The Pleiades - Sidereus Nuncius   (Starry Messenger or Sidereal Message) by Galileo in March 1610.  (Smithsonian Libraries)

The Pleiades - Sidereus Nuncius   (Starry Messenger or Sidereal Message) by Galileo in March 1610.  (Smithsonian Libraries)

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kitschyliving:

My bathroom tends to make people uncomfortable. I have no idea why

kitschyliving:

My bathroom tends to make people uncomfortable. I have no idea why

(Source: kitschyliving)

ryandonato:

The sea in black-and-white by Werner Knaupp

(Source: ryandonato)


First-Order Lighthouse at Punta de los Reyes, Seacoast of California, Eadweard Muybridge, 1871

First-Order Lighthouse at Punta de los Reyes, Seacoast of California, Eadweard Muybridge, 1871

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razorshapes:

Osaka-based artist Yasuaki Onishi uses humble, simple materials – black glue, plastic sheets, nylon thread – but somehow a large space is majestically occupied with his inverted landscapes, the “reverse of volume”, allowing a viewer to occupy a space that would otherwise, perceptively, be given over to something of monumental density. 

(Source: cashcats)

youmightfindyourself:

John Baldessari’s 1966-68 painting, Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell.

youmightfindyourself:

John Baldessari’s 1966-68 painting, Tips for Artists Who Want to Sell.

(Source: setsofnine)

evrymom:

Farallon Island Lighthouse Fresnel Lens by SFBayImages

evrymom:

Farallon Island Lighthouse Fresnel Lens by SFBayImages