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top 5 ancient artistic cultures (not sure about phrasing. yknow like "jomon style" or "anglo saxon art")

the jade creatures of Hongshen, a late Neolithic culture of northeast China contemporaneous w the latest stages of Sredny Stog and just about all of Yamnaya. attempts to find analogues to these critters in nature have borne little fruit, not least bc the Hongshen appear to had been perfectly capable of pursuing realism in their art – when they wanted to. this article argues the creatures draw inspiration from the shape of human bone and cartillage, like so:

the rest go as follows:

2. figurines of Bronze Age Scandinavia. I just think these look really aesthetically pleasing. look at those curves! idk what to think about attempts to interpret the figurines as depicting historically attested Nordic deities. the most famous artefact to survive from the Nordic Bronze Age, the Trundholm Chariot, seems to depict a myth of only marginal significance to later Norse civilisation

3. the erotic pottery of the Moche, predecessors of the Chimor, who flourished on the coast of northwestern Peru prior to their conquest by the Inca. this post goes a little into the various theories concerning the purpose of the so-called "porn pottery" – I like Larco Hoyle's idea that the pottery (none of which appears to depict penis-in-vagina intercourse) was used by the Moche in order to teach and show methods of natural birth control. but ofc there's a direct analogue in depictions of sodomy on Greek pottery, which doesn't really seem to had served a didactic purpose

4. the Thinkers of Hamangia - not much of a "style" given that it's only these two figurines, I suppose, but these two are my favourite sculptures to come out of Neolithic Europe by far. could write a whole post about them, honestly; definitely among my favourite pieces of prehistoric art in general. afaict, the figurines are nowadays mostly interpreted as a prehistoric equivalent to Gauguin's Where Do We Come From? - I personally prefer to think of them as analogous to his Grape Harvest at Arles

5. cosmetic palettes of late Neolithic Egypt, or what is properly known as the Naqada III phase of Protodynastic Egypt. I just find them to be really pretty – and I kind of love the idea of decorating what is basically a make-up container with depictions of your country's military conquests. the most famous of these palettes is the Narmer Palette; my personal favourite is the Bull Palette, shown on the left. I'd totally use them to mix my kohl

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Concept art for V’ger by Syd Mead. From Star Trek The Motion Picture Inside The Art & Visual Effects. Brilliant new book by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki

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Still life  in blue   -  Ingrid Smuling, 2009.

Dutch,  b. 1944 -

Oil on panel , 13 x 10 cm.

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Unica Gravograph // engraving machine (US, 1990s)

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“Speechless City” (1975) by Gulam Mohammed Sheikh

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Kim Dorland, Fever Dream

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woven textile from the Paracas culture in Peru, from approximately 2,000 years ago

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Karin Hellman, The Computer (1969), collage

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Finished my flower branch embroidery.

It worked out really well I think! The flowers are chain stitch fill and this was much easier than I thought it would be - the leaves were a bit of a pain but look better now when the whole thing is rinsed and straightened.

I drew the pattern myself, inspired by Yumiko Higuchi flower and botanical embroidery designs

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Thomas Kiesewetter

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Ellsworth Kelly, Tablet:1958-73

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Which “Jabberwocky” Character Should You Fight

The slithy toves: Toves are totes adorbs. And fun to watch. Don’t fight them.

The borogoves: They’re kind of stickly and gristened, so it would be neither sporting nor appetizing to hunt them. But go ahead if you really want to.

The mome raths: Yeah, okay, raths are curtible in small numbers, but when entire flates come out in the early lefting it’s just an unstuppered onscramble of grabbling and gribing. Fight raths. Do I hear a snicker-snack? :)

The Parent: They give good, stolid advice. Don’t fight your parents.

The Son: I wouldn’t even. Have you viddied well his sword arm? Do not fuck with the Son. (If you must, bring something long and vorpal and try to catch him before brillig.)

The Jubjub bird: Honestly, go for it! Seriously. Good chumbly thigh meat. Two words, though: ranged weapons. And not a thimble-bow or splitten, bring something heavy with a good, stretted bowstring on it.

The Bandersnatch: Bandersnatchi are large, gluesome, and herbivorous. Fighting them is more inconvenient than unwisable, so I’m going to back the Parent here: shun them. Shun Jinx entirely. Blandrous place for a vacation.

The Tumtum tree: what why it’s a tree I don’t

The Jabberwock: look are you even paying attention

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From Early Computers to Ships at Sea, Lola Dupre Warps Everyday Objects

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Michael Kienzer - Weiss auf Weiss (Zeichnung Vol. 6)

Zinc sheet lacquer, 425 × 330 × 50 cm, 2018