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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

books0977: The Allegory of the Faith (c. 1671-1674). Johannes Vermeer. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This unusual Vermeer represents an allegory of Catholic faith. The figure of is depicted in a theatrical pose, clutching her hand to her breast, her eyes gazing upwards and her right foot resting on a globe. She is loosely based on the symbolic representation from Ripa’s Iconologia in which Faith is described as ‘a seated lady …her feet resting on Earth.’ Vermeer’s picture is somewhat contrived, and painted in the very polished style that was popularized by the ‘fine’ painters of Leiden, such as Dou and Van Mieris.

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The Allegory of the Faith (c. 1671-1674). Johannes Vermeer. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This unusual Vermeer represents an allegory of Catholic faith. The figure of is depicted in a theatrical pose, clutching her hand to her breast, her eyes gazing upwards and her right foot resting on a globe. She is loosely based on the symbolic representation from Ripa’s Iconologia in which Faith is described as ‘a seated lady …her feet resting on Earth.’ Vermeer’s picture is somewhat contrived, and painted in the very polished style that was popularized by the ‘fine’ painters of Leiden, such as Dou and Van Mieris.

books0977: Bacchante (1899). William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, Realism, Neoclassicism, 1825-1905). Oil on canvas. A bacchante is a female follower of Dionysus, Greek god of wine (also known as Baccho, among the Romans). The bacchantes follow Dionysus around and hold feast or rituals in his honor where they get drunk and fall into a frenzy of dancing and debauchery. Their madness can lead to orgies and murder, and once told in the myth, cannibalism.   The staff is called a thyrsus, a symbol of the wine god.

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Bacchante (1899). William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, Realism, Neoclassicism, 1825-1905). Oil on canvas.

A bacchante is a female follower of Dionysus, Greek god of wine (also known as Baccho, among the Romans). The bacchantes follow Dionysus around and hold feast or rituals in his honor where they get drunk and fall into a frenzy of dancing and debauchery. Their madness can lead to orgies and murder, and once told in the myth, cannibalism.  

The staff is called a thyrsus, a symbol of the wine god.

melagnea: Kat Dennings in a Blade Runner/Rachel inspired photoshoot

melagnea:

Kat Dennings in a Blade Runner/Rachel inspired photoshoot

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cjalifelessordinary: Mary Poppins, cosplayed by LicorneZsu, photographed by Jakab Tamas

cjalifelessordinary:

Mary Poppins, cosplayed by LicorneZsu, photographed by Jakab Tamas

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bibliophilemartini: Yes, indeedy… Bacchus Behave! by Alma Whitaker. New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933

bibliophilemartini:

Yes, indeedy…

Bacchus Behave! by Alma Whitaker. New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933

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pre-raphaelisme: Woman at the Rifle Range by James Tissot

pre-raphaelisme:

Woman at the Rifle Range by James Tissot

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books0977: Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray), 1757. François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775). Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1745, Duronceray, a singer, dancer, and comedienne, married Charles Simon Favart, the father of French comic opera. Madame Favart played the peasant Lurine in The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne, 1753, in which she inspired a revolution in theatrical costume by wearing authentic peasant dress. Drouais’ elegant portrait recalls traditional representations of Saint Celilia, patron saint of music.

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Madame Charles Simon Favart (Marie Justine Benoîte Duronceray), 1757. François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775). Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In 1745, Duronceray, a singer, dancer, and comedienne, married Charles Simon Favart, the father of French comic opera. Madame Favart played the peasant Lurine in The Loves of Bastien and Bastienne, 1753, in which she inspired a revolution in theatrical costume by wearing authentic peasant dress. Drouais’ elegant portrait recalls traditional representations of Saint Celilia, patron saint of music.

books0977: Viktoriya Sasonkina reading while smoking. A beautiful 50s / 60s classic Hollywood glamour inspired shoot for this “Stardust” Editorial with Viktoriya Sasonkina shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Andrew Richardson for Vogue Italia September 2008.  Sasonkina (Ukranian, 1988-) also appeared on the cover of the September 2008 Vogue Italia.

books0977:

Viktoriya Sasonkina reading while smoking.

A beautiful 50s / 60s classic Hollywood glamour inspired shoot for this “Stardust” Editorial with Viktoriya Sasonkina shot by Steven Meisel and styled by Andrew Richardson for Vogue Italia September 2008. 

Sasonkina (Ukranian, 1988-) also appeared on the cover of the September 2008 Vogue Italia.

folkthings: Latvian traditional clothing from the 7th-13th centuries.

folkthings:

Latvian traditional clothing from the 7th-13th centuries.

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folkthings: A Slovak girl

folkthings:

A Slovak girl

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