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domingo, 31 de julio de 2011

Mélusine



Mélusine
P. Christian. Histoire de la Magie. Paris : Furne, 1884. 
Metal engraving

sábado, 30 de julio de 2011

Chiragra arthritica rugosa

Chiragra arthritica rugosa

Rugose Spider Conch.   Shell size 120 - 170 mm.   c Pacific 

Stromboidea Family

Fuente: http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_4462.shtml

viernes, 29 de julio de 2011

Daphne


Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Apollo and Daphne
Life-size marble sculpture, begun by Bernini at the age of twenty-four and executed between 1622 and 1625

jueves, 28 de julio de 2011

Músculos




Faustino  Anderloni    1766-1847
Anatomía. Músculos del cuello y  hombro





miércoles, 27 de julio de 2011

Lutetia


Fotografía en primer plano del asteroide Lutetia, una reliquia cubierta de cráteres que proviene del nacimiento del sistema solar.  10 de julio de 2010.  Crédito: ESA.
Nave espacial Rosetta, de la Agencia Espacial Europea (European Space Agency, ESA) 

martes, 26 de julio de 2011

Haliphron atlanticus


Seven Armed Octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) from Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier, prince souverain de Monaco fascicule #9, by J. de Guerne & Ch. Richard.

Fuente: http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/6357165141/oral-view-of-seven-armed-octopus-haliphron

Cervical fascia


The superficial layer of the cervical fascia by Erich Lepier from Eduard Pernkopf’s Topographische Anatomie des Menschen.


lunes, 25 de julio de 2011

El Rapto de la Sabina


Jean Boulogne (Douai, 1529 - Florencia 1608),  Giovanni Da Bologna  (Giambologna)
El Rapto de la Sabina  (1574-82)
Mármol.  Florencia Ufizzi

domingo, 24 de julio de 2011

Avarice


Avarice, Print, Engraving.
Circa 1587
Plate 6 from Matham's series The Vices
Jacob Matham (1571–1631)



sábado, 23 de julio de 2011

Flour beetle



Flour beetle
This false coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) shows a flour beetle. Flour beetles are members of the species Tribolium  and are adapted to survive in very dry environments and often found on stored products.
Scanning electron micrograph 2010
Collection: Wellcome Images

viernes, 22 de julio de 2011

Fungi


Various fungi - 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. 
Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur
1827 By: Prieur after: A. Cornillon and Michel Etienne Descourtilz
Paris,  1827



jueves, 21 de julio de 2011

De motu cordis

LANCISI, Giovanni Maria (1654-1720).  

De motu cordis et aneurysmatibus, opus posthumum in duas partes divisum. 

Rome, Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1728

  

L'éclipse

 
 
Photo de l'éclipse totale de soleil de 1999. Photo ayant servie à la réalisation des affiches, visuels merchandising, dvd, pour le film Twilight Eclipse
Photography by  Luc Viatour



miércoles, 20 de julio de 2011

Lucifer: le Génie du Mal

Guillaume Geefs  (1805-1883)

Lucifer: le Génie du Mal, dans la cathédrale Saint-Paul, à Liège, 1848

Photography by Luc Viatour, 2008


Satyr and nymph


After a work attributed to Marco Dente (da Ravenna) (c. 1493 - 1527), printmaker
After Giulio Romano (Pippi) (1499 - 1546), designer
A satyr carrying a nymph

lunes, 18 de julio de 2011

Filogranella elatensis


Filogranella elatensis
This is a close shot of a worm colony, which normally consists of dozens of similar rigid tubes sheltering serpulid worms.
Authors of description of  F. elatensis are Dr. Jacob Dafni and Dr. N. Ben-Eliahu

Egyptian Cat


Bronze figure of a egyptian cat

From Saqqara, Egypt
Late Period, after 600 BC
Height: 42.000 cm
Width: 13.000 cm

domingo, 17 de julio de 2011

Utriusque cosmi maioris

 
Robert Fludd (1574-1637). Utriusque cosmi maioris
scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque
technica histori. Oppenheim, 1619.

sábado, 16 de julio de 2011

Two marine monsters


Giovanni Andrea Maglioli (active 1580 - 1610), printmaker
Two marine monsters
engraving, 1580 - 1610

viernes, 15 de julio de 2011

The Inferno


The Inferno
Anonymous Florentine (Fine Manner), printmaker
After a work attributed to Andrea di Cione, (called Orcagna) (c. 1315/1320 - 1368), designer
After a work attributed to Francesco Traini (active 1321 - 1345), designer




Battle of the Sea Gods


Andrea Mantegna (1430/1431 - 1506), printmaker
Battle of the Sea Gods
Engraving, c.1470 - c.1500

jueves, 14 de julio de 2011

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss


"Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss"
Antonio Canova
1787, white marble, 61 in.
Louvre Museum (Paris, France)


The Lewis Chessmen


The Lewis Chessmen  (elaborately worked walrus ivory)

Probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200 | Found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland


miércoles, 13 de julio de 2011

Coral crab


Trapezia rufopunctata

"Coral crab" is a general, unscientific term referring to those crabs which depend on a coral for shelter and livelihood, including either soft or hard corals.


martes, 12 de julio de 2011

La Danaide


La Danaide, 1885

Mármol blanco,   Musee Rodin, Paris

Rodin Auguste 1840-1917

Fuente: http://www.chapitre.com



domingo, 10 de julio de 2011

Nouvelles tables anatomiques



Bourdon, Amé (1636 or 1638-1706).
Nouvelles tables anatomiques.
Publication Information: Cambray: Chez l'autheur; Paris: Laurens d'Houry, 1678.


sábado, 9 de julio de 2011

Cyclichthys orbicularis


Cyclichthys orbicularis
Pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae),  the Rounded porcupinefish is one of the smaller of around 20 porcupinefish species 



Death on a Pale Horse


John Haynes after John Hamilton Mortimer
Death on a Pale Horse, 1784
Etching,on paper, 710 x 510 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum


Dresden


Blick auf Dresden vom Rathausturm, 1945
Richard Peter ( 1895 - 1977)

 

viernes, 1 de julio de 2011

Umbonia crassicornis

 
Thornbug - Umbonia crassicornis
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Copyright © 2004  Tony DiTerlizzi

Satan and his Legions


James Barry
Satan and his Legions Hurling Defiance Toward The Vault of Heaven
circa 1792-1794
Etching,and engraving.