BibliOdyssey: Butterflies and Beetles
BibliOdyssey: Butterflies and Beetles
For Stephanie, who possess an intense love of butterflies and an irrational fear of all other insects...
BibliOdyssey is a nifty little blog that posts "eclectic bookart". These scanned pictures, maps, woodcuts, examples of font and other assorted illustrations flash back to a time when publishing and printing were an art form, and not just an assembly-line of poorly written paperbacks, produced without illustrations or any other visual aids.
For Stephanie, who possess an intense love of butterflies and an irrational fear of all other insects...
BibliOdyssey is a nifty little blog that posts "eclectic bookart". These scanned pictures, maps, woodcuts, examples of font and other assorted illustrations flash back to a time when publishing and printing were an art form, and not just an assembly-line of poorly written paperbacks, produced without illustrations or any other visual aids.
Today, the site featured some illustrations from a book on insects from the late 1700s. Upon seeing the post I immediately thought of my lady friend, who loves butterflies but is deathly afraid of other insects.
I was going to post pictures of both the pretty and the grotesque, but decided to stick with the butterflies.
Now just consider the fact that these illustrations are more than two hundred years old!
Pretty cool!
I only hope that one day a looooong time from now people will look back at the artistic work done today with the same sense of awe and respect.
posted by Unknown @ 10:45 AM
1 Comments:
it's true. butterflies are beautiful and one of my favorite creatures on earth. but all other insects, with the exception of ladybugs, freak me out. i'm not a fan!
thanks for the beautiful butterfly photos. i feel so special that i was an inspiration for one of scooter's blogs! :-D
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