Demon And Angel (1832-1883) By Gustave Doré.

Ezio Anichini (1886-1948) was a Florentine artist and illustrator who had a real knack for doing images from Dante’s works on postcards. These may date from the 600th anniversary of Dante’s death in 1921.

Circassian(adyghe). 1812-1813 Черкесс(адыг). 1812-1813

from "llustrations de Les peuples de la Russie". Karl Rechberg "Народы России. Описание нравов, обычаев, костюмов и др". Карл Рехберг. Художник Емельян Корнеев

Leila and Hadji Abrek (based on a poem by M. Lermontov), 1852.

A painting by Nikolai Ge (1831-1894)

Collection of the Museum of Russian Art. Kiev, Ukraine.

Alex Eckman-Lawn, A Cut Paper Collage “This one's about still being able to hear the voice of someone you’ve lost. A memory like a ghost.”

Viy 1967

inspired me since childhood

Hylas and the Nymphs, from Padraic Colum’s The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived before Achilles by Willy Pogany (1921)

Abazin Woman, Abkhazia - Caucasus (1897)

John Singer Sargent (detail)

The Motorcycle Diaries (2002)