Under the Willow
Caddis fly larvae protect their developing bodies by building themselves sheaths of silk and incorporating substances found in their habitats. Artist Hubert Duprate placed a group of Caddis fly larvae into a tank with gold and other precious substances for the larvae to spin into their sheaths.
I’ve been scrolling past this for hours tonight and wondering why people are reblogging it and not saying anything. Now I finally see why people are reblogging it. I feel stupid.
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Hanayui by Takaya
Japanese artist Takaya adorns the heads of models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers.&
Hiram Powers
The Greek Slave 1843
Marble 65¼ in high
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, ConnecticutThe Greek Slave was the single most celebrated work of sculpture in nineteenth-century America. Its pose—inspired by the well-known Medici Venus—represents a Christian girl captured by the Turks during the Greek War of Independence, for sale in the slave market of Constantinople. The first nude statue by an American artist, it provoked both ecstatic praise and puritanical concern when first exhibited in the United States. Its combination of noble sentiment and unprecendented nudity challenged conventional notions of “decency” in high art. Overnight, the expatriate Powers became one of the most famous sculptors of his day. By proving that ideal nudity could be used as a symbol of virtuousness, Powers opened the way for the depiction of the female nude by other American sculptors. The Greek Slave inspired an outpouring of prose and poetry and became an anti-slavery symbol for abolitionists.
Thomas Cole
The Falls of Kaaterskill 1826
Oil on canvas 43 x 36 in
Private collection
