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I am jealous of those who think more deeply, who write better, who draw better, who look better, who live better, who love better than I.

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Dress, 1884

From the RISD Musuem

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In the Studiolo posts about Renaissance costume, history, architecture, decorative arts, portraits, books, and moves that take place in that time.

European Silk, metallic thread, and brass Doublet, ca. 1580 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Doublet)

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crowcrow:

DIY Spring Floral Crowns

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for my entire life.

I ALWAYS WONDERED AND NOW I KNOW

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Corset X-Ray, 1908 (via Retronaut)

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rosythumbelina:

Fluorescent calcite crystals nucleated on tiny spherical nodules of black manganese oxides (pyrolusite

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andreva:

Details from paintings - Marie-Antoinette dresses

Marie-Antoinette (1755 – 1793), born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792. Initially charmed by her personality and beauty, the French people generally came to dislike her, accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous, and of harboring sympathies for France’s enemies. Marie Antoinette earned the nickname of “Madame Déficit” in the summer of 1787 as a result of the public perception that she had singlehandedly ruined the finances of the nation. Eight months after her husband’s execution, Marie Antoinette was herself tried, convicted by the Convention for treason to the principles of the revolution, and executed by guillotine.

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