Victorian Romantic Jewelry: History and styles (1837-1860)
The Romantic period (early Victorian reign, 1837-1860) celebrated and represented the love of a nation for its young queen and the love between the Queen Victoria and her husband. Jewels were used to symbolize and express sentiments.
Portrait d’une jeune femme auréolée de lumière
Marie Spartali Stillman’s painting and photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin. Marie Spartali Stillman was a renowned Pre-Raphaelite painter.
In the light
Lazzari’s dress and a photo made with photoshop based on my photo of the Galeries Lafayette in Berlin.
In the magic universe of the Harry Potter movies
I went to the Harry Potter studios in London in 2017. Hogwarts replica : The grand hall :
Colorful Op art
Lisa Perry dress and Vasarely painting. Op art (Optical art) is an artistic movement dating from 1950s which plays with the visual perception of the observer. Sources : Pinterest and registre-des-arts
Palais royal in Paris (1)
The Palais-Royal (Paris 1) is my favourite place in Paris ; it is timeless and elegant. The arcades, the garden and old boutiques (selling stamps, medals, antiques, currency…) made of the Palais-Royal a quiet, timeless and lovely place. Cardinal Richelieu (adviser of King Louis XIII) wanted a home near to the Louvre where the French…
« Promenade des anglais » in Nice, by night
This promenade is around 7km long. I took these photos last September in Nice, France.
Une fleur rose sous un voile d’or
Mix between a photo i took of a rose flower in the French Riviera and a gold texture (Pinterest).
Emma by Jane Austen
Hugh Thomson cover of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma and photo of the movie “Emma” starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse in the movie “Emma” directed by Douglas McGrath in 1996. Emma Woodhouse is a character of the Jane Austen’s novel Emma published in 1815. Emma is a young, rich and clever woman who is…
Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen. Photo of the movie Pride and prejudice directed by Joe…
Un déluge de fleurs
Paule Ka’s dress and a part of a Gustav Klimt’s painting “The kiss” (1907-1908). Gustav Klimt was a renowned Austrian Art nouveau painter.
Pre-Raphaelite delicacy
Jules Frederic Ballavoine’s painting, pomegranate jewel, William Morris design and my photo of sea in Sicily. Pre-Raphaelism was a British artistic movement, born in the late 1840s, in London, during the Victorian era. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of three young students of the Royal Academy : William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), John Everett Millais…
