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Inside the Aegidium, a long-abandoned Art Nouveau theatre in the heart of Brussels. Photo - Nicolas Schimp for The World of Interiors

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Francis Bacon

Miroir de la Tauromachie, Triptych

1990

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San Vicente cape, Joaquín Sorolla

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Full moon at the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio, Greece

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Grey-headed flying foxes By: Kathie Atkinson From: Nature's Unlovables 1990

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Chapelle Saint-Pierre

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Midnight sun in northern Sweden

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The teeth. Health knowledge. a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use. 1920.

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Arches National Park by Elliot McGucken

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Cy Twombly’s studio in Rome, 1969.

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Emerald Moth (Geometra papilionaria)

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Guadalajara - Jalisco

Mexico, 2010

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The Godfather in Italy | Screencaps

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2,000 year old Olive tree in Greece

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Plate with Design of Arabic Inscription in Kufic Script, 10th century, Samanid dynasty, Persian, 819–1005, Nishapur, Khorasan province. Glazed and slip-painted earthenware.

Painted in the long, elegant strokes of Kufic script, this plate's inscription is among the most beautiful examples of calligraphy from the early Islamic period. The elegant inscription decrees that "Planning before work protects you from regret." The plate is one of a group of vessels that admonish the owners and their guests to be assiduous, careful, and virtuous in simple yet profound mottoes by which one might live a good life. The white slip body on which the calligraphy appears is related to Chinese porcelains and stonewares imported to Baghdad, the seat of power and commerce in the early Islamic world. The white slip, or liquefied clay, was painted over the surface of the vessel to mask its coarse body and to suggest coveted Eastern porcelains. Applying ornamental calligraphy to the expansive white surface created designs that were bold and appealing.

Courtesy Alain Truong

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Walking along the Tiber.