Tag: art

lordansketil:

A rectangular amethystine hinged snuff box. Lid carved with recumbent pug in relief with rose cut diamond eyes, collar and tail on piqué rug. Rundell and Bridge’s bills for purchases made by King George IV include an entry from February 1821 that reads, ‘snuff-box, root of amethyst, dog on top, gold and jewelled settings.’

acosmicfragment:

“What did you write on the back of the postcard?”

“It was going to be a surprise.”

“I’m too old for surprises. Besides, surprises always come with a sharp edge that is meant to hurt. I don’t want to be hurt—not by you. Tell me.”

“Just two words.”

“Let me guess: If not later, when?”

“Two words, I said. Besides, that would be cruel.”

I thought for a while.

“I give up.”

“Cor cordium, heart of hearts, I’ve never said anything truer in my life to anyone.

Andre Acimán

Yesterday was the anniversary of Claude Monet’s birth in 1840.

View of Bordighera by Claude Monet (1884) is part of the Armand Hammer Collection,exposed at Hammer Museum periodically.