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Parisian street in 1900 with a Morris column covered in colorful Art Nouveau black cat posters in turquoise, white, black and red, Haussmann building and gas lamp in the background - LeBonJournal

The Black Cat in Print: A Century of Feline Sym...

From Steinlen's iconic 1896 cabaret poster to Black Cat cigarettes, jazz-age sheet music, and Japanese good-luck prints — the black cat spent a century haunting the margins of Western print...

The Black Cat in Print: A Century of Feline Sym...

From Steinlen's iconic 1896 cabaret poster to Black Cat cigarettes, jazz-age sheet music, and Japanese good-luck prints — the black cat spent a century haunting the margins of Western print...

Evocation of Bayhall estate in Pembury Kent circa 1675, rolling Weald countryside with manor house, parkland and farm workers in warm afternoon light - LeBonJournal

The Flemish Eye on the English Countryside: Jan...

When Jan Siberechts arrived in England from Antwerp in 1672, he brought with him a Flemish eye for precision and light that would transform how the English countryside was seen,...

The Flemish Eye on the English Countryside: Jan...

When Jan Siberechts arrived in England from Antwerp in 1672, he brought with him a Flemish eye for precision and light that would transform how the English countryside was seen,...

Early 1900s young woman in period clothing painting a watercolor botanical illustration of strawberries at a wooden desk, USDA pomological art style - LeBonJournal

The Women Who Painted America's Strawberries: M...

Between 1886 and 1942, a corps of largely female artists working for the USDA created over 7,000 watercolor illustrations of American fruit varieties — a scientific archive that became one...

The Women Who Painted America's Strawberries: M...

Between 1886 and 1942, a corps of largely female artists working for the USDA created over 7,000 watercolor illustrations of American fruit varieties — a scientific archive that became one...

Jacob Sturm 1887 Botanical Plate XXVI journal

Rome and the Modern Grand Tour: Dorival, Kieper...

In 1920, the French artist Géo Dorival created a travel poster inviting visitors to Rome via the Mont-Cenis railway route through the Alps. In 1914, the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert...

Rome and the Modern Grand Tour: Dorival, Kieper...

In 1920, the French artist Géo Dorival created a travel poster inviting visitors to Rome via the Mont-Cenis railway route through the Alps. In 1914, the German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert...

Wild summer meadow at ground level with red poppies and dog roses stretching across the frame under a pale blue Central European sky - LeBonJournal

Jacob Sturm and the German Tradition of Botanic...

In nineteenth-century Germany, botanical education was a serious enterprise — and the illustrated plate was its primary instrument. Jacob Sturm’s Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs brought together multiple species on a single...

Jacob Sturm and the German Tradition of Botanic...

In nineteenth-century Germany, botanical education was a serious enterprise — and the illustrated plate was its primary instrument. Jacob Sturm’s Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs brought together multiple species on a single...

Renaissance scholar's study table with open botanical manuscript, quill pen and fresh turnips and radishes beside a leaded glass window casting warm golden light - LeBonJournal

Ulisse Aldrovandi and the Renaissance Invention...

In the sixteenth century, a group of Italian and Northern European naturalists did something that had never been done before: they looked at plants with the combined eyes of a...

Ulisse Aldrovandi and the Renaissance Invention...

In the sixteenth century, a group of Italian and Northern European naturalists did something that had never been done before: they looked at plants with the combined eyes of a...