May 22, 2013
The Seed by Paweł Jońca, 2003

The Seed by Paweł Jońca, 2003

(Source: darksilenceinsuburbia, via mudwerks)

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Filed under: art painting botanical nude woman poland 2003 
May 22, 2013

andreasp-rv:

Sattler’s panorama of Salzburg in 1829

More: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sattler-Panorama

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(Notes: 26)
  
May 20, 2013
Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the Birthplace of Civilization, 1906 This is a fine example of cross-hatched hill profiles to indicate terrain in a pleasing, if inaccurate manner.

Detail from a map of Earliest Historic Regions and the Birthplace of Civilization, 1906

This is a fine example of cross-hatched hill profiles to indicate terrain in a pleasing, if inaccurate manner.

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(Notes: 14)
  
Filed under: maps history middle east levant cartography 1906 ancient babylon canaan shading 
May 18, 2013
The temptation of despair from The Art of Dying, Provence, 15th century

The temptation of despair from The Art of Dying, Provence, 15th century

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(Notes: 144)
  
Filed under: illumination illustration france books devil demons death provence medieval 
May 17, 2013
Nemesis by Alfred Rethel, 1837 (via Dark Classics)

Nemesis by Alfred Rethel, 1837

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(Notes: 12)
  
Filed under: painting art germany 1837 goddess revenge myth 
May 17, 2013
Death Comes As a Friend by J. Jungtow, 1851

Death Comes As a Friend by J. Jungtow, 1851

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(Notes: 33)
  
Filed under: engraving illustration death victorian dresden germany 1851 age memento mori 
May 17, 2013
Underwater photograph by Alberich Mathews

Underwater photograph by Alberich Mathews

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Filed under: photography art nude underwater reflection pale dark 
May 16, 2013
Illustrations based on Thomas Vaughan’s Lumen de Lumine: A New Magical Light (1651), from an unidentified and undated German book.

Illustrations based on Thomas Vaughan’s Lumen de Lumine: A New Magical Light (1651), from an unidentified and undated German book.

(Source: tony-kaku, via thehiddenscience)

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(Notes: 87)
  
Filed under: illustration books alchemy germany Thomas Vaughan Ouroboros 
May 16, 2013
The Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton in 1800, is considered the world’s first practical submarine. With a retractable sail and hand-cranked propeller, it could dive to a depth of 25 feet and move about as fast as a rowboat. This is his 1806 plan for the second Nautilus, which was never built.

The Nautilus, designed by American inventor Robert Fulton in 1800, is considered the world’s first practical submarine. With a retractable sail and hand-cranked propeller, it could dive to a depth of 25 feet and move about as fast as a rowboat. This is his 1806 plan for the second Nautilus, which was never built.

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(Notes: 25)
  
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May 16, 2013
Last night I dreamed I was wandering through gloomy underground tunnels with Captain Nemo (who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch). He showed me an early prototype of the submarine Nautilus that he had narrowly escaped after it was crushed by a draw-bridge. (The Nautilus by Kevin O’Neill, for Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999)

Last night I dreamed I was wandering through gloomy underground tunnels with Captain Nemo (who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch). He showed me an early prototype of the submarine Nautilus that he had narrowly escaped after it was crushed by a draw-bridge.

(The Nautilus by Kevin O’Neill, for Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, 1999)

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(Notes: 26)
  
Filed under: submarine dream nautilus cumberbatch nemo comics