The eyes...

[Anonymous No.2998086]

Although I am not a Catholic, I can't help but appreciate the emotions that are evoked when looking at the eyes in this painting. The dark shadows under her bottom eyelid are what lures me into the person in said painting. I was wondering what are your thoughts on it; do the eyes have as a strong effect on you as it does to me? Also, it would be much appreciated if you could post more pictures with as alluring eyes like the one in pic related.

[Anonymous No.2998101]

pic very much related

[Anonymous No.2998111]

>>2998086
eyes are pretty neat

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[Anonymous No.2998223]

>>2998086
is this from some kind of Russian Orthodox manga?

[Anonymous No.2998233]

>>2998223

It'd probably make a pretty good manga. Some of the story reeks of fiction but it's pretty badass anyway.

>The following account is taken from the Primary Chronicle. Princess Olga was the wife of Igor of Kiev, who was killed by the Drevlians. At the time of her husband's death, their son Svyatoslav was three years old, making Olga the official ruler of Kievan Rus until he reached adulthood. The Drevlians wanted Olga to marry their Prince Mal, making him the ruler of Kievan Rus, but Olga was determined to remain in power and preserve it for her son.

>The Drevlians sent twenty of their best men to persuade Olga to marry their Prince Mal and give up her rule of Kievan Rus. She had them buried alive. Then she sent word to Prince Mal that she accepted the proposal, but required their most distinguished men to accompany her on the journey in order for her people to accept the offer of marriage. The Drevlians sent their best men who governed their land. Upon their arrival, she offered them a warm welcome and an invitation to clean up after their long journey in a bathhouse. After they entered, she locked the doors and set fire to the building, burning them alive.

>With the best and wisest men out of the way, she planned to destroy the remaining Drevlians. She invited them to a funeral feast so she could mourn over her husband's grave, where her servants waited on them. After the Drevlians were drunk, Olga's soldiers killed over 5,000 of them. She returned to Kiev and prepared an army to attack the survivors. The Drevlians begged for mercy and offered to pay for their freedom with honey and furs. She asked for three pigeons and three sparrows from each house, since she did not want to burden the villagers any further after the siege. They were happy to comply with such a reasonable request.

[Anonymous No.2998236]

>>2998233

>Now Olga gave to each soldier in her army a pigeon or a sparrow, and ordered them to attach by thread to each pigeon and sparrow a piece of sulfur bound with small pieces of cloth. When night fell, Olga bade her soldiers release the pigeons and the sparrows. So the birds flew to their nests, the pigeons to the cotes, and the sparrows under the eaves. The dove-cotes, the coops, the porches, and the haymows were set on fire. There was not a house that was not consumed, and it was impossible to extinguish the flames, because all the houses caught on fire at once. The people fled from the city, and Olga ordered her soldiers to catch them. Thus she took the city and burned it, and captured the elders of the city. Some of the other captives she killed, while some she gave to others as slaves to her followers. The remnant she left to pay tribute.[3]

>this crazy bitch was then sainted

[Anonymous No.2998240]

>>2998182
This is great

[Anonymous No.2998245]

>>2998086

[Anonymous No.2998249]

>>2998233
>>2998236
Religion of love and peace I guess

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[Anonymous No.2998308]

I appreciate a good scowl

[Anonymous No.2998314]

Jesus in the reflection of the headband, framed by a backlit window (halo). Excellent painting all around. Who painted this?

[Anonymous No.2998329]

Posted it in another thread, but the eyes especially weird me out here. He looks terrified of his own indulgent act. Like a paparazzi has caught him in the middle of his guilty pleasure

[Anonymous No.2998358]

This is a couple of different paintings stuck together, but I love Napoleon's eyes.

[Anonymous No.2998382]

>>2998314

He's not in the reflection, it's just a painting on the crown.

[Anonymous No.2998432]

>>2998184
>not a gif
>figgetfaggot not spinning
Trash Pepe, delete that immediately

[Anonymous No.2998491]

>>2998086
>Catholic
it's orthodox

[Anonymous No.2998587]

>>2998182
Just what I was asking for. But the one in OPs pic is far superior.

[Anonymous No.2998617]

>>2998491
Ah, thanks for the correction anon. But wasn't she venerated by the Catholic church?

[Anonymous No.2998623]

>>2998086

[Anonymous No.2998628]

>>2998086
Here

[Anonymous No.2998633]

>>2998086
More

[Anonymous No.2998636]

>>2998086
And more

[Anonymous No.2998637]

>>2998623
The child is what makes this picture.

[Anonymous No.2998638]

>>2998233
>send 20 men
>go missing
>don't question it
>send more men
>they go missing
>don't question it
>send

Yeah nah, sounds like retarded propaganda from the palace itself, far enough in the past and regurgitated enough times to make the records.

[Anonymous No.2998693]

>>2998637
He's the key to Orthodoxy

[Anonymous No.2998701]

>>2998693
I googled it and typed in "Vasnetsov Virgin and Child" then I got a warning from Google about child pornography.

[Anonymous No.2998751]

>>2998701
Thanks Obama

[Anonymous No.2998897]

The eyes suck arse when compared to anime eyes.

[Anonymous No.2999870]

>>2998751
I like Obama.