Mister Bovey

In the July issue of Fortune Magazine, the American photographer Walker Evans celebrated iconic hand tools in a photographic essay.

Pluto and Persephone by Bernini (ca.1622)

Artists Who Do Books, 1976, pastel on paper Artists Who Make “Pieces”, 1976, pastel on paper

Carl Sagan (via resigningmymembership)

Alpine Ibexes climb nearly 90 degree angles to lick salt deposits of of mountainsides. They crave that mineral. (Source)

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Per Kleiva

Sculptures by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (German-Austrian, 1736-1783).

A Ladybird ‘How It Works’ Book: The Rocket, series ‘654.’ Originally published in1967. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.

Favorite images of Roland Deschain. This is what I see in my mind’s eye while reading the Dark Tower series.

Inspired by the likes of Cezanne and Matisse, Kenneth Noland's interest in the emotional effects of color and geometric form have left us with some of the most vital pieces of abstract art today. Pictured here are two of his paintings that span the course of his career, Vault (1976) and Mysteries: Toward East Light (2002). 

IKB 79, 1959