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3D Optical Illusion Drawings
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Artist Transforms Contours, Roads and Borders Into Stunning Portraits
Ed Fairburn has an uncanny ability to make visual connections with various map elements and human facial features.
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Celestial Art and Science in Albrecht Dürer’s 1515 Star Charts
The same year that Albrecht Dürer created his famous rhinoceros woodcut, the German artist also collaborated on the first star charts printed in Europe.
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When Artists Bring Kids' Monster Drawings to Life
The Monster Project wants to help children see the power of their own imaginations and encourage them to pursue their creative potential.
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22 Illustrations by sookyung oh - Artbrew
22 Illustrations by sookyung oh sookyung oh Illustrator, Character concept Seongnam, Korea (South) I
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An Illustrated Study of Black Cats, the “Little Aliens” of the Feline World
All Black Cats Are Not Alike, by writer-illustrator duo Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle, is a true feat in the age-old tradition of cat art.
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Gruesome and Surreal Surgical Illustrations from the 15th–19th Centuries
In 1811, nearly four decades before the advent of anesthesia, the English novelist Fanny Burney underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer. Later, Burney wrote a long letter to her sister, Esther, describing this battlefield-style operation. Her account remains one of the most famous and gut-wrenching descriptions of pre-anesthesia surgery ever written...
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The Mysteriously Tiny Drawings of an 18th-Century Artist, Born Without Hands or Feet
In Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger’s Drawings from the Collection of Ricky Jay, opening today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, there’s a 1724 engraved self-portrait that the “Little Man of Nuremberg” would have used to promote his act.
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Before Google Earth: A Rare Cartographic Compendium From Renaissance Europe
Long before the ubiquity of Google Maps, these colorful engravings, produced between 1572 and 1617, comprised the world’s most accurate and elaborate collection of urban cartography ever made.
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Vinegar Valentines: The Nasty Anonymous Letters of the Victorian Age
In the late 19th century, a valentine in the post might not necessarily mean a romantic message from a lover or admirer, it could be a downright acidic insult.
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NASA Releases Retro Posters for the Future of Space Exploration
Back in the 1930s and ’40s, during the height of the Great Depression, artists designed posters for the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to encourage travel to national parks and other tourist sites in the United States. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) design studio is taking a similar approach to promote a future of travel to other planets ...
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The Dark, Enchanted Worlds of Illustrator Kay Nielsen
Whether or not you know it, you’ve probably seen Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen’s work before.
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Complex Drawings of Cityscapes by Benjamin Sack
Dense pen and ink drawings of cityscapes by American artist Benjamin Sack inspired by art history and classical music.
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Geometric Beasts: Illustrations by Kerby Rosanes
Drawings merging animals with geometric shapes by Philippines-based illustrator Kerby Rosanes.
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Amazingly Detailed Miniature Pencil Drawings by Mateo Pizarro
Mateo Pizarro creates tiny masterpieces with amazing detail and precision
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18th-Century Odes to a Cat that Drowned in a Goldfish Bowl
A cat that fell into a goldfish bowl in 1747 and subsequently drowned from her pyrrhic hunt inspired an unlikely series of artworks in the 18th century.
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Field of Procession
Geoff Hoskinson
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British Library offers over 1 million free vintage images for download
The centuries-old copyright-free images range from book illustrations to photos, and cover everything from flowers to cycling and children's books to map.
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Alarmist marijuana posters from the 'Reefer Madness' era
"Dope-created ecstasy avalanching into frightful perversions!"
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The visualizations transforming biology
Inventive graphic design and abstract models are helping researchers to make sense of a glut of data. By Ewen Callaway. (July 4, 2016)
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