Preparing for the Bath by John William Godward (1900)

Christ With The Brazen Serpent (detail) attr. Peter Paul Rubens

The Grand Staircase under the Cupola of the Galeries Lafayette, Paris

Stendhal, The Red and the Black

Cover of Scena Illustrata Magazine by Ezio Anichini (Feb. 1916)

‘Hameau de la reine’, the little cottage of Marie Antoinette in Versailles.

Safavid carpet, 16th c. GORGEOUS.

Cupid Carving His Bow (detail) by Parmigianino (c. 1533-1535)

Gustave Max Stevens (Belgian, 1871-1946)

The Twelve Princesses, 1899

Domenichino, Virgin and Unicorn (Giulia Farnese), ca. 1602

Jupiter and Callisto by François Boucher (1744)

bingewatching will never come close to bingereading. there is nothing like blocking out the entire Earth for ten hours to read a book in one sitting no food no water no shower no bra and emerging at the end with no idea what time it is or where you are, a dried-up prune that's sensitive to light and loud noises because you've been in your room in the dark reading by the glow of a single LED. it's like coming back after a three-month vacation in another dimension and now you have to go downstairs and make dinner. absolutely transcendental

William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Spring Breeze (1895), detail

𝔠𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔢 & 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪

Mosaic floor tile excavated at Byland Abbey in Yorkshire, England, 13th century

from The British Museum

The breathtaking splendor of this place is forever engraved in my memory

My photography; Versailles, France, 27 VIII 2023

Westminster Abbey (view from parliament square), London, England | March 2019