I stand in awe of my body - Henry David Thoreau
{Any quibbles I may have with mine, I am too. Thanks for the hard work.}
Clockwise from top left: Gorgeous porcelain brain Think Tank and porcelain Golden Heart are containers in artist Renate Hattinger's Human Interior series of ceramic containers. via NotCot. * Antique optometrist's sign from Obsolete - check out their online gallery. Incredible. * One of a series from Dutch photographer Koen Hauser -
Modische Atlas der Anatomie No. 4. She is like half visible woman. * Antique Chinese anatomical chart, love the visual metaphor of body as a mechanical crane, via ffffound. * Artist Lisa Congdon's collage shadow box Le Coeur Espérant Tranquille uses vintage illustrations and ephemera with drawn and painted elements to great effect. * Circa 1860 color lithograph anatomical chart with butterfly flaps at Obsolete. I saw a 6ft tall life-size chart like this in a New York shop about a dozen years ago. I had been collecting medical stuff for a bit, so was pretty thrilled to see such a great piece. Like visiting a masterpiece in a museum. *17th century anatomical model of ivory, exquisite carving. * I love this print, I have a similar one in black and white in an antique medical pamphlet - by Fritz Kahn, Man as Industrial Palace from the Dream Anatomy archive at the National Library of Medicine. Check out the gallery.
