asuddensway:

Maison Margiela line 22 suede and patent leather ankle boots
Made to mimic the effect of stepping in a puddle
2017

insipit:

Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617, The Netherlands)

The Four Disgracers

Goltzius was a Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter. He was the leading Dutch engraver of the early Baroque period, a leading example of the Northern Mannerism style, noted for his sophisticated technique and the exuberance of his compositions. According to A. Hyatt Mayor, Goltzius “was the last professional engraver who drew with the authority of a good painter and the last who invented many pictures for others to copy”. In middle age he also began to produce paintings.

Goltzius executed a series of four engravings entitled The Four Disgracers after the designs of his contemporary Cornelis van Haarlem in 1588. The theme of the series is hubris: each of these characters from Greek mythology has been ‘disgraced’ or punished for aspiring to be like the gods.

The free-falling figures of Tantalus, Icarus, Phaeton, and Ixion demonstrate variations on a pose shown from four different points of view. Two fall in light, two tumble through darkness. Goltzius employed a complex system of tapering and swelling lines to delineate their brawny bodies, producing sculptural effects that are amplified through dramatic contrasts of light and dark; their figures appear to plummet into our own space.

love:

A couple months ago, someone taught me newlyweds used to plant sycamore trees on both sides of a walkway leading to their house, then join them together to symbolize two becoming one. Today I saw it for the first time. (by frique)

blackclothesandpinkpanties:

Roberto Ferri

tapirish:

どうにかなるさ

rubenista:

Detail of Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto by François Boucher (1763)

violentwavesofemotion:

I have nothing against scented candles but this is holy

pocmodels:

Assa Baradji @ Valentino SS 19