Friday, May 30, 2003

How bizarre. Original engravings from a book by the Dutch anatomist Frederick Ruysch (1638-1731). Go and have a look. This is more than just weird. This is megaweird. "Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) was a Dutch anatomist and a pioneer in techniques of preserving organs and tissue. In addition to his scientific contributions, he made artistic arrangements of his material. He had his own museum of curiosities, and among the displays were a number of dioramas assembled from body parts and starring melodramatic fetal skeletons. A few of these were captured in meticulous detail "drawn from life" by the engraver Cornelius Huyberts. These engravings were inserted as foldouts in various early 18th century editions of Ruysch's works." Found via the highly recommendable Dublog 7:16:41 PM     |

Galactus. John Buscema, one of the really great comic book artists, died last year of cancer. Another big loss. Here is the official website with lots of galleries. 3:44:25 PM     |

Oh, really? Tony? A liar? No way ... Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Did Blair lie to us? The PM's warning that Iraq could strike in 45 minutes now looks bogus, and we may never trust him again. 7:19:51 AM     |