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Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:29:55 +0800

gh2u: Puyi (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), of the Manchu...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:26:46 +0800

Puyi (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, was the last Emperor of China, and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing Dynasty. He ruled as the Xuantong Emperor from 1908 until his abdication on 12 February 1912. From 1 to 12 July 1917 he was briefly restored to the throne as a nominal emperor by the warlord Zhang Xun. In 1934 he was declared the Kangde Emperor of the puppet state of Manchukuo by the Empire of Japan, and he ruled until the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945. After the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, Puyi was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference from 1964 until his death in 1967. Puyi’s abdication in 1912 marked the end of centuries of dynastic rule in China, and he is also widely known as The Last Emperor.

artistandstudio: Frida Kahlo, c. 1942 George Eastman...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:24:52 +0800

artistandstudio:

Frida Kahlo, c. 1942

George Eastman House photography collection

yama-bato: Gyorgy Kepes Untitled photogram 69 Joel Soroka...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:06:32 +0800

yama-bato:

Gyorgy Kepes

Untitled photogram 69

Joel Soroka Gallery

darksilenceinsuburbia: Jean Alexander Frater. Stacked Dots,...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:03:16 +0800

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Jean Alexander Frater.

Stacked Dots, 2012. Acrylic paint on canvas.

Hole, 2010. Acrylic paint on canvas.

From the series of dot paintings, begun in 2003.

regardintemporel: E.O. Hoppé - Ruby Lorraine, 1918

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:56:32 +0800

regardintemporel:

E.O. Hoppé - Ruby Lorraine, 1918

foxesinbreeches: XO by Dan Estabrook, 2006 (from At Sea...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:55:20 +0800

foxesinbreeches:

XO by Dan Estabrook, 2006 (from At Sea series)

turnofthecentury: Double Exposure Tintype of Three Young...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:48:28 +0800

turnofthecentury:

Double Exposure Tintype of Three Young Women, c.1875

yama-bato: Robert Holmgren “Old Oak,” a black-and-white photo...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:01:39 +0800

yama-bato:

Robert Holmgren

“Old Oak,” a black-and-white photo by Robert Holmgren of Menlo Park, won the 2010 International Juried Plastic Camera Show’s Best of Show award.

hypocrite-lecteur: Johannes Itten, Attempts to represent the...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:34:21 +0800

hypocrite-lecteur:

Johannes Itten, Attempts to represent the course of an emotion in a line

theantidote: Anais Nin, 1971 by Jill...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:30:49 +0800

theantidote:

Anais Nin, 1971 by Jill Krementz

(via vulturechow:)

realityayslum: Studio Manassé - Vienna, Untitled, c.1935. (…...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:28:36 +0800

realityayslum:

Studio Manassé - Vienna, Untitled, c.1935.

(… from the book Love and Desire, William A. Ewing, Chronicle Books, 1999)

artemisdreaming: Above: Jorge Luis Borges, photo by Alicia...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:28:17 +0800

artemisdreaming:

Above: Jorge Luis Borges, photo by Alicia D’Amico, 1963, in Bagó: Grandes Maestros de la Fotografia Argentina

.

“Let not the rash marble risk
garrulous breaches of oblivion’s omnipotence,
in many words recalling
name, renown, events, birthplace.
All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.
Let not the marble say what men do not.
The essentials of the dead man’s life—
the trembling hope,
the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight—
will abide forever.
Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continue
when it is the lives of others that will make that happen,
as you yourself are the mirror and image
of those who did not live as long as you
and others will be (and are) your immortality on earth.”

~Jorge Luis Borges, - Selected Poems, Inscription On Any Tomb

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Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:24:06 +0800

neverneverland: Brandon Witzel

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:22:16 +0800

neverneverland:

Brandon Witzel

Photo

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:20:58 +0800

regardintemporel: Cécile Paul-Baudry - Fumeuse d’opium, 1912

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:20:06 +0800

regardintemporel:

Cécile Paul-Baudry - Fumeuse d’opium, 1912

drakecaperton: Le rideau se l’eve, by Fiaz

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:19:23 +0800

drakecaperton:

Le rideau se l’eve, by Fiaz

i12bent: Dec. 14, 1895 - birthday of French poet Paul Eluard,...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:18:36 +0800

i12bent:

Dec. 14, 1895 - birthday of French poet Paul Eluard, friend and collaborator of the international group of Dada and Surrealists (d. 1952)…

Ring Of Peace

I have passed the doors of coldness
The doors of my bitterness
To come and kiss your lips

City reduced to a room
Where the absurd tide of evil
leaves a reassuring foam

Ring of peace I have only you
You teach me again what it is
To be human when I renounce

Knowing whether I have fellow creatures

—

Photo: Paul Eluard à côté du Mannequin de Kurt Seligmann by Denise Bellon, 1938 - via andrebreton.fr & billyjane

something-nakey: Reclining Nudephoto by Brett Weston, 1973

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:01:31 +0800

something-nakey:

Reclining Nude
photo by Brett Weston, 1973