New Old Time
Flore Médicale: Turpin and the Art of French Bo...
In 1814, as Napoleon's empire was collapsing, a group of French botanists and artists produced one of the most beautiful works of scientific illustration ever published. The Flore médicale documented...
Flore Médicale: Turpin and the Art of French Bo...
In 1814, as Napoleon's empire was collapsing, a group of French botanists and artists produced one of the most beautiful works of scientific illustration ever published. The Flore médicale documented...
The Language of Flowers: Robert Tyas and the Vi...
In Victorian England, flowers were not merely decorative. They were a language — a system of symbolic communication so widely understood that a carefully composed bouquet could convey declarations of...
The Language of Flowers: Robert Tyas and the Vi...
In Victorian England, flowers were not merely decorative. They were a language — a system of symbolic communication so widely understood that a carefully composed bouquet could convey declarations of...
The Iconography of London: How a City Became a ...
Few cities in the world are as instantly recognisable as London. The red double-decker bus, the black cab, the telephone box, the roundel of the Underground, the silhouette of Big...
The Iconography of London: How a City Became a ...
Few cities in the world are as instantly recognisable as London. The red double-decker bus, the black cab, the telephone box, the roundel of the Underground, the silhouette of Big...
The Zodiac Goes Psychedelic: Astrology and Grap...
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, astrology underwent a visual transformation. The zodiac signs — ancient symbols with roots in Babylonian astronomy — were reimagined by a generation of...
The Zodiac Goes Psychedelic: Astrology and Grap...
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, astrology underwent a visual transformation. The zodiac signs — ancient symbols with roots in Babylonian astronomy — were reimagined by a generation of...
The Garden of the Hesperides: Johann Christoph ...
Between 1708 and 1714, the Nuremberg physician and botanist Johann Christoph Volkamer published the Nürnbergische Hesperides — one of the most beautiful botanical books ever created. Named after the mythological...
The Garden of the Hesperides: Johann Christoph ...
Between 1708 and 1714, the Nuremberg physician and botanist Johann Christoph Volkamer published the Nürnbergische Hesperides — one of the most beautiful botanical books ever created. Named after the mythological...
Adolphe Millot and the Art of Entomological Ill...
Between 1897 and 1904, the French illustrator Adolphe Millot produced for the Nouveau Larousse illustré some of the most beautiful entomological plates of the golden age of scientific illustration —...
Adolphe Millot and the Art of Entomological Ill...
Between 1897 and 1904, the French illustrator Adolphe Millot produced for the Nouveau Larousse illustré some of the most beautiful entomological plates of the golden age of scientific illustration —...