Friday, January 31, 2014

Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Libyan and Algerian Sahara















1. Garamantian chariot pulled by two horses - Wadi Tashwinat valley, Acacus (Fezzan), southern Libya.

2. Ritual dance - Acacus (Fezzan), southern Libya.

3. Ox with lyre-shaped horns - Acacus (Fezzan), southern Libya.

4. Bovine couple with curved horns - Acacus (Fezzan), southern Libya.

5. Men, women and children with their cattle herd - Djebel El Aouénat.

6. Two masked hunters - Asadjan-oua-Mellen (Central Tassili, south-east Algeria).

7. Men and gazelles running - Tin Amrar.

8. Man with a feather headdress, a snake charmer, a man with a neolithic plow - Ta Tekrori.

9. Garamantian chariot surrounded by male and female figures - Tin Ouba Teka.

10. Cattle herd - Djebel El Aouénat.

11. Cattle herd - Ouan Bender.

12. A  herd of Hyppoitraginae (quaternary fauna) - Ouan Bender.

13. Scenes of everyday life of ancient Saharan populations - Oua Molin, Libya.

14. Conical construction with rooster, date palms and warriors armed with javelins. - Oua Molin, Libya.

Friday, December 6, 2013

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Geometry of Plants - Photos by Robert Henri Noailles (1947)














1. Coltsfoot.
2. Young burdock bud.
3. Fruit of cranesbill.
4. Fireweed fruit.
5. Bindweed bud.
6. Half-opened ragwort inflorescence.
7. Dandelion bud.
8. closed umbel of carrot flower.
9. Fruit of scarlet pimpernel.
10. Maple buds.
11. White currants.
12. Poppy bud.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Aesop's Fables illustrated by Fulvio Bianconi (1946)















1. The Wolf and the Sheep
2. The Mosquito and the Lion
3. The Fox and the Grapes
4, 5. The Fly
6. The Wild Boar and the Fox
7, 8. The Deer and the Vine
9, 10. The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
11. The Earthworm and the Fox
12.  The Hen and the Cat
13, 14. The Oxen and the Axle-Trees