Coiled Serpent

Coiled Serpent, 15th–early 16th century
Mexico; Aztec
Stone

H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)

Fuente: http://www.metmuseum.org/

The rape of Polyxena

"The rape of Polyxena"  1866
by Pio Fedi
Placed at the Loggia dei Lanzi ( Piazza di la Signoria, Florence, Italy)

Fuente: http://starg691.

La Conscience

Illustration for Victor Hugo's La Conscience, 1877

François-Nicolas Chifflart 

 Charcoal on paper, 56.7 x 41.4 cm

Fuente: http://darkclassics

L'Invidia.

L'Invidia. 
Dettaglio da  Angelo Bronzino, Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (1540-1545). 
Olio su tavola, National Gallery, Londra

Fuente: http://commons.

Eye Snake

Eye Snake
from Reptiglo (tumblr)

Fuente: http://reptiglo.tumblr.com/

Calavera coronada

Calavera con la corona húngara de San Wenceslao
Sarcófago del emperador Carlos  VI de Austria, detalle, h 1740
Cripta imperial de Viena.  Atribuido a Balthasar Ferdinand Moll.

Fuente: http://www.elece.net/

The Chimera

The Chimera 1777–84,  Etching, 27.6 x 35.7 cm
Louis Jean Desprez ,  ca 1743–1804
Auxerre in Bourgogne, France

Fuente: http://educators.mfa.org/

Allegory Of Avarice

Allegory Of Avarice, 1590
Jacopo Ligozzi,  (Verona, 1547 – Florencia, 1626)

Fuente: http://freechristimages.org/

Eternal Drama

The Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa - Italy

Detail of the Valente Celle Tomb, 1893, Eternal Drama
Sculptor: Giulio Monteverde (Bistagno, Alessandria, 1837 - Roma 1917)

Fuente: http://metalonmetalblog.blogspot.com/

Uroplatus phantasticus

Uroplatus phantasticus

 The Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko

Madagascar

Fuente: http://www.thehabitableplanet.com/

Earth, Moon, Stars

Earth, Moon, Stars, including our Sun 
Photographed from the International Space Station 03:07:44 GMT June 18, 2012 
Credit: NASA

Fuente: https://plus.google.com/

Endymion

Endymion
George Frederic Watts, England (1817-1904)

Oil, 1872

Fuente: http://donaldsweblog.blogspot.com/

Minos

Minos,  en el segundo círculo del infierno
El Jucio Universal,   1537-41 detalle,  Capilla Sixtina, Roma.
Miguel Angel Bounarroti 

Fuente: http://inklikemunchies.wordpress.com/

Serpentinentänzerin

Serpentinentänzerin (Bailarina serpentina) 1901

Kolo Moser (1868-1818) Wien

Bleistift, Aquarell auf Papier 

Fuente: http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Sea Butterfly

Sea Butterfly
Clione limacina, common name Naked Sea Butterfly or Common Clione, 
Found from the surface to 350 m in depth. Lives in both Arctic & Antarctic Oceans

Fuente: http://www.thehabitableplanet.com/151

Winged Demons

Winged Demons
Hieronymus Bosch  born Jheronimus van Aken .
(1450 –  1516)

Fuente: http://www.wallpapers-free.co.uk/

Memento mori

Memento mori
Life cycles: memento mori tomb scene carved from a single piece of ivory
c. 1650, artist and origin unknown

                                       Fuente: http://www.dukemagazine.duke

Laocoön and the serpent

Laocoön and his sons, also known as the Laocoön Group. 
Marble, copy after an Hellenistic original from ca. 200 BC. Found in the Baths of Trajan, 1506.
Photo Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009)

Fuente: http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Dionea muscipula

Dionea muscipula
Venus atrapamoscas,   planta carnívora que se alimenta de  insectos

Fuente: http://www.ojocientifico.com/

Venus transit

2012 Venus Transit

Credit: Data courtesy of NASA/SDO, HMI, and AIA science teams.

Fuente: http://venustransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/