Category Archives: Museum Lust

Primitive scientific ephemera, analytical analog baubles, and old dead things.

Poem of the Week: artful cuts

Posted on June 20, 2007 by cicada

“Flayed Angel” Jacques Gautier d’Agoty If you’ve not yet done so, pop on over to new blog Morbid Anatomy for a tour of some beautiful vintage medical illustrations. My favorite recent post was this collection of links to the work … Continue reading →

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Gas Works Park

Posted on June 18, 2007 by cicada

Last weekend I discovered Seattle’s Gas Works Park. By accident. And ended up on a tour through the derelict gasworks – led by the park’s designer, Richard Haag. The structures are fenced off, so I got the impression this was … Continue reading →

Posted in Destinations, Museum Lust, My Artwork, Photography, Retrotechnology | 15 Comments

Bodyscope 1935: Man, Woman, and a dash of dated rhetoric

Posted on June 11, 2007 by cicada

Bodyscope Anatomical Chart, 1935 approximately 20″ x 16″ Ralph H. Segal, Bodyscope Publications Inc., Educational Building, 70 5th Ave., NYC From 1935, two ornate Bodyscope teaching charts. Three windows in each chart allow a cutaway view of the torso and … Continue reading →

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Boston’s Harcourt Bindery

Posted on June 9, 2007 by cicada

I love gears, I love type, I love paper art: virtual field trip, courtesy of the Rag & Bone Blog.

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Reclaiming the body in negative space: Troy & Pompeii

Posted on June 1, 2007 by cicada

Iliad Cenotaphs: Echepolus acrylic on wood Jonathan Gabel, 2007 Poring over the hyper-detailed text of the Iliad, Jonathan Gabel has envisioned each soldier’s death-wound, recreating the negative space of the wound as an anatomical model.

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Recent blog buzz on anatomical models

Posted on May 31, 2007 by cicada

Anatomical Venus Wax Model at the Semmelweiss Medical Museum by Curious Expeditions Some posts on one of my favorite topics: first, Curious Expeditions had a first-hand account of a visit to the Josephinum. Then, Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society … Continue reading →

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Muskrat (Skull) Love

Posted on May 21, 2007 by cicada

Muskrat Box Ron Pippin I have not gotten a single thing done today, because I’ve spent hours browsing the archive of assemblage artist Ron Pippin. Has there ever been a more charming collection of steampunk-influenced taxidermical wonder-boxes?

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Getting the point without seeing the big picture

Posted on May 13, 2007 by cicada

detail of “The Gift” Ceramic tile Richard Notkin, 1999 Last Friday I visited the Portland Art Museum. It was eerily quiet, so I was able to linger over individual pieces without feeling pressured to move along. Lingering is good; on … Continue reading →

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Antikamnia: memento mori in advertising

Posted on May 3, 2007 by cicada

Illustrations for Antikamnia Chemical Company Calendars, 1900 & 1897 Louis Crucius, ~1890 BibliOdyssey turned up this wicked advertising campaign by turn-of-the-century pharmaglomerate Antikamnia Chemical Company. The calenders were targeted at medical professionals, not the average consumer, for whom I presume … Continue reading →

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The gig’s up!