legend of the west

MATTEO DI SER CAMBIO

Statute and Register of the Moneychangers’ Guild

1377

Manuscript

Collegio del Cambio, Perugia

Actors of the Burgtheater, Vienna, Austria

Austrian vintage postcard

Philip Wilson Steer - Model Seated Before a Mirror (1894)

OP: so this is the ‘intense regional downpour’ on the weather forecast

Alicia Markova in ‘Les Sylphides.’

Gelatin silver prints (1944) by Carl Van Vechten (American, 1880 - 1964 ).

Images and text courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Silk Crêpe Gown

c. 1807-1812

Pitti Palace

Can’t stop using this photo. Like that’s really how it feels

Scrolled past this agakn and just can't get over how much I love it. We need to make things beautiful again and this is such a wonderful example. The beadwork on the wires of a utitarian object, contrasted with the grey concrete.

Caged Wings Had this idea in my head for a while now. Finally gave it a go. Though my original idea was of a caged tiger, it somehow became birds as I sketched. Maybe I'll make another version with a tiger in the future~ Here's a quick timelapse. The full hours long 6 recording sessions for this painting, plus HD image and PSD file will be DMed on Patreon.com/Yuumei on April 5th.

there’s a very specific aesthetic i’m going for on this blog and it’s called cool things i like

Las Vegas, Nevada - 1895

storm passing through

Reblog to give prev a fucking break holy shit y’all

Yes. We all need a fucking break