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pagansphinx · 8 months

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Frederic Leighton (British, 1830–1896) • Light of the Harem • c. 1880 • Private collection

#art #painting #fine art #art history #19th century art #british artist #british painter #historical painting #historical art #frederic leighton #academic art #academic painting #children in paintings #women in paintings #beautiful dresses in paintings #pre raphaelism #pre raphaelite

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larobeblanche · 3 months

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Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) • Woman Reading • Unknown date

#art #painting #fine art #the white dress #art history #alfred stevens #belgian artist #oil painting #19th century european art #realism #genre painting #women in art #women in paintings #women reading #la robe blanche art blog #women in white #art blogs on tumblr #beautiful dresses in paintings

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resplendentoutfit · 3 months

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Boston Museum of Fine Arts Installation view of Fashioned by Sargent Singer Sargent exhibition, 2023 •▪︎(American-British, 1866-1925) • Portrait of Sybil Sassoon • 1922 • Dress: House of Worth

The painting of socialite Lady Sassoon hangs near a display showcasing the exact dress she wore for the portrait. Sargent captures not only the dress but more importantly, the manner and bearing of his subject. Whether she actually wore those grand pearls and large pendant, I don't know. Sargent was known to embellish his portraits to include details and the draping of dress fabrics to suit the aesthetic he aimed for. Moreover, his draping and repositioning of dress fabrics was done to showcase his talent for painting shadows and light, particularly white. In the Sassoon portrait Sargent puts this talent to good effect in his treatment of the off-white cape that is part of her elaborate dress.

I scoured the internet for information about the House of Worth dress Sybil Sassoon wore for this sitting. I wanted to know specifics about the materials of the dress, as I was unable to photograph the gallery card near the display case. I came up short.

After looking at this excellent photo taken by Lilie Marshall (Around the World with Lilie, Travel and Life Blog) I'm certain that the fabric is black velvet. The bright magenta lining of the high collar and the trim around the peplum waist and cuffs could be either velvet or satin. The wide bands down the front of the dress are, obviously, richly embroidered; perhaps with gold metallic thread or appliqué.

Sources: my own retelling of what I learned about Sargent's portraits attending the exhibition Fashioned by Sargent at the MFA and reading my art books. The photos are not mine. Though I took photos at the exhibition, the ones relevant to this portrait and dress didn't turn out well enough to publish. Credit is given for Lilie Marshall's photo and a link provided above to her blog post. Check it out – Lilie strikes a great pose in front of Madame X!

John Singer Sargent (American-British, 1866-1925) • Portrait of Sybil Sassoon, Countess of Rocksavage (later Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley) • 1922

Sybil Sassoon bio on Wikipedia

#the resplendent outfit #art #fashion history #historical fashion #portrait #painting #art history #john singer sargent #sybil sassoon #oil painting #house of worth #museum of fine arts boston #art exhibition #early 20th century art #art/fashion blog #costume history #museum aesthetic #fashioned by sargent exhibition #beautiful dresses in paintings

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la-belle-histoire · 4 months

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Catalina Nieto Casas, Ramon Casas. 1909.

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artthatgivesmefeelings · 7 months

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John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915) Black and red, n.d.

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gyossaith · 10 months

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#no source #photography #dark #knight #armor #dress #warrior #beautiful #pretty #painting inspiration #fantasy #neutral color palette

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poisonedsequin · 1 year

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zimmermann fall 2023 rtw

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roe-and-memory · 8 months

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sally and lmq something something caption idk...

loosly based off of memory's fic stars BUT they just posted a new fic today (also sally lightning) go read that rn its so sweet so silly im obsessed

#cars 2006 #lightning mcqueen #cars fandom #cars fanart #digital painting #sally carrera #salqueen #sketch #i drew lightning such beautiful shoes #but they didnt match the overall style of the piece #and i had to erase them #and i have never felt such heartbreak in my life #he only wears crocs you cant convince me otherwise #but i think in cases where crocs dont match the dress code he wears converse

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solcattus · 3 months

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Dressing up, 1850s

By Fritz Zuber-Buhler

#art #painting #fine art #classical art #swiss art #swiss painter #19th century art #oil painting #swiss artist #beauty #dress #european art #1850s

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thegirlintheblackdress · 2 months

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Evening by the Lake, by Max Nonnenbruch

#the lake #water art #water #art #painting #classic art #illustration #traditional illustration #xix #xix century #girl in dress #max nonnenbruch #beautiful women

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pagansphinx · 3 months

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Gustave Jean Jacquet (French, 1846-1909) • The Cello Player • c. 1890 •

#art #painting #fine art #art history #gustave jean jacquet #french artist #student of bouguereau #classical painting #academicism #oil painting #portrait #female portrait #beautiful dresses in paintings #19th century european art #art blog #pagan sphinx art blog #art detail #art lovers on tumblr #musical instruments in artworks

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larobeblanche · 5 months

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Charles Joseph Watelet (Belgian, 1867-1954) • Portrait d'une dame avec un bouledogue (Portrait of a Lady with a Bulldog) • Unknown date

#art #painting #fine art #19th century art #19th century european art #charles joseph watelet #portraitist #portrait #belgian painter #la robe blanche blog #white dress #women in white #full length portrait #society portrait #art blog #art appreciation #beautiful dresses in paintings

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resplendentoutfit · 5 months

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The outrageous, extravagant, sometimes humorous and often beautiful outfits worn by subjects of old portraits; sometimes captioned, as an attempt at satire; a little history occasionally thrown in the mix.

Jean-Auguste Dominique ingres (French, 1780-1867) • Portrait of Madame de Senonnes, viscountess of Senonnes (1783–1828) (once known as La Trastéverine) • 1816 • Musée d'Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France

This gorgeous dress appears to have been made from sumptuous red velvet, with slashes revealing an underlay of white satin and a fringed white satin belt at the empire waist. The shoulders and chest are likely transparent white silk. A beautiful lace ruff adorns the neck and matching lace decorates the cuffs.

There's some evidence to suggest that Ingres scoffed at painting portraits but accepted this commission because he needed the income. He took great pains to paint Madame de Senonnes in hopes of attracting other commissions.

#portrait #art #painting #fine art #jean auguste dominique ingres #french artist #19th century european art #portrait of a noble woman #beautiful dresses in paintings #fashion history #19th century fashion #historical fashion #the resplendent outfit #historical portrait #art details #neoclassicism

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oatbugs · 4 months

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Jack Marsh (2005), Friendship Otherwise - Toward a Levinasian Description of Personal Friendship

#saw carnation lily lily rose by john singer seargent irl today. it was basically at my doorstep all along idk why i never went to see it #it was placed at a corner in the gallery. me and my friend sat down and sketched the paintings of beautiful naked people quite badly. paper #provided by tate britain. she told me about how she couldnt look her boyfriend in the face after a harrowing film about war. when i say the #interview was informal i mean the person who was supposed to be my boss told me let me get you a cider and then he said after #50 years of life he knows people are inherently good and it only takes a little bit of kindness to save this world. he said he tricked #his wife into keeping the baby and then he said he quit his job at a US bank to help people find meaning and in it #he would have liked to find meaning. instead he started climbing with his friends. he said he chews his cigarettes because its a habit from #when he had to hide things from people. the entire time i felt uncomfortable and incredibly enlightened. this is my friends mentor. she has #his pattern of pauses and expletive and penchant for ends-justify-means attitude. i do think im not very clever #but maybe one day i will love you enough to make up for it. i wrote code i dont understand staring at the final error i thought about how #we both thought of how when we're too old to remember the voices of our friends we would like to stand in the pathway of the LHC beam pipe #cut it open and eat light in the freezing cold vacuum (kills you long before radiation will) the invisible puncture wound unfolding dna #back to the start larger than you ever were. you go to heaven once youve been to hell. my friend is in my bed #practicing calculations of eigenvectors by hand and she is uninterested in a visual proof you are uninterested in incompetence #we catch a train this is your kind of burden you tragic hero wincing at that word you only do this because you have to. im the only one #who can. i am a coward in this for the fucking poetry. the visual proofs. the pretty numbers. an architect who was horrible at maths wanted #to be a philosopher and accidentally ended up neck in deep in 70th Error On Visual Studio Code i want to kiss your eyes before we say #goodbye we both know there is no love in the way there should be. I still have your dress in my wardrobe. i hope you make art.#you think im alright head-wise i think you fucking hate me i think ill never be so clever you want me to tell you my idea?#if you wanted more of this world i would have liked to kiss you harder. we cant both be like this. im sorry i cant be with you the whole wa #the love is gone if you have to ask it. his breath catches his eyes feel stiff it is -1.9 kelvin he is near the beam pipe i miss holding #his hand i miss her singing voice i miss his hair and i found the antonym of pain thank you for carrying me home.

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sexy-stable-diffusion · 10 months

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Follow me for more AI beauties !

#beauties #cute #woman #dress #asian #ai #ai art #painting #ai image #ai girl #ai artwork #sd #ssd #stable diffusion

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fauvester · 11 months

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Not sure if you meant for the questions to be askes BUT 9 for like iskra or something would be interesting since there is a mix of human and cardassian culture, does julian celebrate any terran holidays with them?

omg I wish I was a better worldbuilder, people come up with so many fun fake little holidays. Thanks to that one throwaway line in ST:D I've unilaterally decided that Cardassian culture is very food-centric, so you know baby Iskra got taken to lots of street food festivals celebrating military victories and elections..

Julian trying to figure out which terran holidays can be safely transported and re-potted on post-Fire Cardassia (I feel like he still tries to celebrate Federation day at home just so the kids can have some positive associations. Cue him and Lim trying to figure out how to cook a desert lungfish without soliciting their neighbors' help with removing the fibrous capsule..)

Halloween is a safe bet, I think. Scaring the spirits away is vaguely Hebetian and the locals enjoy both tricks and treats. Julian gives his coworkers at the hospital candy to distribute to her.

Still got to be lots of nationalist holidays to celebrate after the war, but now they're very much tinged with bitter memories. Now they're more of an opportunity to complain about the current administration and get drunk (both activities Iskra vigorously enjoys as an adult)

#dee s 9 #garashir adoption au #happy gul dukat day where we burn gul dukat in effigy all across the continent <3 #man i shouldve drawn that... Beat Gul Dukat With A Stick day to drive the bad spirits out of government #not seen on Halloween: lim in julians old scrubs (doctor) and 6 month old idan dressed in a beautiful kukalaka inspired snuggie garak sews #as an american who does not celebrate the 4th of july because [history major reasons] i will still do red white and blue shots. fuck da gov #iskra is less anarcho-antiestablishment than young elim... but thats cause shes like. a government agent. theyre her boss #OHHHH YOU KNOW JULIAN BREAKS OUT THE BABY PHOTOS EVERY HALLOWEEN!#Lim and garak make precious little costumes for lims half dozen kids. spreading the Halloween spirit thru the entire district #its a moment its a movement #the Castellans House is decked OUT with fake spiders and cobwebs. garak and lim united on this front #the rest of garaks cabinet. who has never seen a spider and have no idea what halloween is:#lim poking his head in does anyone want blood punch? it's normal punch. but i put grapes in painted to look like eyeballs #minister of finance: what the fuck

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