Views of a Foetus in the Womb (c. 1510 - 1512) is a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
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8 months agoTags: science, biology, fetus, baby, human, art, sketch, da vinci, leonardo da vinci,
A 17th century Flemish engraving by Hieronymus Wierix of Mary on her deathbed. She is surrounded by the twelve apostles.
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9 months agoTags: assumption, engraving,
The Dutch Fleet under Sail by Willem Van De Velde The Elder, 1672 Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
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9 months agoTags: ship, boats, engraving, Illustration,
Septima musculorum tabula (~1545) by Geminus, Thomas, (d. 1562) (Gruesome figure hanging with a noose around its neck) from Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio, ære exarata / per Thomam Geminum (Standard Reference: Hazlitt II, 244; Brunet, tome 2, p. 1525)
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9 months agoTags: bookplate, engraving, lithograph, anatomical, anatomy,
Systema Ideale
Pyrophylaciorum
Subterraneorum, quorum montes
Athanaseus Kircher (?), 1665..1682(?)
This unusual copper engraving shows a cross-section of the earth’s interior with its magma core. The surface of the earth is shown with erupting volcanoes and ships sailing in the oceans. Clouds and four wind-heads surround the sphere. A decorative title cartouche completes the fanciful composition with a text panel below. The Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher was one of the first compilers of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the world. This is from a Dutch edition of Kircher’s masterpiece, an immense and amazing work covering all aspects of anything that dwelled or occurred within the earth’s interior - from dragons, to fossils, to mountain springs, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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9 months agoTags: athanasius, kircher, engraving, art,
