Don't Expect Me To Leave Once I Enter :)

Interior of the nave, Church of the Gesù, Rome.

Artist: Bruce Coleman

⚜ Baroque month on @mynocturnality

Notre-Dame in Flames by Maéna Paillet.

A visit to the Gateway of India

It is a memorial arch built in the Indo-Saracenic style (an amalgamation of British, Hindu and Islamic styles) to commemorate the arrival of King George V and Queen Mary as it was the first visit of a British monarch to India.

The monument is of RCC and yellow basalt. The jaali work (latticework) is intricate and decorative.

Fun fact: The King and the Queen were only able to see the cardboard model of this structure as the work was not yet completed :)

The Roman Empire - Rise & Fall: Stephen Kershaw

Quarantine Tag Game

Thank you for tagging me @med-aspirant

1. Are you staying home from work/school?  Yes, do we have a choice?

2. If you’re staying home, who’s there with you? My parents and sister

3. Do you have pets to keep you company?  Nope

4. Who do you miss the most? Not anyone in particular.

5. When was the last time you left your home? 4th of March

6. What was the last thing you bought? Papers and some fruit

7. Is quarantine driving you insane or are you finally relaxed?  I don't feel much of a change but you could say that I'm on the relaxed side

8. Are you a homebody?  I guess so

9. What movies have you watched recently? I haven't watched any movie for a long time

10. An event that you are looking forward to that got canceled?  The Danish Symphony Orchestra for which I had booked tickets

11. What’s the worst thing that you’ve cancelled?  The museums that i wanted to visit after my final examination concluded

12. What’s the best thing you’ve had to cancel?  My entrance exams have got postponed and I'm so happy!

13. Do you have any new hobbies?  No new hobbies but I'm taking out time for the pre existing ones

14. What are you out of?  Fruits!

15. What music are you listening to? Classical music pieces

15bis. What shows are you watching? Generation War and few historical documentaries

16. What are you reading?  Currently I'm reading Voltaire's Candice. I'm also reading a lot of articles on historical events

17. What are you doing for self care? Playing the piano

18. Are you exercising? Not really

19. How’s your toilet paper supply?  Mostly, we don’t use toiler paper. We use jet sprays / bidets

20. Have you made any changes to your hair during quarantine?  Nope

I tag: @papierback @iluvjimmorrison @destielisrealsstuff @2-20pm

Details in Red

Portrait of Isabelle Antoinette Barones Sloet van Toutenburg, 1852, by Nicaise de Keyser.

Patricipance of Venice, 1881, by Alexandre Cabanel.

A Young Lady Aged 21, Possibly Helena Snakenborg, 1569, by an unknown artist.

Portrait de la comédienne Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, 1712, by  Nicolas de Largillière.

Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, c. 1893, by John Singer Sargent .

Louise, Queen of the Belgians, 1841, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Sabina Seupham Spalding, c. 1846, by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz. 

Elizabeth I, the “Pelican” portrait, c. 1572, by Nicholas Hilliard.

Portrait of Mary Louise of Orleans, Queen of Spain, c. 1679, by José García Hidalgo.

Portrait of Marguerite de Sève, 1729, by Nicolas de Largillière.

Messy handwritten letters, bouquets of hand-picked flowers wrapped in brown paper, pastries with haphazard patterns, starless skies, chipped tea cups, coffee stains

March 4, 2020

I have come to the realisation that dark academia is my thing. So if you're a dark academia blog, do like/ reblog and I'll follow you!

I visited Kitaab Khana today and spent my afternoon reading this book about how the Roman Empire came into existence and how it collapsed.

Steel Trusses of Mumbai local train stations

Stations:-

Lower Parel, Dadar, Wadala, Borivali, Mira Road, Bandra

+ sketch beautiful architectural buildings and memorise various classical piano pieces 🥰

I want to be able to memorize poetry, to know the languages of the world, to remember the names of mountains and rivers. I want to be able to turn this mind of mine into a sanctuary. To stay silent as though it were a library or a museum. Beautiful and mystical.