May 18, 2011

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Rhombicuboctahedron by Leonardo da Vinci

Some things are meant to stay cult hits forever. Tumblr has been around for four years now and to my surprise only one Tumblr blog[1] has mentioned the sublime proto-surrealist Bizzarie di varie figure.

I found a whole set of Bizzarie di varie figure[2] (in an online version) today.

Plate 35 (shown above) is my favourite of the set.

It also has this Femme couchée [3] by Atget.

The book A New Art: Photography in the 19th Century, edited by Mattie Boom and Hans Rooseboom has a good chapter on the 19th century photographic reproduction of paintings, known as photogravure. Photographic reproduction of art would eventually displace engravings. A big name in this nascent market was Adolphe Braun, who reproduced a collection of drawings by Albrecht Dürer, including his "Praying Hands"[4], also known as "Hands of the Apostle".

Braun produced albums of single artists (monographies) and whole collections of specific European museums.

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 Braun produced albums of single artists ([[monographies]]) and whole collections of specific European museums.
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-[[Countess of Castiglione]] [[Le Pé (l'amputation du Gruyere) ]] ''[[Scherzo di Follia]]''
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-[[Pierre-Louis Pierson]] was the personal photographer of [[La Contessa Castiglione]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierson_castiglione.jpg]
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