cf. Daniel Berry Austin, Bergen House… (ca. 1899-1909) and James Tissot, Spring Morning (ca. 1875)
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cf. Daniel Berry Austin, Bergen House… (ca. 1899-1909) and James Tissot, Spring Morning (ca. 1875)
cf. Maximilien Luce, The River Sambre in Charleroi (1896) and photograph by Greg Rakozy via Unsplash
But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile…
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
She said I love the night
The day is OK and the sun can be fun
But I live to see those rays slip away…
cf. Charles E. Bolles, Sailboat (ca. 1890) and Dancing Sunlight on the Lake – YouTube
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free…
cf. Russell Lee, Young couple dancing… (1940) and photographs by Ryan Hutton and Bill Williams via unsplash.com
cf. John Singer Sargent: Madame X (1883–84), Dr. Pozzi at Home (1881), and A Dinner Table at Night (1884)
cf. John Singer Sargent, Conversation Piece (ca. 1885) and Art Hupy, Gene Zema house showing living room (ca. 1966)
cf. Gertrude Käsebier, Cornelia Montgomery (1900) and Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa
cf. Cristoforo Stati, Orpheus (1600–1601)
cf. marble female and male figures (Cycladic sculptures) (ca. 2600–2300 BC) and photograph by Henry McIntosh via unsplash.com
cf. Louis Moeller, Appraisement (edited) (ca. 1888) and Alicia Bridges
cf. John White Alexander: Study in Black and Green and Oil Sketch (ca. 1906)
cf. photograph (woman) by Gabriele Forcina via unsplash.com