Tag Archives: Nature

1639: Thoughts

Posted on May 23, 2020 by corvusfugit

From a letter written by James Howell, 17 March 1639: Having got into a close field, I cast my face upward, and…began to contemplate as I was in this posture the vast magnitude of the universe and what proportion this … Continue reading →

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17th Century: The Favorite Sounds of Finn

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Binn sin, a luin Doire an Chairn! ní chuala mé i n-aird san bhith ceól ba binne ná do cheól agus tú fá bhun do nid. Aoincheól is binne fán mbith,— mairg nách éisteann ris go fóil, a mhic Arphluinn … Continue reading →

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1857: Niagara

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Frederic Edwin Church: Niagara (1857)

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1905: Grotta Azzurra

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Detroit Publishing Company: La Grotta Azzurra  [The Blue Grotto], Capri, photochrome print from “Views of Architecture and Other Sites in Italy” (1905) (source)

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2016: Mother and Child

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

US Dept of Interior‏: “A mama moose & her calf in the early morning fog at Seedskadee Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming” (source)

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1904: Art Forms

Posted on July 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Plates from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (1904): See more here.

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