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/

The triumph of death

The triumph of death
Print made by Georg Pencz,  c 1539
 From a series of six engravings

Fuente: http://marinni.livejournal.com/

Cristo velato

Cristo Velato
Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753
Mormo
Cappella San Severo

Fuente: http://www.museosansevero.it/

Die Pest

Die Pest, 1898
Arnold Böcklin (1827 in Basel - 1901 in San Domenico bei Fiesole, Provinz Florenz)
Kunstmuseum Basel

Fuente: http://www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/

Bat Flower

Common name: Bat Flower, Cat's Whiskers, Devil Flower
Botanical name:Tacca chantrieri    
Family: Taccaceae (bat flower family)

Fuente: http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/

Batalla de Zama

Cornelius Cort
Batalla de Zama
Grabado, 1567

Fuente: http://www.gla.ac.uk/

Les Enfers

Francois de Nome  (1593 -  162?)
Les Enfers, 1622
Oil on canvas

Fuente: http://philippe.gambette.free.fr/

Anatomía Humana

John Bell (1763-1820) 
"Atlas de Anatomía Humana"
Londres, 1820.

Fuente: http://galerianocturna-triplex.blogspot.com/

Red Jellyfish

Trachymedusae
Voragonema pedunculata is a small red jellyfish. It has 1000-2000 fine tentacles. It is found in the Pacific Ocean

Fuente: http://animal-planet.wapgroups.com/

Four Horsemen and Throne Room

Four Horsemen and Throne Room

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872)
1860. This is one of the most popular Bible illustrations.

Fuente: http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Hamlet and his father's Ghost

Henry Fuseli   (1741–1825)
Hamlet and his father's Ghost 
1780-1785, ink and pencil on cardboard

Fuente: http://en.wikipedia.org/

Lucha entre dragón y león

Leonardo da Vinci
Lucha entre dargón y león
1584
Dibujo considerado copia del original

Funte: http://www.artfinder.com/

Le Songe de Tartini

Le songe de Tartini, 1824
Louis Léopold Boilly
Illustration de l'anecdote légendaire sur l'origine de la Sonate des trilles du Diable de Giuseppe Tartini. 

Fuente: http://gallica.bnf.fr/

Bornella stellifer

Bornella stellifer
(Adams & Reeve, 1848)

Order:NUDIBRANCHIA DENDRONOTINA
Bornellidae

Fuente: http://www.seaslugforum.net/bornstel.htm

Actinoscyphia sp

Bioluminescent mucus secreted from the venus fly trap anemone (Actinoscyphia sp.)
The Johnsen Lab

Fuente: http://www.biology.duke.edu/

Invidiam

Invidiam  (Enviadia)

Jacob de Gheyn II(1565 - 1629)

Grabdado

Fuente: http://marinni.livejournal.com/

La Batalla de Lepanto

La Batalla de Lepanto
Gustave Doré,   "Historia de Las Cruzadas"
Grabado,  1892

Fuente: http://www.archive.org/

The Battle of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama

Cornelis Cort,  (1533-1578) 
The Battle of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama,  1567
Engraving after a drawing variously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520), Gianfrancesco Penni (1496-after 1528) or Giulio Romano (1492-1546)

Fuente: http://www.tunickart.com/artists/cort.html