February 2012
69 posts
kellyteigan:
“Daddy interrogates daughter to get a confession on who is her favorite parent.”
Under the Sea with Baroque Bling
wtfarthistory:
Michele Todini, Harpsichord, c. 1675, wood and various materials. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Drama and Theatricality. These words are synonymous with one current of Baroque art in Europe (or 17th- and early-18th century art as my colleagues in that field insist). Michele Todini’s Harpsichord with scenes from the myth of Galatea and Polyphemus is one of the...
I Love Art History
wtfarthistory:
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, 1434, oil on panel. National Gallery, London
A wedding portrait? Possibly. But she aint preggers so don’t get too excited.
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Utne Reader: 100,000 Lost Girls →
utnereader:
How many children in the United States do you think are repeatedly raped for a tidy profit, pimped out by a relative, kept at a truck stop or hotel against their will for sexual servitude, or photographed for online porn? “As many as 100,000 girls are trafficked as sex slaves within the…
GIRLS ARE PRETTY: Amnesiac Wife Day! →
girlsareprettyforever:
She hit her head and now she can’t remember that she loves you so the doctor is telling you it’s up to you to make her fall in love with you again. “No way,” tell him. He’ll say he understands. He guesses that if he were in the same situation, he couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t take the…