Blue and White Print

source Vogue March 1st 1970

Float

Classical Beauty ~ Juno

Japan ~ I am praying for you

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa  by Katsushika Hokusai
From "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji"; 1823-29 (140 Kb); Color woodcut, 10 x 15 in; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Alligator and Snake by Maria Sybille Merian, 1730

Le Globe Aerostatique

Vintage Halston Advertising by Andy Warhol

Vintage Wallpaper

source unkown

Stellar Stella McCartney ~ Resort 2011

I was browsing style.com and came across Stella's Resort 2011 Collection which I somehow missed the first time 'round... I am in a tizzy! Most of it is minimal ( love those as well ) but then she has a few looks with these stunning prints and I was blown away. I have always had a weak spot for Dutch Still Life Paintings ever since I saw one at 9 or 10 years old at my uncle Richard. He had one hanging in is Dining Room in Munich/Germany.
I remember staring at it for what seemed to be hours on end and studying all the little details. Then I went home and sat in my parents conservatory and painted some old empty marmalade jars with Rose Hips and I think Tulips. They came out great to my surprise ( I found them a few years ago and they really are quite good... ).
Recently I started thinking about Maria Sibylla Merian, (April 2, 1647 – January 13, 1717) was a german naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them which I wanted to introduce to you all but somehow I didn't do either.
Anyways....
The little bumble bees, the tulips, the colors... I want it all.

Plants by Ellsworth Kelly

Woodland Plant
Sunflower
Daffodil

via www.neptunefineart.com

The Well Accessorized Woman 1929

by Douglas Pollard

Staten Island... back in the day

Spooky

source unknown

Livre de Fleurs

About the book:

"These 17th-century plates depict garden flowers such as irises and tulips along with songbirds and insects. Elaborately curled banners display pre-Linnaean Latin names. According to Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi in An Oak Spring Flora (Upperville, Oak Spring Garden Library, 1997), L’Anglois worked not only as an artist and engraver but also as a bookseller and art dealer who eventually opened a shop in Paris where he produced engraved prints.

The title page for Livre de Fleurs was designed by L’Anglois and engraved by German engraver Léonard Gaultier (1561–1641), who also worked in Paris. The plates were all drawn and engraved by L’Anglois himself, emphasizing the decorative aspects of the flora and fauna depicted.
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The book is available as a PDF file.

via http://tinatarnoff.typepad.com/thought_patterns/

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