fiery-kittyOlga Sławska, Polish vintage ballet dancer, 1930s#history#old phography#old photo#vintage#vintage aesthetic#vintage photography#dancer#Poland#polish art#polish history#20th century#1900s#ballet#culture#european culture
fiery-kitty“The Helmet and the Shield of Gold of Charles IX., the Spur of Charlemagne, a Carbine of the Fifteenth Century, a Missal and a Gate of the Gallery of Apollo at the Louvre” – Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (1876)#art#art history#art detail#armour#shield#helmet#15th century#louvre#dark art#aesthetic#culture#history#military#military history#historical weapons#oil painting#oil on canvas#french art#french artist#academicism#dark academia#19th century art#20th century art
fiery-kittyThe Embrace – Alphonse Mucha, possibly 1900#alphonse mucha#art nouveau#20th century art#art#art history#czech art#czech artists#embrace#charcoal#drawing#19th century art#dark romanticism#dark aesthetic#dark art#dark and moody#dark romance#vintage art#culture#european art#alfons mucha
fiery-kitty“Dolore” – Emilio Quadrelli (1900-10)#art#sculpture#dark art#dark aesthetic#culture#art history#artwork#italian art#italian artist#20th century art#vintage#symbolism#symbolic art#art blog
fiery-kittyWilhelm (Vasily) Kotarbiński:“Mermaid” “The Star in the Night”#art#artwork#art blog#oil painting#symbolism#symbolic art#art nouveau#19th century art#20th century art#wilhelm kotarbiński#mermaid#rusalka#russian art#polish art#slavic mythology#slavic folklore#dark art#dark aesthetic#vintage#culture
fiery-kitty“Rumänien – Landschaft, Bauten, Volksleben” — Kurt Hielscher (1930s)#art#photography#vintage photography#vintage#romania#romanian#culture#black and white#village#20th century#Kurt Hielscher#german art#German#old phography#old photo#travelling#carpathians#mountains#church#monastery#castle#cemetery#landscape#europe#east europe