Giovanni Luigi Valesio (1583-1633)...Venus Whipping Cupid with Roses...early 17th century

 

"love is not so easily chastised"

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Francisco Javier de Salazar... Santa Febronia... early 18thc

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Josef Hodek... bookplate... 1922

Felicien Rops...Gozo Hermafrodita

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Ex Libris... Frank Sepp... 1919

 

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Ex Libris...Frantisek Kobliha... 1924

Ex Libris...Alfred Soder... 1916

Ex Libris... Robert Budzinski ...1916

Marcus Behmer... illustration... 1912

from Voltaire's ‎Zadig And Other Stories 1912

 

M. Fröhlich... illustration... Else Lasker-Schüler 1907

 

illustration of Else Lasker-Schüler from "Tino of Baghdad" by Else Lasker-Schüler  1907

To the Barbarian

The rough drops of your blood

Bring sweetness to my skin.

Do not call my eyes traitresses

Because they’re floating around your skies;

I’m resting on your night, smiling

And teaching your stars how to play.

And I’m walking through the rusty gate

Of your bliss with a song.

I love you and am coming nearer, in white

And transfigured on pilgrimage toes,

I’m taking your haughty heart,

Pure chalice, with me to the angels.

I love you as if I’d died

And my soul were spread across you –

My soul took in all the pain,

Its bitter images will shatter you.

But there are so many roses in bloom

I’d like to give you;

I’d like to bring you all the gardens

Woven into a wreath.

I keep thinking of you

Until the clouds drop down;

We’d like to kiss,

Wouldn’t we?

by  Else Lasker-Schüler

Stanislas de Guaita... Rosa Mystica... Bookplate 1885

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Diamanda Galas... Untitled...2011