Theory Of Disease

Making crosses

Luisa Casati (1881-1957) in 1913, extravagant, decadent personality of her time, occultist, spiritualist and occult book collector.

Alphonse Legros, Death and the Maiden, 1895

🐺 Amusement microscopique tant pour l'esprit, que pour les yeux A Nuremberg: Se grave et se vend chés Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt: 1764-1768. Original source Image description: Illustration titled “Amusement microscopique tant pour l'esprit, que pour les yeux,” depicting a detailed, magnified view of a wolf louse. The central subject is the louse’s body, shown with a segmented, oval shape covered in fine hair and multiple labeled legs ending in curved claws. The head displays large compound eyes and antennae. Surrounding the main image are close-up views of the louse’s mouthparts, intestines, and a small round inset showing the louse in natural size. The intricate line work and shading highlight the texture and anatomical features for scientific study. The image is framed and labeled “TAB. XXI,” dated 1764-1768.

Sara Facio y Alicia D' Amico, Silvina Ocampo, 1963

ex voto locket containing a miniature relic of saint mary.

Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt, Walther Ruttmann, 1927 : youtube.com

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Roland Topor

Vettor Pisani, Maschile, femminile e androgino. Incesto e cannibalismo in Marcel Duchamp. Azione. Assassinio di Suzanne Duchamp, 1970

The Fountain I (2021), by Mohammed Sami.

A Siberian Shaman. Date: Original drawing from around 1776; published as a colored engraving in 1803. The source is cited as “The Costume of the Russian Empire, London: William Miller, 1803,” but I couldn’t find the colored version of this engraving in that specific work- it might be from a different edition.