Quiet, Reposed

Quiet, Reposed
The Fetish of Silence and the Femme Fragile

Flowers of Evil: Paul Gauguin's Decadent Imagination and the Concept and Culture of the Fin-de-Siècle
The presence that rose thus so strangely beside the waters, is expressive of what in the ways of a thousand years men had come to desire. Hers is the head upon which all “the ends of the world are come,” and the eyelids are a little weary. It is a beauty wrought out from within upon the flesh.
– Walter Pater
literary sources on

The Femme Fragile's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (key-sources shelf)

flickr . twitter

There is no more accurate documentation of the manner in which a culture perceives its moral and social mission than in the works of visual art it produces. (Bram Dijkstra, Idols of Perversity)

Fetish of Silence

Arcadia, Figure Study, Female Nude, ca 1883, Thomas Eakins. American Realist Painter (1844 - 1916)

25 notes
Reblogged from poboh.
0riginally posted by poboh.
Posted 11 months ago on Tuesday 10 July 12.

takedatbodydowntown likes this
sergenoel likes this
applelovegoddess reblogged this from pigeonsandpomegranates
thomerama likes this
pigeonsandpomegranates reblogged this from fetishofsilence
pigeonsandpomegranates likes this
pygmalionsstone likes this
fetishofsilence reblogged this from poboh
blanketsofsnow reblogged this from stringedribcage
enigmaland likes this
alwaysalbrecht reblogged this from poboh
alwaysalbrecht likes this
stringedribcage reblogged this from wolfsmilk
sundrunkbirds likes this
lawtiwaz reblogged this from poboh
princelytreasures likes this
foxchase reblogged this from poboh
wizardfriends likes this
wolfsmilk reblogged this from poboh
fufutu reblogged this from poboh
r-tkd reblogged this from poboh
carloslil reblogged this from poboh
carloslil likes this
toad-hollow reblogged this from poboh
electric-tear reblogged this from poboh
almawinemiller likes this
poboh posted this