The Nymph of the Sacred Spring

Posted on September 26, 2012 by ubu507

Lucas Cranach the Younger  (German, Wittenberg 1515–1586 Weimar)

 about 1550

 inscribed : FONTIS NYMPHA SACRI SOMNVM NERVMPE QVIESCO

(I am the nymph of the sacred spring; do not disturb my sleep; I am resting)

The Metropolitan Museum

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Storefront

Posted on September 25, 2012 by ubu507

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Personification

Posted on September 24, 2012 by ubu507

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Bas-Relief Sculpture, St. Vitus Cathedral

Posted on September 22, 2012 by ubu507

Photograph by Josef Sudek

1920s

New Mexico Museum of Art

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Two Nudes Surrounded by Crosses and Barbed Wire

Posted on September 21, 2012 by ubu507

ASARO (Group of artists)

2006?

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Lynn Cole Two

Posted on September 20, 2012 by ubu507

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Apple Princess

Posted on September 19, 2012 by ubu507

Joan Hensler.
Date: 1965
Location: [Undetermined], NJ
Format: 8×10 B&W print
Photographer: Unknown

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By The 1%, For The 1%

Posted on September 18, 2012 by ubu507

Set your mind at rest, we shall keep open table, and the most unbounded appetites shall be satisfied. It is, after all, the easiest way of governing…

—  Émile Zola, La Curée

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The Great God Pan

Posted on September 17, 2012 by ubu507

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Creation

Posted on September 16, 2012 by ubu507

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