The Depressive Realist

WHY AREN’T YOU LISTENING TO THE NEW LAURA MARLING ALBUM?

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:14 +0100

WHY AREN’T YOU LISTENING TO THE NEW LAURA MARLING ALBUM?

sashastergiou: Picasso’s set design for Icarus by the Ballets...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:26:50 +0100

sashastergiou:

Picasso’s set design for Icarus by the Ballets Russes

go-dovely: Hey Heart

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:26:32 +0100

go-dovely:

Hey Heart

moreskins: Luksfera Lamp

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:25:10 +0100

moreskins:

Luksfera Lamp

so is the doctor’s name sweetie then????

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:55:00 +0100

so is the doctor’s name sweetie then????

king-schultz: Christoph Waltz attends the Annual Finch’s...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:31:56 +0100

king-schultz:

Christoph Waltz attends the Annual Finch’s Quarterly Review Filmmakers Dinner, Cannes (17 May 2013)

allthingseurope: Villa Melzi, Bellagio, Italy (by Chriscious)

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:12:21 +0100

allthingseurope:

Villa Melzi, Bellagio, Italy (by Chriscious)

insolacion: Quentin Tarantino / L’Envers du Décors

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:10:59 +0100

insolacion:

Quentin Tarantino / L’Envers du Décors

busterkeatons: VAMPIRE WEEKEND | Exit Music (For A Film)

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:29:42 +0100

busterkeatons:

VAMPIRE WEEKEND | Exit Music (For A Film)

Christopher Kane, spring/summer 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:32 +0100

Christopher Kane, spring/summer 2013

Photo

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:13:10 +0100

Can’t I just have eng lit exams now I love u eng lit (go away history)

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:10:42 +0100

Can’t I just have eng lit exams now I love u eng lit (go away history)

fed up of all these colin morgan people hijacking shakespeare for the purpose of their fangirling ya...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:05:00 +0100

fed up of all these colin morgan people hijacking shakespeare for the purpose of their fangirling ya ya ya that’s right i am on that high horse bitch it’s just embarrassing

i will not be backing down sorry but all these people flying over from around the world to literally get a sharpie pen signature from colin morgan is their own decision sure but can you not use shakespeare as an excuse please, at least PRETEND you’ve read the play before you start foaming at the mouth at the site of your “”“”“love”“”“”

+ let’s face it ben whishaw was a better ariel in the film anyway so

isla craigmessages serious talent ok

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:47:00 +0100

isla craig
messages

serious talent ok

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:09:59 +0100

opus53: Paul Delaroche, The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:03:14 +0100

opus53:

Paul Delaroche, The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Queen of England, Oil on canvas, 1828

all-things-bright-and-beyootiful: Night Garden ~ by Carrie...

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:01:40 +0100

all-things-bright-and-beyootiful:

Night Garden ~ by Carrie Schmitt

arthistorygallery: Mathias Gothards Neithardt...

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:59:00 +0100

arthistorygallery:

Mathias Gothards Neithardt Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, 1515, oil on canvas.

The Isenheim altarpiece was commissioned for an Antonite hospital. Hospitals at this time were where people came to die, not to get better. In this particular period, a disease called St. Anthony’s fire was quite common and many of the sufferers in this hospital died from it. It began with boils breaking out on the skin that made you feel like you were on fire, and the monks caring for the sick would amputate sick and dying body parts until you finally died.

It was horrific.

It seems appropriate then, that the altarpiece that these dying souls would approach to take the Eucharist, is also gruesome. Christ’s body on the cross is mangled, destroyed. Blood drips from where the crown of thorns has been screwed into his temples. As you get closer, you can see the tiny lacerations from where he was scourged. His hands and feet are distorted with pain, and the whole weight of his body pulls at the nails in his hands.

The message was intentional—what you are suffering should make you consider the pain that Christ has suffered. In this hospital setting, there were only two forms of freedom—death, or a miracle. St. Sebastian and St. Anthony flank the crucifixion scene. St. Anthony was the patron saint of the hospital, and St. Sebastian who was miraculously healed. As one who was afflicted, you were encouraged to pray to St. Sebastian for a miracle. But you were also encouraged to come to Christ, to understand his suffering, so that if you were not healed that you could at least go to heaven when you died.

It was a very dark place to live, and I’m sure a dark place to die.

superior-interiors: Mugler Killing It

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:38:42 +0100

superior-interiors:

Mugler Killing It

Audio

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:03:54 +0100