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Juliette et Justine

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)
“Salammbô” (1896)
Lithograph
Art Nouveau
Currently in a private collection

“Salammbô” (1862) is the historical novel by Gustave Flaubert, best known for his novel “Madame Bovary.” The book is set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC, immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place after the First Punic War.

art-is-art-is-art:

Head of a Girl, Alphonse Mucha
1900

bolanyo:

Karl Lagerfeld’s Versailles party at Studio 54 in 1979, photograph by Roxanne Lowit

thekimonogallery:

BANDO TAMASBURO, MALE KABUKI LEGEND, BY KISHIN SHINOYAMA, ( FROM Paradis summer 08 issue )

violentwavesofemotion:

Antonin Artaud, translated by Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry, from “The Nerve Meter,” (x)

midnight-charm:

“Mind-bending Couture”

Duckie Thot photographed by Sølve Sundsbø for Vogue Italia September 2018

Stylist: Patti Wilson
Hair: Syd Hayes
Makeup: Val Garland

lottereinigerforever:

Promotion for James Whale’s “The Man in the Iron Mask” at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

sniper-at-the-gates-of-heaven:

in the late 1790s it was in style to wear earrings depicting the execution of louis xvi.