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Classic Actors Of Hollywood @kezzie112.bsky.social · Oct 1

Mary Pickford

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · Jun 25

Terracotta mold, used for decorating stoneware, ca. 1560-1615 (V&A)

Terracotta mould for the relief decoration of stoneware, impressed with a standing figure of a lady in court costume, Rhineland, ca. 1560-1615 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O160710/mould-unknown/

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · Jun 16

After fighting backstage, Louise as Lulu seduces her lover and keeper (Fritz Kortner) and then gloats as they’re discovered by his new fiancée (Daisy D’ora) and son (Franz Lederer). A classic scene from Louise’s greatest film: Pandora’s Box (1929).

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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · Jun 9

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · May 29

Slippers #artbots #themet
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100571

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maddie @tenderenemy.bsky.social · May 29

Stella Maris (1918)

#silentfilm #marypickford

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · May 28

Artemisia Gentileschi's "Susanna and the Elders," recently rediscovered and restored, on display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh www.rct.uk/event/artemi...

Artemisia Gentileschi's Susanna and the Elders under restoration

Artemisia Gentileschi's Susanna and the Elders installed in the Palace of Holyroodhouse

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · Feb 9

Fletcher Martin, Trouble in Frisco, 1938

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134557

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Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · Feb 9

Today's the feast of St Apollonia, a 3C Alexandrian martyr who was hugely popular in late medieval England, for she could be asked to intercede against toothache. Here she is holding a tooth in pincers on the late 15C screen at Ludham, Norfolk.

Ludham: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ludham/ludha...

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Alexandra Williams @alexandrawilliams.bsky.social · Feb 9

Midsummer Night’s Dream

And I float— untethered, fever-warm, skin flushed ripe. Is your hand still holding mine?

Honey pools in the corners of my mouth, thick, golden heat trickling down my throat
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(Full poem link in bio)

#poetry

Painting: The Quarrel of Oberon & Titania by Sir Joseph Paton

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Feb 9

Longleat in 1675, w/ excellent view of its A+ rooftop banqueting pavilions. An amazing house, here painted by Flemish artist Jan Siberechts, whose day is today.

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · Feb 9

Image from the lost silent drama HELL'S FOUR HUNDRED (1926)

Seven wildly-costumed women raise their cups in victory. They represent the seven deadly sins.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · Feb 9

Here’s one of my favourite paintings, El Sueño [c 1800] by Goya (1746-1828). It’s in the Dublin National Gallery & magical. Using a build up of thin layers of paint he manages to trick the eye into believing that the woman’s chest is breathing! Goya was fascinated with dreaming!