The Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero

June 25th, 2009

anatomy

This is the woman (via http://catetom.splinder.com/).

Sansevero’s anatomical machines have gradually become the protagonists of legends according to which the models were the outcome of an operation of human vivisection in which a woman and a man were killed through the injection of embalming substances in their blood vessels. Due to lack of written documentation on the early history of the anatomical machines, controversy about how they were actually made continues.

http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~tcrnmrf/machines.htm

Kids drawings

June 24th, 2009

animals

fourblobs

twitsman

At Hanover Community Centre during Brighton’s Artists Open Houses event.

Phi Ta Khon ghosts

June 17th, 2009

Wai, originally uploaded by simonparisphotography.
‘Phi’ is Thai for ‘ghost’, or ‘spirit’ (pronounced as ‘pee’); ‘Ta’ (technically it sounds like ‘dtah’) means ‘eyes’; and‘Khon’ refers to the famous Thai traditional, masked dance discipline.

p.s. I made a tumblr to shove all images I feast on (so thats this blog +  what isn’t worth a full blog post).

An Actor From the Chinese Opera (c.1910)

May 25th, 2009

Mud man Papua New Guinea

May 15th, 2009

Mud man Papua New Guinea, originally uploaded by Eric Lafforgue.

Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen festival

May 15th, 2009

lonecostumer

Some very beautiful modern photographs of Papua New Guinea and many other countries by Eric Lafforgue.

Hindu deities

May 12th, 2009

balaram3

balaram


balaram2

Jagannath, Balarama, Subhadra photos by Vrindavan Lila

Baisha_sur la route du temple du sommet de jade_écriture Dongba

May 5th, 2009

Dongba script

oracle

May 4th, 2009

oracle, originally uploaded by mutikonka1.

oracle

May 4th, 2009


oracle2, originally uploaded by mutikonka1.