Auguste Toulmouche’s 1866 painting “The Hesitant Fiancée” is making the rounds on TikTok FYPs across the globe, inviting women of all ages to not only marvel at and meme-ify the bride’s pissed off scowl, but see themselves in it, too.
Psychological manipulation is the exercising of toxic influence on someone through mental and emotional exploitation, with the aim of controlling them.
The film, by V & A Museum in London, guides us through history, beginning at 1,000 BC, and taking into account Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance,
It is often assumed that artists are born with a natural talent for drawing and that you could never be as good as the artist your admire. This is not true.
Well, except for right now. Huge thanks to Awkward Stock Photos and r/wtfstockphotos for a lot of these.
Caption This 15 December 2020: Provide a creative caption for the picture. We will select 15+ of the best captions and publish as Wisepicks
By Dr Wendy Hall
With origins tracing back to pre-colonial times, Maria Makiling is the most popular fairy figure in the Philippines. Read on to explore how this legend survived the colonial invasion and continues to be worshipped in many ways to this day.
“You’re such an agoniser, Bradley. You romanticise art. You’re a masochist about it, you want to suffer, you want to feel that your inability to create is continuously significant.” ― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince Roland Topor understood his surroundings because he wasn’t of them? When you’re a stranger, everything is strange. And … Continue reading "The Masochists – A 1960 Study In Extreme Pain"
Wow! I would guess at some point in our lives we all made a house or something out of a recycled cardboard box but this artist took it to an amazing extreme! Pop on over to Annalise Rees’ sit…
Consists of illustrations with descriptive titles in French
I won’t pretend to be a comic book connoisseur. My brother and I collected Tintin books for our father to read to us before bedtime and well, that’s about as far as it went for my foray into the graphic arts world. But now I’m wondering, if I had spent a little more time at the comic…
24 Cursed Images of Weird Awfulness That Will Poison Your Soul - The internet has generated a huge amount of laughs from cats and FAILS. And we all out of cats.
It is interesting to observe the way that female Saints like Joan of Arc enthrall people who in other areas of their life are quite uninterested or even antipathetic toward the Catholic Church. I think this is because the female Saints represent an emancipation of the feminine genius, a true "feminism," that emerged far before the modern movement.
Caitlin is walking us through the history of the Art Nouveau architecture era and this is one history lesson you won't want to miss
Listen, I spend a lot of time on the internet.
From bubble tents and forest treehouses to a beehive home and a giraffe manor, these are 20 unique places to stay in Texas!
If you want to appreciate the artistic side of Rockwell’s work, pay attention to his designs.
Learn how to find a hobby as an adult with this list of over 125 hobby ideas and info on how to find the best hobby for you and how to get started.
photos of accidental moments
People globally have been sharing snaps of when things haven't gone their way. Traveler Door has rounded up some of the most unfortunate incidents shared
List of 22 easily searchable websites offering free knitting and crocheting patterns. Classic and modern designs for making handmade sweaters, hats, mittens, scarves, blankets, dolls, puppets, and toys.
These treasures happen when you wish upon an unlicensed star.
"Bitch I might be." — Hamlet.
My parents were in town the other week, so on a particularly beautiful September Sunday, my mum and I headed to Hyde Park to visit this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. The yearly structure is an event in the architecture world, as well as in the London cultural scene. (I previously wrote about London’s 2013 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and, I must say, it’s still my favorite one.
These shocking pictures illustrate the sad reality of everyday life humans live now, and the sad part is, change doesn't seem to be near.
Relax, put your feet up, and enjoy the day with some randoms!
— make a few creative choices & I'll match you to a medieval european name that suits you || ****all names are female****
Do you dare??
You know what they say, get a job you love and you never work a day in your life. These people are just trying not to work.
Yeah fried eggs and bacon are good, but to make things truly magical go to the next level. An egg fried INSIDE a grilled cheese. That's breakfast magic that Howl would be proud of. Get the recipe here."MIYAZAKI ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. *INSERT GIF OF HOWL FRYING BACON AND EGGS*" – Suggested by Eva Tiner
We may be living through another Renaissance people!
Ricardo Bofill is the enigmatic free-thinker behind some of the world’s boldest, brightest buildings. Now his vivid retro-utopian vision is capturing a new audience
D'you ever find yourself . . . just not reading? For weeks? Or months? Maybe years? I have gone through long-term reading slumps that have made me ashamed
Some things in our lives just don't make sense.
