Julian Beever
The incredible pavement chalk-artist, Julian Beever. A real-life Bert (Mary Poppins, magic...you know what I mean).
Cake Wrecks
Except these are no cake wrecks, per say. Click the link for more...these are awesome! Thanks for sharing, Mindy!
Mucha Peacock Room
Paris, France --- This exquisite Art Nouveau interior was designed by Alphonse Marie Mucha in 1900 for the Parisian jeweler, Georges Fouquet. The interior has been reconstructed in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris to preserve its beauty and artistic importance. --- Image by © Massimo Listri/CORBIS
Gisbert Combaz
1896, Gisbert Combaz. Assuming I'm reading that lower right-hand corner correctly.
Plates
Ziegfeld girl, Rose Dolores
from Crashingly Beautiful:
Rose Dolores, Ziegfeld girl in peacock plume dress with feathers spread out
Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s
From the Library of Congress website: Always known simply as “Dolores,” she became one of the most famous of Ziegfeld’s show girls, appearing in editions of his Follies and Midnight Frolics. She is one of many Ziegfeld girls photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston. This photograph is particularly significant as a record of a spectacular design. It was in the Frolics that Dolores wore this white satin costume with pearls and an enormous fan towering over her statuesque figure.
Image Source: Flickr
(Thank you, themagiclantern & classicfilmheroines & )
Valery Lorenzo
C Plume by Valery Lorenzo
Gertrude Hoffman
Half Albino Peacock
"The colors in the feathers of a bird are determined two factors: pigment and structure. For example, the green in some parrots is a result of yellow pigments over blue-reflecting feathers. In the case of a white peacock, its unusual lack-of-color is due to a missing pigment. This missing pigment is dark and absorbs incident light, making diffracted and interference light visible (i.e. common peacocks). The effect is similar to that of oil on water."As quoted on Treehugger.
Playing Dress-Up
Who is dressing up as whom?
Emma Hack
Incredible wallpaper designer Emma Hack has painted this lady painstakingly to mesh into her wallpaper design. More here.
La Escuela de Las Montañas
Los Baños de Almolonga
Mural painted as you enter the hot springs baths of Almolonga, Guatemala.
