GOSH I LOVE ARROWS

Salvatore Postiglione (1861–1906), Dante and Beatrice (detail)

I am the serpent (women and snakes motif 1/?)

Sleeping Princess. 1915. John Duncan 

he is sitting and pondering

Ophelia by Arthur Hughes (1865)

wanted to paint these owls

Anna Vaughn Jones

—sleep

philip geiger // michael mao // lance calkin // jeremy lipking // eugene louis boudin // vincent giarrano // nick alm // richard schmid

Do any of you know about that one painting with Aphrodite being born out of lava with a black swan by her side or did i completely hallucinate that? Been searching for a while but i can’t find it for shit.

I tried googling that description but no luck either, anyone might know what painting this might be (or if it does exist? cause it sounds sick lol)

It took a bit of googling magic, but I think I’ve found it.

This is “Kindled” by Laura K. Cannon, which is part of her portfolio that can be found here: http://navate.com/2wk6im1sartc92iwza7il07bxq2mk5

Is this what you were looking for? @sakyubaso

I’m in love.

Y'all I’m-

the original artist states:

“This went kinda viral on tumblr and people are arguing whether it’s a painting of Aphrodite. It’s not. If she must be a goddess, I think she’d be Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire.

But it doesn’t depict anyone specifically. After some soul-searching I realize that, while I wasn’t thinking about it at the time, it’s a painting about battling depression. I live with MDD so the idea of emerging from the depths is a powerful thing for me.

Is she being born from the lava, or is she climbing out of Hell? I think it’s both.”

so. not Aphrodite, but someone beautiful nonetheless

"Oh flora, of the moon, of the dream..."

Sibylline Meynet on Instagram

Woman With Shrimp, Date ca. 1930s.  Artist:Ercole Barovier, Italian, 1889-1974. Manufacturer:Barovier & Toso, Italian

Chrysler Museum

Beatrix Potter’s illustrated letter “Peter’s Dream of a Comfortable Bed” 1899.

Sebastino Luciano (detail)