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Hold on by ~Mircalla-Tepez Model/Stlying: Mircalla...

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:08:52 +1000

Hold on by ~Mircalla-Tepez
Model/Stlying: Mircalla Tepez
Photographer/Editor: Hans Dampf - Steampunk Fotografie [link]

Project: Steam Wars Photographer: Ruud de Korte Location:...

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:54:00 +1000

Project: Steam Wars
Photographer: Ruud de Korte
Location: Kasteeltuinen, Arcen.
Model: Juliette von Hohengraben
From Flickr

smalltalkers: William Holman Hunt, The Shadow of Death,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:13:37 +1000

smalltalkers:

William Holman Hunt, The Shadow of Death, 1870-73, Leeds City Gallery.

“He made himself no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant, and being found in fashion, as a man; he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross.” (inscription on frame)

Probably my favourite painting from today - Christ’s shadow casting onto the wooden plank on the back foreshadowing the Crucifixion is too good, as is the crown of thorns inside the chest by the Virgin Mary.

ionic-columns: The Conversion on the Road to...

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:12:24 +1000

ionic-columns:

The Conversion on the Road to Damascus, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1600-1601. Oil on wood. Italian Baroque.

This famous painting depicts the Biblical scene of Saul (later Paul) journeying to Damascus, Syria, when he received a vision of Christ crying, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” Until this point, Saul was a very strict Pharisee (a legalistic Jew) who persecuted Christians and massacred many. According to the Book of Acts, Saul was blinded by his vision and later converted to Christianity when a fellow Christian restored his vision.

This painting was one of two commissioned to depict Rome’s patron saints, Peter and Paul. Saul’s animated face demonstrates his internal conflict as he is blinded by a heavenly light visible only to him. The realistic, dynamic depiction of Saul is characteristic of Caravaggio’s style. The painting, while religious in nature, is not so fantastic that an ordinary person cannot relate to it.

This painting now resides in the
Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, in Rome.

Image source

"Nevertheless art will be Christian, and will reveal in its beauty the interior reflection of the..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:10:14 +1000

“Nevertheless art will be Christian, and will reveal in its beauty the interior reflection of the radiance of grace, only if it overflows from a heart suffused by grace.”

- Jacques Maritain (via samsconsciousness)

misssuperstar: me

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:04:40 +1000

misssuperstar:

me

"God does not ask for ‘religious’ art or ‘Catholic’ art. The art He wants for Himself is Art, with..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:02:53 +1000

“God does not ask for ‘religious’ art or ‘Catholic’ art. The art He wants for Himself is Art, with all its teeth.”

- Jacques Maritain [x] (via gothicchristian)

a-poet-and-other-things: Some pictures from St. Benedict’s Bed...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:56:00 +1000

a-poet-and-other-things:

Some pictures from St. Benedict’s Bed and Breakfast, St. Leonard’s that was in the last post.

How wonderful it looks!

‘I don’t really see the point of minimalism,’ Paul Oxborrow says. ‘You’re always going to have to have stuff, so why not show it off?’
http://www.victorian-bed-and-breakfast.com/

"Step into this south coast B&B and you are transported back to the 19th century. This is..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:49:43 +1000

“

Step into this south coast B&B and you are transported back to the 19th century.

This is my perfect house, its just so wonderful I must go and stay there, and you must look at the photographs.

”

- Interiors: a Victorian-themed B&B - Telegraph (via a-poet-and-other-things)
‘I don’t really see the point of minimalism,’ Paul Oxborrow says. ‘You’re always going to have to have stuff, so why not show it off?’

awkwardsituationist: 98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost...

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:43:57 +1000

awkwardsituationist:

98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

though a well known fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living instead off his monthly state pension of 80 euros.

amptoeleven: Modern English-I Melt with you

Wed, 22 May 2013 01:40:06 +1000

amptoeleven:

Modern English-I Melt with you

hel-looks: Inkeri, 18 “I like clothes that are 130-150 years...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:04:58 +1000

hel-looks:

Inkeri, 18

“I like clothes that are 130-150 years old. Old-fashioned clothes are made from sturdy materials and they fit better my body type than contemporary clothes, high-waisted trousers for example. I like hats, ties, bow ties and men’s clothes. Steampunk inspires me.”

14 May 2013, Yrjönkatu

et-alia: Italian Monk Wearing a Funeral Mask, 1892.

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:53:32 +1000

et-alia:

Italian Monk Wearing a Funeral Mask, 1892.

QUOTATION: Opposition

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:00 +1000

It is a good thing that we have to face difficulties and opposition from time to time, because this brings us back to ourselves; it makes us realize that we are exiles and cannot pin our hopes on anything in this world.

—Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

scotianostra: Iona Augustinian Nunnery and St. Ronan’s Church ...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:48:11 +1000

scotianostra:

Iona Augustinian Nunnery and St. Ronan’s Church

This Nunnery was built in 1203, one of only two houses of Augustinian nuns in Scotland. It was made derelict during the Reformation,despite its ruinous state, this is one of the best examples of a medieval nunnery left in Britain. Next to the nunnery on the right is St Ronan’s Chapel, a small building was the islanders’ parish church from around 1200 to the Reformation in 1560. Excavations have revealed that there was a chapel on the site as early as the 8th century. The chapel is surrounded by a graveyard which contains the graves of several Scottish kings as well as monarchs of Ireland, Norway and France. By the wall near est the sea is the grave of John Smith, former leader of the British Labour Party. His grave is marked by a stone with an epitaph quoting Alexander Pope: ‘An honest man’s the noblest work of God’.

Diversity, not Jesus, saves says Presiding Bishop | Anglican Ink

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:36:03 +1000

Diversity, not Jesus, saves says Presiding Bishop | Anglican Ink:

myadventuresinoddity:

Oh sweet Baby Jesus…

This makes Rome all the more appealing.

Presiding Bishop Schori has an interesting take on Paul casting out a demon from a slave girl in Romans…

She seems to have missed the message of Christ liberating us and, instead, saw a message of recognize the glory of our fellow humans.

Le sigh.

To quote Father Robert Hart of the Anglican Catholic Church: “We may summarize the problem very simply: She is on the side of the demons.”

suicideblonde: Rooney Mara photographed by Mikael Jansson for...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:26:26 +1000

suicideblonde:

Rooney Mara photographed by Mikael Jansson for Interview, March 2013

shakypigment: Painting by MARIE-FRANÇOIS FIRMIN-GIRARD (French,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:17:11 +1000

shakypigment:

Painting by MARIE-FRANÇOIS FIRMIN-GIRARD (French, 1838-1921)

I wonder what the name of this painting is?

monsieurleprince: Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846 - 1909) - Portrait...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:09 +1000

monsieurleprince:

Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846 - 1909) - Portrait of a young Lady

gdfalksen: Edward Penfield, 1908 (via Animalarium)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:51:37 +1000

gdfalksen:

Edward Penfield, 1908 (via Animalarium)