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picturesofwar:

The ruins of a French church.

Saint-Lô., France - June/July, 1944

(Photo by Robert Capa.)

artandopinion:

Egret Against Night Sky

Ohara Koson

Thomas More, Utopia, 1516 (first edition)

fuckyeahcreamtea:

Coronation of Wilhelm I., King of Prussia by Adolph Menzel (1861)

John Milton, Paradise Lost; Book I (1667)

Goddess of Luo Shui (section), Gu Kaizhi, ink and colors on silk, Jin Dynasty.
National Palace Museum at Taipei, Taiwan.

During the Three Kingdoms era, the poet Cao Zhi wrote a famous poem to the goddess of the Luo River as an indirect expression of love for a deceased lover (according to some allegations, Lady Zhen).

(Ah Gu Kaizhi, we haven’t heard from him in a while! Thought I’d reblog this, since I don’t reblog enough. I thought I’d done a proper post on Gu, but I can’t seem to find one; rest assured I’ll do one soon! I’ve been planning to post a large compilation of his work for a while - perhaps for the two month anniversary? Anyway, some previous posts depicting his work can be seen here and here.

And that poem was blatantly based on Lady Zhen, if you want my opinion.)

picturesofwar:

A German soldier at the Battle of Stalingrad, 1942.

artandopinion:

The Gemeenlandshuis and the Old Church, Delft, Summer

1877

Cornelis Springer