Thomas Lawrence, Queen Charlotte (detail) 1789 (x)

c0ssette:

Emile Vernon (1872-1919) detail.

books0977:

The Ballet Lesson (1914). Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (French,1851–1932). Oil on canvas.

Many of Carrier-Belleuse’s works are a homage to female beauty, a genre that, in differing guises, grew in popularity in the latter 19th century. It frequently appeared in the form of dancers at work or in repose, thus catering for a new breed of collector in Paris, those familiar with the dance halls and Follies. 

socialsketch:

oecologia:

“In March, due to a natural phenomenon Siberia’s Lake Baikal is particularly amazing to photograph. The temperature, wind and sun cause the ice crust to crack and form beautiful turquoise blocks or ice hummocks on the lake’s surface.”

Photograph by Alex El Barto.