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Landscape coat: Johann Georg I von Sachsen’s spectacular “landscape cloak”, a Christmas gift from his mother in 1611. Six metres in circumference, it is made of blue velvet and embroidered with views of his realm: Dresden, the palace and the river Elbe, complete with stone bridges and sea monsters. Photo: Jürgen Karpinski, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen SeeContinue reading “Rüstkammer: The Electoral Wardrobe”

Seeing What the Fish Might See

Georgia Russell, “Fishing Nets” (2018) cut print on paper (Kozo) 47 ¼ x 59 x 6 2/3 inches (photo by Gilles Mazzufferi, © Georgia Russell, images courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz/Paris/Köln) Georgia Russell’s work of a cut print on paper made of Kozo fiber, “Fishing Nets” (2018) might be a vision of what IContinue reading “Seeing What the Fish Might See”

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The Lasting Influence of the Waxen Venus on Studies of Anatomy

Musée d’Orsay Renames Manet’s “Olympia” After Its Overlooked Black Model, Laure

A New Swiss Museum Shows Women’s Art Through a Multivalent Lens

Rüstkammer: The Electoral Wardrobe

Seeing What the Fish Might See

Making Visible: The visual and graphic practices of the early Royal Society – CRASSH

Culture of Diagram | Stanford Humanities

1940s Kissing Style: Photo Guide on How To Kiss Correctly, ca. 1942 ~ vintage everyday

Believe It or Not: Human Zoos Really Existed in the Past, And There Are Pictures to Prove It ~ vintage everyday

What’s Wrong With This Diorama? You Can Read All About It – The New York Times