Bass viol made in Hamburg, Germany in 1726 by Martin Voigt. Ebony inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ebony ribs with ivory stringing. From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
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Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide.
Detail of Indian matchbox cover art.
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They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise.
The helmsman steered, the ship moved on;
Yet never a breeze up blew;
The mariners all ‘gan work the ropes,
Where they were wont to do;
They raised their limbs like lifeless tools—
We were a ghastly crew.
The body of my brother’s son
Stood by me, knee to knee:
The body and I pulled at one rope,
But he said nought to me.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (1797). “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in Lyrical Ballads.
Amelia Brogan. (2006). “Celtic Knotwork.”
“So this is the manling,” said Kaa. “Very soft is his skin, and he is not unlike the Bandar-log. Have a care, manling, that I do not mistake thee for a monkey some twilight when I have newly changed my coat.”
“We be one blood, thou and I,” Mowgli answered. “I take my life from thee tonight. My kill shall be thy kill if ever thou art hungry, O Kaa.”
—Rudyard Kipling. (1894). The Jungle Book. “Chapter Two: Kaa’s Hunting.” London: Macmillan.
A worker checks the finish on a motorcycle made from recycled materials from spare car and bicycle parts, at a workshop owned by Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn in Bangkok, on July 27, 2011. With four shops in Bangkok named “Ko Art Shop,” Roongrojna also exports his artworks to clients all over the world. (Reuters/Sukree Sukplang)
From “Recycling Around the World” in The Atlantic, November 9, 2011.
Storm Thorgerson’s cover design for Pink Floyd’s 1973 Dark Side of the Moon album has become one of the most iconic images in all of rock and roll history. It has been reworked many times, and each new iteration possesses the same mysterious energy.
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Head. Maori. late 19th Century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Little surprises like this can make even plain buildings memorable. The spider’s web has an enduring and deeply evocative symbol throughout all of human civilization, somehow combining beauty, wonder, and mystery all at once.
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This is a beautiful thing to behold! Artist-inventor Simon Hallam is looking for support to build table-top Japanese Zen gardens. Software drives a hidden robotic arms that deftly draws beautiful geometric patterns into a sand field of silicone beads. The effect is absolutely stunning.
An Angel holding the sun, William Morris. English Craftsman, Designer, Writer, Typographer, and Socialist, (1834-1896)
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Detail from the 14th century al-Qal‘at al-Ḥamrā’ fortress in Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
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