Pardon My Drool.

Pardon my drool.

George Peabody Library.

Open now!

I recently opened an etsy shop full of vintage books and storage items.

The Pretentious Academic is about quality and beauty in the everday.

There will be a wider variety of items in the future but I wanted to start posting things now.

Some items include:

A set of four F. Scott Fitzgerald novels. Publication dates range from 1948-1969

The Study Of American Folklore, 1968

Metal Index Card File (multiple listings with different colors and sizes)

A large 4x6 index card drawer set

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thepretentiousacademic

1 year ago

EMMA. (2020) dir. Autumn de Wilde

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thepretentiousacademic

3 years ago

More fore edge painting! This time it's a 1947 collection of poems by the roman poet Horace (snagged it for 5 bucks at a used book store, felt very self satisfied)

the illustration on this is supposed to be like.. a generic Muse? i do not know enough about greek mythology

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thepretentiousacademic

3 years ago

Frank Papé illustration for Thaïs, Anatole France, 1890

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thepretentiousacademic

3 years ago

what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at.

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

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thepretentiousacademic

1 year ago