Electric Photography Series Pays Homage to Easter and Russian Culture & Fashion
Photography and artistic direction study from Moscow, Yakovlev & Aleeva have designed an electric series of vibrant images revolving around Russian Easter. Lavish, elaborate and fashionable, the photography series combines fashion, tradition and modernity.
art history meme: (1/5) movements – The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of English painters, poets, and critics that were founded in 1848. The group’s intention was to reform art by rejecting what it considered the mechanistic approach first adopted by Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo.
Lady Godiva by John Collier, 1897
Lady of Shalot by John William Waterhouse, 1888
Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse, 1896
Oooh I love this. When I look at old works I can’t quite get my head wrapped around the fact that they’re just people like me. This makes it seem so much more so
This leather locket dates from the 1600s. The miniature inside is painted on copper. Here’s the awesome part: it comes with transparent mica flakes painted with different hairstyles and clothes, so the lady can play dress up! Incredibly, the delicate locket and mica flakes have survived together for nearly 400 years.
A Middleground 