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/// a place to keep track of personal inspirations; artistic and otherwise

a-l-ancien-regime:

Cage with two singing birds, Jaquet-Droz, coll. Montres Jaquet Droz SA (Sandoz collection)
Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721—1790) was a Swiss-born watchmaker of the late eighteenth century. He lived in Paris, London, and Geneva, where he designed and built animated dolls, or automata, to help his firm sell watches and mechanical birds. Some consider these devices to be the oldest examples of the computer.
(video about his work here)

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2headedsnake:

opium-fields.blogspot.com
Amesha Spenta by Talonbraxas

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oldbookillustrations:

Woman with a cape.
Albert Besnard, From Les eaux-fortes de Besnard (The etchings of Besnard), by André-Charles Coppier, Paris, 1920.
(Source: archive.org)

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yama-bato:

The binding shown above is found in the British Library Database of Bookbindings. This binding has been attributed to Derome le jeune, however a comparative study of the gold tooled imprints reveals that the tools used the create this beautiful dentelle à l’oiseau were those of Dubuisson.
Place of Publication - VeniceDate of Publication - 1584

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angrywhistler:

Antonio Pisanello (1395-1455)

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fuckyeahbookarts:

DIY Triangle Folded Book from Creating Books & Boxes: Fun and Unique Approaches to Handmade Structures by Benjamin D. Rinehart

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atelierentomologica:

EA Seguy, born 1920 France, Pl. 18 from the portfolio Insects c.1925

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connecting-to:

Artist: Ingres
Title: Napoleon Enthroned
Date: 1806
Romanticism

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musing-artemis:

attolences:

Jarlshof, Scotland, Bronze Age settlement

Oh, wow.

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