🦌 Fauna japonica, sive, Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis, superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823-1830 Lugduni Batavorum: Apud Auctorem, 1833-1850. Original source Image description: Illustration of a brown and cream mottled owl, labeled “Strix fuscescens,” perched on a weathered tree stump. The owl has large, round dark eyes framed by detailed facial feathers, and its plumage features stripes and spots in varying shades of brown. Behind the owl, light green leaves on thin branches create a natural backdrop. The drawing is detailed and realistic, reflecting early 19th-century scientific illustration style focused on Japan’s bird fauna.

Valeri Timofeev, Chalice, 1995, fine and sterling silver, 24k gold plate, 24k gold foil, garnets, pearls, turquoise, hematite, tiger's eye, filigree wire, and plique-a-jour on Thompson and Blythe enamels, 7 5⁄8 x 6 in. (19.4 x 15.3 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1996.29

Helen Frankenthaler Jacob's Ladder 1957 Oil on canvas 9' 5-3/8" x 69-7/8" (287.9 x 177.5 cm)

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Color in Decoration, 1990

Color in Decoration, 1990

matrix Morty & Summer -- top character design! like this twisted sibling relationship🥰

Purple moths

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