Bella Donna

artemisdreaming: The Window, 1916, The Detroit Institute of...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:26:51 -0400

artemisdreaming:

The Window, 1916, The Detroit Institute of Arts

Henri Matisse

harmonyhobbit: By M. Aviña

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:01:10 -0500

harmonyhobbit:

By M. Aviña

lastellamaris: I see this and I want to know: Where did all the...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:01:16 -0500

lastellamaris:

I see this and I want to know: Where did all the Animal Crackers escape to?!

iitsdbook: Garments of a beautiful culture.

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:28:11 -0500

iitsdbook:

Garments of a beautiful culture.

proustitute: Edward Burne Jones, Drawing of Wings, n.d. (via)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:26:51 -0500

proustitute:

Edward Burne Jones, Drawing of Wings, n.d. (via)

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Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:37:56 -0500

lostsplendor: Night at the Circus: 1949 (via LIFE)

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:00:38 -0500

lostsplendor:

Night at the Circus: 1949 (via LIFE)

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Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:52:42 -0500

the-mad-curator: A Parisian apartment left untouched for over...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:07:53 -0500

the-mad-curator:

A Parisian apartment left untouched for over 70 years was discovered in the quartier of Pigalle a few summers ago and I’ve been meaning to share the pictures with you. Time to unlock the vault …

The owner of this apartment, Mrs. De Florian left Paris just before the rumblings of World War II broke out in Europe. She closed up her shutters and left for the South of France, never to return to the city again. Seven decades later she passed away at the age of 91. It was only when her heirs enlisted professionals to make an inventory of the Parisian apartment she left behind, that this time capsule was finally unlocked.

The team that had the honor of opening what must have been a very stiff old lock for the first time in 70 years, likened the experience to ‘stumbling into the castle of sleeping beauty’. The smell of dust, the cobwebs, the silence, was overwhelming; a once in a lifetime experience.

There is a further twist to the story. In the apartment a painting of familiar style was discovered of a beautiful woman in pink. One of the inventory team members suspected this might be a very important piece of treasure. Along with the painting, they also found stacks of old love letters tied with colored ribbon.

With some expert historical opinion, the ribbon-bound love letters were quickly recognized as the calling card of none other than Giovanni Boldini, one of Paris’ most important painters of the Belle Époque. The painting was his. The beautiful woman pictured in the painting was Mrs. de Florian’s grand-mother, Marthe de Florian, a beautiful French actress and socialite of the Belle Époque. She was Boldini’s muse. And, despite him being a married man, she was also his lover. The art world went a bit nutty for the whole story and the painting was later sold for $3 million at auction.

bohemianshoebox: Roger Banks-Pye

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:04:52 -0500

bohemianshoebox:

Roger Banks-Pye

bohemianshoebox: Roger Banks-Pye

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:04:34 -0500

bohemianshoebox:

Roger Banks-Pye

bohemianshoebox: women mural wall

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:02:36 -0500

bohemianshoebox:

women mural wall

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Sun, 04 Nov 2012 09:01:46 -0500

survivalofthaillest: Robin Lawley Measurements: 36D-32-42 I...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:55:53 -0400

survivalofthaillest:

Robin Lawley

Measurements: 36D-32-42

I would have never guessed. Thick is beautiful.

staticeverywhere: Via whoreofbabalon.

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:26:43 -0400

staticeverywhere:

Via whoreofbabalon.

inkhead: last chance, mail art Give away!!!, Win this original...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:24:36 -0400

inkhead:

last chance, mail art Give away!!!, Win this original mail art envelope in time for Halloween! I promise: last pin for a while…

Heck, I might even frame it for you! Contest ends tomorrow midnight, to enter you must reblog and follow me… I will randomly pick tomorrow at midnight, pacific time…

bone a day inkhead

kiimcakes: More Spain spam

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:53:29 -0400

kiimcakes:

More Spain spam

annasintervals: PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IN A GOWN BY POIRET, 1925 By...

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:51:16 -0400

annasintervals:

PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IN A GOWN BY POIRET, 1925

By Man Ray

80s-90s-supermodels: “Escuela Flamenca”, Vogue Spain, December...

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:42:21 -0400

80s-90s-supermodels:

“Escuela Flamenca”, Vogue Spain, December 1998
Model : Laura Ponte

So it’s eating alone, odd for someone who feels like sprinting out of her life. I can’t imagine...

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:03:00 -0400

So it’s eating alone, odd for someone who feels like sprinting out of her life. I can’t imagine beyond getting in a taxi and saying in my fragile little Spanish take me to the Intercontinental.

I’ll know immediately how much Spain has changed by the smell. If there is still that seared into my deepest memories smell of diesel fuel, garlic, and Eau de Cologne I will know I am still in my mothers country.