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Valeria Pugliese
Jan 21, 20248 min read
Tarantula
Art & Anthropology Disclaimer This article should have been posted back in November 2023. My blog goes through cyclical phases of...
Valeria Pugliese
Sep 25, 20235 min read
Pre-Raphaelite Fetishism
In the past few weeks, I have been largely exposed to Burlesque: a live performance, compulsive lingerie shopping, a bejewelled Victorian...
Valeria Pugliese
Aug 9, 20235 min read
Heliogabalus: Ode to Anarchy
One month ago I was in Rome. When in Rome, in almost a 40 degrees inferno, I prioritised my visit to the Capitoline Museums; no one...
Valeria Pugliese
Apr 24, 20238 min read
Mid-April Paraphernalia
The first two weeks of April 2023 have been 'heterogeneous', an extravagant amalgamation of Beauty, aesthetic exploration, death,...
Valeria Pugliese
Jan 26, 20235 min read
'Infiniti Auguri alla Nomade'
A celebration of Luisa Casati 142th birthday Memento Mori Sunday 22nd January 2023. It is an arctic early morning in Brompton Cemetery....
Valeria Pugliese
Dec 15, 20223 min read
A nose crisis, anemoia & AI
After coming back from Egypt and what has been a 12-day-long immersion in ancient Egyptian figurative arts, the twisted perspective of...
Valeria Pugliese
Dec 30, 202010 min read
À rebours: a "fin du globe" taste for Beauty
The year is dying. I am held captive in a Tier 4 lockdown London. Spleen has been devouring me. My ennui led me to acute political...
Valeria Pugliese
Oct 7, 20203 min read
Preface: welcome to DeMerteuil.com
Disclaimer: this first blog post may contain newbie engagement awkwardness. Well, good evening and welcome to DeMerteuil.com. My name is...
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