Church of Reason

Details: Christ on the Cross, 1631. By Paulus Pontius (Flemish, 1603-1658)

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (detail). By Rembrandt, 1632

Cylinder seal and modern impression: bull-men flanking deity above sacred tree; winged deity holding horned animal heads, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern Art

Rogers Fund, 1991 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Chalcedony

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327456

Vintage Halloween Costume Compilation

(Photo Source) 

Again. Again.

Antwerp School - 17th c. - via Christie’s

Andreas Friedrich - La Lumiere Opposee aux Tenebres Obscures (The Light Opposed to the Obscure Darkness), “Les Emblemes Nouveaux”, 1617.

Death and the Miser (detail) via Hieronymus Bosch

Traumatic iridodialysis. The iris has pulled away from the ciliary body as a result of blunt trauma.

Temple of Isis, photo dating 1900-20, in Philae Island, Egypt. Damage to the temple from the waters of the Nile along with the impending construction of the High Dam led to the dismantling and reconstruction of the temples on the nearby island of Agilkia.

「骸骨の生活図 : 其の弐」

　河鍋暁斎

「Life illustrations of the skeleton」

　KYOUSAI KWANABE

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