<n>Roses</n> (1893) by Danish painter <n>Peder Severin Krøyer</n>, featuring his wife <n>Marie Krøyer</n>.

The 1888 painting <n>An Evening at Home</n> by artist <n>Sir Edward John Poynter</n>.

Cover art for the song <n>Drowning Love // Kou wo OiKakete - Chasing Kou</n> by <n>emptiness</n>.

A portrait of writer <n>Clarice Lispector</n>.

<n>Ivana Baquero</n> as <n>Ofelia</n> in <n>Guillermo del Toro</n>'s 2006 film <n>Pan's Labyrinth</n>.

A film still of <n>Ryan Gosling</n> and <n>Rachel McAdams</n> in the 2004 film <n>The Notebook</n>.

Actor <n>Milla Jovovich</n> as <n>Leeloo</n> in the 1997 film <n>The Fifth Element</n>.

Author <n>Joan Didion</n> photographed by <n>Irving Penn</n> for <n>Vogue</n> in 1996.

A portrait of philosopher <n>Simone de Beauvoir</n>.

Illustration by <n>Jessie Willcox Smith</n>.

Author <n>Joan Didion</n> photographed in the 1960s.

<n>Franka Potente</n> in a still from <n>Tom Tykwer</n>'s 1998 film, <n>Run Lola Run</n>.

<n>Study Of A Girl Reading</n> by <n>Valentine Cameron Prinsep</n>.

Poet and novelist <n>Sylvia Plath</n>. Photo by <n>Nina Leen</n>.

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A portrait of the writer <n>Anaïs Nin</n>.

A 1954 portrait of poet <n>Sylvia Plath</n>, photographed by <n>Gordon Lameyer</n>.

A still from <n>Richard Linklater</n>'s 1995 film <n>Before Sunrise</n> with <n>Julie Delpy</n> and <n>Ethan Hawke</n>.

Writer <n>Virginia Woolf</n> in her garden in Rodmell, 1930s. Photo by <n>Hulton Archive</n>.

A portrait of the American writer <n>Sylvia Plath</n>.

<n>A fák alatt</n> by artist <n>Charles Courtney Curran</n>.

Actress <n>Marilyn Monroe</n> photographed by <n>Alfred Eisenstaedt</n> at her Hollywood home in 1953.