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Charles Louis Signoret (French, 1867-1932)

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849).

📷 Pakpai Ate

Bornean Gibbon

Eos RP - RF 800mm

1/125 f/11 320

They had seen a thing that was unearthly. They were in a trance from the strong spell of its beauty."

“All the great moments in life, the glowing dreams of youth, the intoxication of love, the fire of battle, coincide with a deeper consciousness of form, and memory is the magical return of form which touches the heart and convinces it of the immortality of these moments. Because the irreducible heritage of the individual is that he belongs to eternity, and in his highest and most unambiguous moments he is entirely aware of it. It is his task to express this in the course of time. In this sense, his life becomes an allegory of the form.”

Ballelica 1925

Tullio Crali (1910-2000)

Italian Artist

Greek gold bee, Ca: 3rd or 2nd century BC,

This tiny sculpture, measuring only about 1.5 cm in length, likely served as a decorative ornament or pendant.

In Ancient Greece, honey was a vital sweetener and was often used in religious offerings to the gods, making bees highly regarded and frequently depicted in their art.