seaforms:

“By his rapidity and lightness in water color, by his simplifications, and by his exploittation of the transparency of water-thinned pigment and the texture and whiteness of paper, he succeeded in acclimatizing his Impressionist vision to a medium that seemed expressly designed for it, but which the French impressionists had seldom adopted. If this country has contributed anything distinctive to the craft traditions of painting, it is in the watercolor style that Homer founded.”

-Clement Greenberg, “Winslow Homer,” inArt and Culture: Critical Essays (Boston: Beacon Press, 1987), 187.

bgault:

Winslow Homer
American, 1836-1910

Prout’s Neck, Evening, c. 1894

tefra:

Suki Waterhouse by Gunnar Tufta for Velour

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valuska:

Os Famosos e os Duendes da Morte (2009) dir. Esmir Filho

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end of the beginning

fecastleberry:

Churchill.

midnight-charm:

“The Bold Shoulder”

Guinevere Van Seenus by Mario Testino for Vogue US March 1997

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ladyofwales:

June 29th, 1994: Diana was due to appear at a Vanity Fair dinner the same evening a television interview in which Charles had confessed to his extramarital affair with Camilla Parker-Boweles was to air. Knowing this, Diana particularly picked a little black dress that showed off her good figure and plenty of skin for the event. (It was later described as a “little wisp of chiffon.”) Designed by Christina Stambolian, Diana had purchased it a few years before when shopping with her brother, but had been hesitant to wear it because of how much it revealed and its color. She chose this occasion to debut the dress. The next morning, it was she, not Charles, who made the front pages of the newspapers. The media was quick to label it as the first “revenge dress”, as well as the, “Up Yours, Charles” dress. It is one of Diana’s most remembered pieces. 

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theatlantic:

If We Are What We Read, Who Are We, Exactly?

We love books for being books. But books are more than just words on pages, lovely or terrible adventures, weird imaginings, plot twists and romances and things that would never happen to us in real life and therefore we should read about. Books have the power to change us—but not just in our minds, apparently. According to research recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by Geoff Kaufman of Tiltfactor Laboratories at Dartmouth College and Lisa Libby of Ohio State, the act of reading of and identifying with a fictional character means also that we tend to subconsciously adopt their behavior. In reading about our favorite characters, we may actually become more like them.

Read more at The Atlantic Wire. [Image: Shutterstock]

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exquisite 

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