JonobieJun 18
I was trying to find an illustration or 19th century botanical style drawing of a flower with a rock. While I haven't found it yet, I did find this totally creepy and cool public domain print that someone should TOTALLY do something with: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/79362/the-marsh-flower-a-sad-human-head-plate-2-of-6
The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head, plate 2 of 6 | The Art Institute of Chicago

Odilon Redon, 1885

The Art Institute of Chicago
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Or heavens, this (note NSFW due to boobs): https://www.artic.edu/artworks/72682/woman-with-red-hair-and-green-eyes-the-sin

Good lord there is some strange art out there that we've saved.

Woman with Red Hair and Green Eyes. The Sin | The Art Institute of Chicago

Edvard Munch, 1902

The Art Institute of Chicago
Show threadJonobie5d ago

The absolutely batshit crazy drawings that are in Public Domain continue...

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4e7d37be-2572-4658-ab64-f42e666b6735/

‘Each Finger Pointed Towards The Open Way In Front.’ by John Augustus Knapp from Etidorhpa (1895)

Public Domain Image Archive
Show threadJonobie5d ago

I love the description of the book this is in from the Public Domain Review: "Imagine the progeny of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and an experiment in automatic writing by a member of Havelock Ellis’ peyote-munching cohort."

And, well, while the prior link of a drawing from there is creepy af, if this one had color it would fit right into a hippiefest of today.

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Appropos of nothing, I have now seen this framed print for sale from Public Domain Review and I might ... have to buy it, now that I know it exists at all.

For sale here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/cat-symphony/

@Violinknitter -- will you play this for us? 😉

#cats #publicDomain #music

Jun 23 at 9:08pmWeb
Show threadViolinknitter5d ago
@jonobie Not today, too busy teaching. But someone could do a very fun interpretation of that for sure!!!
Show threadChasMusic (he/him)5d ago
@jonobie @Violinknitter ¡Excellent alt text! really communicates the sense of the work (sighted person here)
Show threadJonobie5d ago
@ChasMusic Thank you!