wapiti3:

Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology /edited by Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
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Publication info [London :Published for the editors by R. H. Porter],1879-1915 

BHL Collections: Smithsonian Libraries

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primary-yellow:

ELLSWORTH KELLY

GREEN (1951) + BLUE (1951) + YELLOW (1951) + RED (1951)

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alfiusdebux:

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1920)

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asylum-art-2:

Adam Summers Dyes Fish Specimens to Reveal Their Anatomy

image © adam summers

Washington-based professor adam summers uses marine specimens collected from fishing operations as the medium in an artistic project revealing the anatomical structure of sea creatures. using two dyes – alcian blue to stain cartilaginous elements and alizarin red to turn tissue a shade of crimson — summers then lightly bleaches the species to remove dark pigments, leaving a snow-white fish. the stained skeletal tissues create visibility through the skin and flesh, exposing the biological innards as vibrantly colored matter. images are captured while the examples are fully submerged in glycerin; a large reservoir the compound is placed on a color corrected LED light table and the fish is posed in place. in its final stage, the still shots are not only mesmerizing on an aesthetic scale, but also gives a rare glimpse of the underlying structure of the animal, visualizing their vertebrates, skeletons, and soft tissues. 

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asylum-art-2:

Japanese Sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki  Shows How He Transforms Wood Into Surreal Statues    

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These surreal wood sculptures by Japanese sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki on Behance will become so much more impressive once you see how much work it took to make them! For one of his latest sculptures, an otherwise-ordinary girl with 12 faces, Kanemaki created a series of progress photos that show the sculpture’s progress from crude log to finished work of art.

Thanks to the reference lines he draws on the log as it’s gradually whittled down by chisels and saws, we get to see how the strange girl depicted emerges from an otherwise formless mass of wood.

This bizarre sculpture isn’t even his strangest – all of Kanemaki’s peaces involve strangely twisted characters, many of which dance with skeletons as well. These twisted statues all seem to bespeak some sort of emotional or existential turmoil churning beneath their surfaces. Read on for Kanemaki’s answers to Bored Panda’s questions about his work!

Source: boredpanda, h/t: juxtapoz, h/t:woordup

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2headedsnake:

Grace Jones

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nitratediva:

Claudette Colbert in the infamous milk bath sequence of The Sign of the Cross (1932).

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