Art, that is

In the 18th and 19th centuries, wealthy British and European lovers exchanged eye miniatures, love tokens that captured the gaze of the recipients significant other. They were worn on the lapel as to be close to the heart.

Less than 1,000 are thought to exist, often both the owner of the piece and the subject within it are never identified.

stilllifequickheart:

Joe Hameister

Marlboro Lights - Hard Pack

2011

drmidnightpresents:

Alexej von Jawlensky, Girl with Peonies

f-featherbrain:

Brassaï, Sculptures de la période cubiste dans l’atelier de Jacques Lipchitz, 1933

(Source: regardintemporel)

birdsong27:

Charles Rennie Mackintosh - La Rue du Soleil, Port Vendres,1926

The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow

(Source: birdsong217)

nevver:

How this became one of the most famous images ever

Great fav

stilllifequickheart:

Donald Bain

Roses and Fruit

1944

bildwerk:

MARC QUINN

Permafrost, 2006
Oil on canvas.
170 × 255 cm (66 7/8 × 100 3/8 in).

stilllifequickheart:

Vivian van der Merwe

Study for Still Life with Enamel Bowl

2006

mawakeley:

watered down love on Flickr.