, Marilyn Monroe, and Anna May Wong ☀️💕
Study of the portrait, and the finished ‘Portrait of Madame X’, 1884, by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
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