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Sun, 19 May 2013 19:03:12 -0400

pansgrotto: PAN Art - by Peter Paul Reubens, 1620

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:29:48 -0400

pansgrotto:

PAN

Art - by Peter Paul Reubens, 1620

juliamckenzieartist: Studio things including hare skull, sea...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:12 -0400

juliamckenzieartist:

Studio things including hare skull, sea urchin from greece I brought back last year, willow pattern fragments, sea weed, feathers & lead model trees

Double portrait from Basel’s Dance of Death, by Matthew...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:23:00 -0400

Double portrait from Basel’s Dance of Death, by Matthew Merian.

nataliakoptseva: Jan Davidsz de Heem festoon with flowers and...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:42 -0400

nataliakoptseva:

Jan Davidsz de Heem

festoon with flowers and fruits

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cavetocanvas: George Stubbs, Bird, c. 1800

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:11:12 -0400

cavetocanvas:

George Stubbs, Bird, c. 1800

wayofthehermit: Zillar in the Secret Chamber

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:49:00 -0400

wayofthehermit:

Zillar in the Secret Chamber

plslala: anthonycudahy: anthonycudahy-ii: Lala, Paranoid...

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:47:23 -0400

plslala:

anthonycudahy:

anthonycudahy-ii:

Lala, Paranoid Apartment, 2013

I love it when artists step outside of their comfort zones and try something challenging. With this new comic from Lala, she accomplishes this by forcing herself to work with more of a structure on the page. By placing the restriction of a grid on her comic for the first time, Lala is more creative with less freedom and she excels at this. The textures and distortions compliment the ordered grid and there are often multiple, interesting visual ideas within one panel.

The story follows a woman who is crippled by anxiety, wondering what will kill her first–the ceiling caving in over her bed, the kitchen knife, the slippery bathroom floor? Her anxiety seems to manifest itself into a ghost which haunts her own apartment and the new subletter. Anxiety is a cruel beast that can feel independent from yourself–like a specter following you and taking advantage of your weakest moments. Even moments free from debilitating fear carry the possibility of a visit. This sense of foreboding is clearly displayed throughout the piece.

I’ve been following Lala’s work now for practically a decade and this feels like (another) huge step forward.

You can purchase here, from Sacred Prism.

Started a new tumblr - thoughts and quotes and reviews and ideas.

Anthony! thank you so much for this

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:46:18 -0400

thegildedcentury: Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October, 1946

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:43:04 -0400

thegildedcentury:

Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October, 1946

neoterist: “Skeleton clothed in tattered flesh holds a scroll...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:40:55 -0400

neoterist:

“Skeleton clothed in tattered flesh holds a scroll bearing the Latin inscription, “I am what you will be. I was what you are. For every man is this so.” The artist -probably Hans Leinberger – has depicted the cadaver in a graceful pose that mimics that of Adam in Albrecht Dürer’s famous engraving of Adam and Eve”

The piece was created circa 1520

Source:Retronaut

ravenkrofts: colorful world of macro

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:40:02 -0400

ravenkrofts:

colorful world of macro

nataliakoptseva: Albrecht Durer detail

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30:23 -0400

nataliakoptseva:

Albrecht Durer

detail

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Mon, 13 May 2013 23:22:23 -0400

medicalschool: Leonardo da Vinci | The Mechanics of Man

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:21:01 -0400

The muscles of the shoulder and arm, and the bones of the foot, Fol. 14V

The vertebral column, Fol. 8V

The bones, muscles and tendons of the hand, Fol. 10R

The muscles and tendons of the lower leg and foot, Fol. 18R

The lungs and other viscera, c.1505

The skeleton, Fol. 13R

medicalschool:

Leonardo da Vinci | The Mechanics of Man

dopewielder: Mark Ryden.

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:52:53 -0400

dopewielder:

Mark Ryden.

The Potoo - Either the most unphotogenic or the most ridiculous...

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:46:34 -0400

The Potoo - Either the most unphotogenic or the most ridiculous looking bird in the world.

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Sat, 11 May 2013 09:04:37 -0400

youngbadmanbrown: hoperesideswithinthismess: For John,who...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:59:15 -0400

youngbadmanbrown:

hoperesideswithinthismess:

For John,who likes his Storm as complicated and unpredictable as the weather itself.

what I love about this picture is that someone understands the nature of black hair enough to give storm a mohawk that doesn’t look unreal, it’s not just some amorphous blob of straight hair that stands up somehow magically

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Thu, 09 May 2013 23:08:49 -0400