arsvitaest:

Simon Hantaï, Blancs, 1973, acrylic on canvas

thekimonogallery:

Rinzu kimono
Date: 1935-1940
A rinzu (figured silk) kinsha (fine crepe) silk kimono featuring abstract stenciled fan motifs against a 3"-wide alternating medium-blue/light-blue vertical stripes. These two shades of blue are the effect of a single blue color that due to the rinzu technique, reflect light differently because of the two weaves involved.

bookoffixedstars:

Vintage photo of Venus phases from the Helen Groger-Wurm Papers (World II series). © Open Research Library - The Australian National University, Canberra.

arte-artem-artibus:

Georgia O'Keeffe - Black Petunia and White Morning Glory I, 1926, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 91.4 cm

japaneseaesthetics:

by Itō Jakuchū 1716–1800, Japan

Dōshoku sai-e 《Chrysanthemum Flowing Water》

centuriespast:

Winged Goddess, Floating
Greek, South Italian

mfa boston

trb752:

Cicada Book Ends made from bakelite, 1930

sevenfrncs:

Animal Crossing (2002)

zegalba:

Yoshitomo Nara: Headache (1998)

cosmonautroger:

heaveninawildflower:

Designs taken from ‘Shin-Bijutsukai’(1902). Published by Unsōdō and overseen by Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942).

The Public Domain Review.

Internet Archive / Smithsonian Libraries  

ja-khajay:

xphaiea:

Swedish applique

The only source I could find that mentions this piece is a PDF called “Scandinavian Embroidery” by Maggie Forest, who sources it as a 15th century coverlet held in Dalhem church, Gotland, Sweden. I could not verify this anywhere else.

seaymph:

“I am hidden and I am not.”

— Arthur Rimbaud, Selected Poems & Letters  (via loveage-moondream)

poisonedsequin:

rahul mishra spring 2023 couture