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Konrad Lueg (1939-1996) Man At Table 1965 (110 by 180 cm)

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David Hockney

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david hockney, 1972.

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Annie Swynnerton (British,1844-1933)

Glow Worm, 1900

Oil on canvas

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August 2017

🌲In the heart of a coniferous forest🌲

🌲В сердце хвойного леса🌲

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16th century magical objects belonging to English polymath and alchemist John Dee: His black “spirit mirror,” a crystal ball, wax discs engraved with the Sigillum Dei Aemeth, and a gold disc engraved with medium Edward Kelly’s vision of the cosmos.

John Dee is perhaps best remembered for his obsidian mirror, but the mirror is actually Aztec. Mirrors have been associated with portals to other realms and used for divination and scrying for thousands of years all across various Mesoamerican cultures, but obsidian became the stone of choice during the Late Postclassic period (c.1200–1521) in Central Mexico. They were highly prized by ultra-wealthy curiosity collectors in Europe, which is how one found its way into the hands of John Dee.

These objects are on view at the British Museum.

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Trajan’s Column. A roman warrior is fighting while is carrying a head of an enemy in the mouth  like a trophy

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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

- Ephesians 6:12

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Clavis Artis (17th century), a manuscript of alchemy and is attributed to the Persian Zoroaster.

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'Alice in Wonderland' illustrated by Tove Jannson, 1959

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John Singer Sargent, Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears, detail, 1899

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The Devil Commands (Edward Dmytryk, 1941)

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Vogue US, 1961.

Ph. Irving Penn

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some of my favourite cardiology themed postage stamps from the past

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by @smallthingsgrow

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