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littlelistmaker: Hope in the Air — Laura Marling Why fear...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:56 -0400

Hope in the Air — Laura Marling

Why fear death, be scared of living,
our hearts are small and ever thinning.
There is no hope ever of winning.
oh, why fear death, be scared of living.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:41:08 -0400

alone-with-the-owl: minorfallandthemajorlift: Kiki Smith -...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:36 -0400

alone-with-the-owl:

minorfallandthemajorlift:

Kiki Smith - Lilith, 1994 - Bronze, silicon, and glass.

“In medieval Jewish lore, Lilith was Adam’s first wife. When she demanded to be Adam’s equal, she was evicted from the Garden of Eden. Lilith flew away to the demon world, replaced by the more submissive Eve. Smith catches us off guard with Lilith’s pose and placement. Most sculptures receive our gaze passively, but Lilith stares back with piercing brown eyes, ready to pounce.”

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:40:13 -0400

oeonae: Tania Bruguera, Tribute to Ana Mendieta, 1992

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:39:29 -0400

oeonae:

Tania Bruguera, Tribute to Ana Mendieta, 1992

inferii: the funeral

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:56 -0400

inferii:

the funeral

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

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:34 -0400

monsieurleprince:

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

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

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:08 -0400

suicideblonde:

Rooney Mara photographed by Mikael Jansson for Interview, March 2013

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

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:16:21 -0400

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.

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