Let others boast about the number of their followers: I take pride in those I follow. (Pseudo Borges) Stylization, first and foremost. Dashboard longa, vita brevis.Tumblr (3.0; @f-featherbrain)http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b572b218d44d0a5e8d37274b0f5ccf64/tumblr_mmzberONmg1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise  </p> <p>Design for wallpaper featuring strapwork, rinceaux, and cartouches filled with bouquets of roses</p> <p>1830-97</p> <p>(via: <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/90058994?rpp=20&pg=7&ao=on&ft=rose&pos=138" target="_blank">the metropolitan museum of art</a>)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741959466http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741959466Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:23 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0020219ee2ab14f70963117dadce000/tumblr_mmzb6r0aLR1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6c3799499f4b9542d72a6d7c6118815f/tumblr_mmzb6r0aLR1qbvt5oo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h2>Pattern with Red and Purple Roses Against a Blue and Black Background</h2> <h3>Anonymous, French, 20th century </h3> <p>1910-1929 ca.</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741955194http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741955194Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:19 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/508ecb44f6b315183b5565997a6e1f9a/tumblr_mmzavl6FUB1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Courtiers in a Rose Garden: A Lady and Two Gentlemen South Netherlandish, ca. 1440-1450</p> <p>(via: <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/170003032?rpp=20&pg=3&ao=on&ft=rose&pos=46" target="_blank">the metropolitan museum of art</a>)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741948134http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741948134Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:13 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d0ac637ef767fbfc1a8e6732107d6eb6/tumblr_mmzat9ss0d1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Lorenzo Lotto, </span><em>Venus and Cupid</em>, <span>mid 1950s</span></p> <p><span>(via: <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110001362?rpp=20&pg=1&ao=on&ft=rose&pos=9" target="_blank">the metropolitan museum of art</a>)</span></p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741938137http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741938137Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:05 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/09f52b7ca568bcc1bbf2f0efca15e525/tumblr_mmy07tZFnO1qh7jlwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://poboh.tumblr.com/post/50648311980" target="_blank">poboh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Vasileostrovskiy landscape</em>, 1923, Semyon Pavlov. (1893 - 1941)</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741934302http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741934302Sat, 18 May 2013 19:31:02 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a38926bc874c6549eec79c7c0031297/tumblr_mmz948Ehou1qbvt5oo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oval Rustic Dish with Shells and Reptiles</p> <p>Palissy (after), Bernard (France, 1509–1590)</p> <p>France, circa 1560-1600</p> <p>(via: <a href="http://collections.lacma.org/node/243587" target="_blank">LACMA</a>)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741930781http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741930781Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:59 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d93d32c2164c2932e165bbfa661ba5c/tumblr_mmz91jcPXr1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Paul de Longpré, </span><em>Study of a Rose</em>, United States, circa 1898</p> <p>(via: <a href="http://collections.lacma.org/node/240507" target="_blank">LACMA</a>)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741926280http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741926280Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:55 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a943c61b19f92bcb8cc44735682060b/tumblr_mmz8yzzmbz1qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Gaspare Oselli - Giorgio Ghisi, </span><em>Venus and the Rose</em>, Italy, 1564</p> <p>(via: <a href="http://collections.lacma.org/node/170978" target="_blank">LACMA</a>)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741920919http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741920919Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:51 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7y1otXiiN1rv7wcro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blastedheath.tumblr.com/post/28291875579/mabel-royds-english-1874-1941-globe-artichoke" target="_blank">blastedheath</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mabel Royds (English, 1874-1941), <em>Globe Artichoke</em>, c. 1935. Colour woodcut.</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741915938http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741915938Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:48 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/040053d1283b7218710148c4067f8dcc/tumblr_mmy5dhFZY51qhl569o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lostandfoundinprague.tumblr.com/post/50652881787/prague-by-v-soukup-lesser-town-bridge-towers" target="_blank">lostandfoundinprague</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Prague by V.Soukup (Lesser Town bridge towers)</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741911307http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741911307Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:44 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aaeab140b1e97dea29bfea0e7b68dd2d/tumblr_mma8a6xXUn1rqqedro2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com/post/50659196530/emblems-of-the-theater-c-1840-pelagio-palagi" target="_blank">hadrian6</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Emblems of the theater. c.1840. Pelagio Palagi. Italian. 1775-1860. tempera on paper mounted on canvas.</p> <p><a href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://hadrian6.tumblr.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741906234http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741906234Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:40 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/462566187c59e1e7426a71f25f62f160/tumblr_mmydvfsFQa1rv7wcro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blastedheath.tumblr.com/post/50661997486/anders-zorn-swedish-1860-1920-prins-paul" target="_blank">blastedheath</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920), <em>P</em><em>rins Paul Troubetzkoy I, </em>1908. Etching.</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741900984http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741900984Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:35 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb1deb7edd6dfc71c11141e14aefc3c6/tumblr_mkwr3fjMHB1qikgvho1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://robotcosmonaut.tumblr.com/post/50663860667/amigos-de-la-union-sovietica-1936-via" target="_blank">robotcosmonaut</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://pre-postmortem.tumblr.com/post/47409022034" target="_blank"><em>Amigos de la Unión Soviética, 1936</em></a></p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pre-postmortem.tumblr.com/post/47409022034" target="_blank">pre-postmortem</a></p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741894754http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741894754Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:31 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab2460c66bc20cdc9da834d987637c40/tumblr_mm5u4nBwkO1rz7plbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jim Starlin, <em>The origin of god!</em>, 1974</strong></p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741885463http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741885463Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:24 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/56765507640bb71d432674a824b8cf4a/tumblr_mmyjc9VsbI1qbhp9xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://necspenecmetu.tumblr.com/post/50668590509/fra-stefano-da-carpi-the-mass-of-saint-seraphin" target="_blank">necspenecmetu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Frà Stefano da Carpi, The Mass of Saint Seraphin da Montegranaro, 1781</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741881685http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741881685Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:20 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5761366485de1dbb7d29947fdf1aee5e/tumblr_mmvsypfZAY1rqqedro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com/post/50619303463/architectural-fantasy-1781-charles-louis" target="_blank">hadrian6</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Architectural fantasy. 1781. Charles Louis Clerisseau. French. 1721-1820. gouache, pen and brown wash.</p> <p><a href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://hadrian6.tumblr.com" target="_blank">http://hadrian6.tumblr.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741876912http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741876912Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:17 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cd34e0ac03fadfef29c7174eaf94ab36/tumblr_mmjkfwac721qz5akto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hasso.tumblr.com/post/50078902559/j-j-grandville" target="_blank">hasso</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><strong>J.J.Grandville</strong> 《それでは、さようなら。わが友である読者諸君、家に帰って、檻に入り、しっかり扉を閉めて、おやすみなさい。よい夢を見て、ではまた明日！》Bonsoir donc, ami lecteur, rentrez chez vous, tenez votre cage bien fermée, dormez bien, faites de bons rêves, et à demain!</span></p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shanti.tumblr.com/post/50022979770/j-j-grandville" target="_blank">shanti</a></p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741872129http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741872129Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:13 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6eb11671b50e2792bbb13ae511dca3e9/tumblr_mmxbrlAXrE1rp2wx5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://denisforkas.tumblr.com/post/50629536980/unknown-french-master-judgment-of-the-dead-the" target="_blank">denisforkas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Unknown French Master - Judgment of the Dead (the folio is from the so-called “Grandes Heures de Rohan” executed by the Master of the Rohan Prayer-book. 1418 </p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741867659http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741867659Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:09 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00c0fe0646ed4db330b0dc6d3c8eaac0/tumblr_mmxepmQiE71qbhp9xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://necspenecmetu.tumblr.com/post/50633296828/giovanni-pietro-rizzoli-il-giampietrino-christ" target="_blank">necspenecmetu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (Il Giampietrino), Christ with the Reed, 16th century</p> </blockquote>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741861754http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741861754Sat, 18 May 2013 19:30:04 +0200<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/756a0698b019ab9a0fd99777b6e22246/tumblr_mmxc6ieuD51qbvt5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The pyramids of Giza, imagined by Kircher based on traveler’s reports, from <i>Sphinx Mystagoga</i> (1676)</p>http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741856542http://f-featherbrain.tumblr.com/post/50741856542Sat, 18 May 2013 19:29:59 +0200