BE IMMORTAL.





Damien Hirst, Diamond Skull, 2007. Exhibited at Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze until May 1, 2011. A work of Memento Mori titled For the Love of God, human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with 8,601 diamonds weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats. Approximately £15,000,000 worth of diamonds used. Modelled on an 18th century skull, only surviving human part of original are teeth. Worth £50,000,000 ($100 million or 75 million euros).






PETiT ESKiMO.








Comme une fleur.

Les Indes galantes, Ballet des Fleurs- Jean Philippe Rameau http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxCqXamU0Fw

Les Indes galantes, Chaconne- Jean Philippe Rameau http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_nUt66IvIY&feature=related


Indian ink sketch for Ode, Guerlain 

VILLA VIZCAYA.





CALIFORNIA.












Hotel California - Eagles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKYLIyFvKw

by Marina R. v. Hademstorf


GALL vs HARDY.

France Gall

Françoise Hardy

WANNEGEM-LEDE.




PUCCI.

Emilio Pucci, fashion designer from the 1960s and ’70, died in 1992

Pucci applied his signature style to a range of objects, including rugs, tables and china. In 2001 the firm joined forces with Cappellini to produce a new line of furniture.

Cotton velveteen capes, Emilio Pucci, Palazzo Pucci, Firenze, Photography by Marina Faust


Pucci Villa, Miami

Led by the designer’s daughter, Laudomia, and his widow, Marchesa Cristina Pucci di Barsento, the Archivio Emilio Pucci is dedicated to preserving his dynamic legacy.

CHAMPAGNE. CHARLEMAGNE.



France Gall - Sacré Charlemagne (1964) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-a22xge-c&feature=related

Prinz Severinus von Sachsen, Gemälde von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren, 1526

PETiTE SiRÈNE.

France Gall - Bebe Requin  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYk1iVEezAg



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Gesar Khan, 1941, Nicholas Roerich, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York

'Hunting Box', King Tutankhamon driving a war chariot


sunflower, ToniVC

FIRE. AIR. WATER. EARTH.



HELEN.


John Gibson 1790-1866: Helen of Troy. Marble. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.



GOLDEN.


Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW1W_9IqskY&has_verified=1



Mask of the so called Agamemnon, from Mykene, Greece, National Museum, Athens

GUCCI FALL WINTER 2010/11





KENZO Fall/Winter 2010/11 by Mario Sorrenti

Spark.

Venus, National Museum, Athens

Venus, Capitoline Museo, Roma

Nascita di Venere, 1482–1485 circa, tempera su tela, Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze, Sandro Botticelli

Helena Fourment, 1638, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Peter Paul Rubens


GUESS by MARCIANO Fall Winter 2010 Campaign by Alix Malka




Romulus & Remus, Helena Fourment, 1615-16, Peter Paul Rubens

CLEOPATRA.



Cleopatra, Museo Capitolino di Roma

Keep it wild.


Equestrian Statue, National Museum, Athens, Greece