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There’s something wonderful about Marvin Bileck’s minimal illustrations for All About the Stars.
In my opinion, one of the best things humanity has captured on video. Done in 1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter.
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It’s a new comic about a CHILDHOOD CLASSIC
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Yessss. Always happy about a new Hark A Vagrant! Bonus when it’s one of my most beloved childhood book/movie!
The entire surface of planet Mercury has been mapped.
Source & credit.
How cool is that?!?!
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Above: a medieval manuscript mended with embroidery. Photos via the Uppsala University Library. Here is some information about the manuscript from their page:
The pages of the book are made of parchment and they show typical damage in the form of holes and tears that happened while the parchment was being made. Some time after the book was copied, the holes and tears have been mended artistically with silk of various colours, mainly in blanket stitch as used in embroidery.
The old mending is in good shape except for those parts which were sewn with black silk. The thread is so fragile that it disintegrates on touch.
Read more here.
Omg you guys - the thread disintegrates on touch. Ughhh I love stuff like this!
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Fun Medieval Doodles
Here is a small selection of doodles I tweeted over the past year (@erik_kwakkel). Although they are usually not exactly eye-candy, they are easy to like. I think this is because they are often very funny, but also because the activity is such a familiar one. Almost without thinking we ourselves doodle on notepads, post-it notes or in the margin of the newspaper.
While our drawings are often the result of boredom, in the Middle Ages there was often a more pragmatic rationale behind their creation. In some cases they were a response to the text, such as the Adam and Eve doodle above. Moreover, many were the fruit of correcting the nib of the pen, like the little dog’s head. They are the medieval equivalent, as it were, of our scratching on a piece of paper to get the ink flowing.
In other cases still it remains a mystery what the doodling scribe was thinking. Why draw the skeleton that seems to hold a glass, for example? Is it a warning that our enjoying the delights of this planet will ultimately come to an end? A medieval campaign against riding your horse while under influence? Whatever the meaning of this poor guy with his drink may be, and in spite of the fact we are reminded of our own mortality, sketches like this do brighten the page - and my day.
Amazing. People in the Middle Ages y’all - just like us!
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Just who are the top 10 cutting-edge artists of the 21st century? Here’s the list.
All great stuff guys! Keep it up artists of the 21st century.
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Green Gables By Literary Lacquers
Inspired by Anne of Green Gables
Oh my gosh you guys! Anne of Green Gables inspired nail polish!!!
