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imagine all the libraries we have to visit when the lockdown ends...

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

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

Artist: Bruce Coleman

⚜ Baroque month on @mynocturnality

Dark Academia Starter Kit Giveaway!

To celebrate The Wilde Club opening its doors again and having 1,000 followers I am hosting a giveaway.

To qualify you must:

✨Reblog or like this post

✨Follow this tumblr

I will randomly pick a winner and announce them on March 22.

Included in the starter kit:

✨ Floral handkerchief that can also be used as a pocket square

✨ Mini Shulman bust

✨ French copy of Cyrano de Bergerac

✨ A porcelain tea cup

✨ A brooch

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.

Façades of South Bombay

Roaming on the streets of South Bombay

Mysore Palace, Mysuru, India

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.