See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

29th October 2012

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A Nun Surprising a Monk Kissing a Nun in a Church Interior by Richard Cosway, 1785-1800
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A Nun Surprising a Monk Kissing a Nun in a Church Interior by Richard Cosway, 1785-1800

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28th October 2012

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No. 13 by Pierre Louÿs, 1898 (From a “bullet album”) 

No. 13 by Pierre Louÿs, 1898 (From a “bullet album”) 

Tagged: pierre louysphotographynudedamaged1890s19th century

24th October 2012

Photo reblogged from belle comme une fleur de chair with 750 notes

fleurdechair, fauxjoy:

Lewis Carroll

fleurdechairfauxjoy:

Lewis Carroll

Tagged: photography19th centurycrownlewis carroll

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21st October 2012

Photo reblogged from The Last Dream of Jesus with 1,739 notes

lastdreamofjesus, autarque:

Étienne-Jules Marey, Falling Cat, 1894

lastdreamofjesusautarque:

Étienne-Jules MareyFalling Cat, 1894

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21st October 2012

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Batwoman by Albert-Joseph Pénot, 1890

Batwoman by Albert-Joseph Pénot, 1890

Tagged: nudepaintingwingsbatwoman1890s19th centuryalbert joseph penot

13th October 2012

Photo reblogged from theater of diminished faculties with 375 notes

todf, the-mad-curator:

German inventor Joseph Faber’s Talking Machine, known as “Euphonia,” was able to speak sentences in a human if monotone voice. It is “… a speech synthesizer. By pumping air with the bellows … and manipulating a series of plates, chambers, and other apparatus (including an artificial tongue … )”

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todfthe-mad-curator:

German inventor Joseph Faber’s Talking Machine, known as “Euphonia,” was able to speak sentences in a human if monotone voice. It is “… a speech synthesizer. By pumping air with the bellows … and manipulating a series of plates, chambers, and other apparatus (including an artificial tongue … )”

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Tagged: joseph faberheadsbizarreinventionstalking machineeuphoniaphotography19th century1840s

10th October 2012

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Cheval blanc monté by Etienne Jules Marey, 1886

Cheval blanc monté by Etienne Jules Marey, 1886

Tagged: photographyetienne jules marey1880s19th centuryhorsesmovementmotion

29th September 2012

Photo reblogged from fette sans with 96 notes

fette:

Anonymous photograph, Thomas Eakins carrying a woman, 1885. Via.
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Someone travelled inside me, crossing from one side to the other. I have become his home. Outside, in the black landscape, someone is maintaining that they exist. From his gaze the circle closes around me. Traversed by him inwardly, encircled by him from without — that is my new situation. And I like it.
Unica Zürn, The Man of Jasmine: Impressions from a Mental Illness, 1967, translation by Malcolm Green. Via.

fette:

Anonymous photograph, Thomas Eakins carrying a woman, 1885. Via.

Someone travelled inside me, crossing from one side to the other. I have become his home. Outside, in the black landscape, someone is maintaining that they exist. From his gaze the circle closes around me. Traversed by him inwardly, encircled by him from without — that is my new situation. And I like it.

Unica Zürn, The Man of Jasmine: Impressions from a Mental Illness, 1967, translation by Malcolm Green. Via.

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27th September 2012

Photo reblogged from ||||| with 127 notes

rrosehobart:

Marie De Régnier photographed by Pierre Louÿs
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rrosehobart:

Marie De Régnier photographed by Pierre Louÿs

: oliaklodvenitiens.wordpress.com

Tagged: pierre louysphotographynudemarie de regnier19th century

20th September 2012

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Marie de Régnier by Pierre Louÿs, 1898

Marie de Régnier by Pierre Louÿs, 1898

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