Present Joys

Frank Cadogan Cowper. Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, ca. 1910.

nigel:

Frederic Leighton. David: “Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.” Psalm 55:6. 1865.

I saw this painting in person at the Cleveland Museum of Art yesterday and it is beautiful.

Shoutout to this beautiful painting. I was back at the Cleveland Museum of Art earlier today and made sure to spend some time in front of this lovely piece of work.

necspenecmetu:

Simon de Myle, The Ark of Noah on Mount Ararat, 1570

Martin Schongauer. The Carrying of the Cross. c. 1475–80. engraving. 11 3/8″ × 16 7/8″.

I accept and respect all schools of painting which have as their basis the sincere study of nature, the search for the true and the beautiful. As for the mystics, the impressionists, the pointillists, etc., I don’t see the way they see. That is my only reason for not liking them.