Cyclops Mermaid Planet

Dutch School, XVII century, Vanitas still life

Hand grasping a beautiful young woman’s long, dark hair. c1910

(thnx to chagalov for the link)

Via Realityayslum

Sedmikrásky / Daisies (Věra Chytilová), 1966.

The Shell Grotto at Margate.In 1835 Mr James Newlove lowered his son Joshua into a hole in the ground that had appeared during the digging of a duck pond. Joshua emerged describing tunnels covered with shells. 70ft of winding underground passages leading to an oblong chamber, its walls decorated with strange symbols mosaiced in millions of shells. Nobody can explain who built this amazing place, or why.

Otto Seitz, Jugend magazine, 1896.

Holly Wilmeth

A showgirl in an extravagant butterfly costume from Folies Bergère, Paris, 1909 (via)