bones&trees

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Nosferatu (1922)

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2headedsnake:

This enormous sleeping giant is a large-scale installation by Italian street artist Never2501, created for the garden at the Museo Archeologico “Paolo Giovio” in Como, Italy. The sculpture was constructed using dead trees and roots that were collected in the forest. No tools or nails were used to assemble the pieces. The piece is entitled “”In Cammino Per Trasformarsi Nell’istante Presente” or “Moving to transform into the present.”

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biomedicalephemera:

Apropos for the season ~ this illustration is indeed by Frederick Ruysch, from a set of 1744 engravings. 

biomedicalephemera:

Arrangement of fetal skeletons, bladder calculi, blood vessels, and a songbird.

Artist/Anatomist not noted, but the artistic style is that of Frederik Ruysch and he was one of the more notable at the height of the artistic Renaissance of anatomy. He arranged specimens in artistic poses and displayed them in glass-cased displays that fascinated and dazzled the public. Preserved specimens had only been developed and used since the late 1600s. While the novelty of seeing a preserved animal or human on display caught the public’s attention, the artistic stylings of the anatomists and naturalists of the day is what kept it.

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