The first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and #globalwarming was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Foote. Read her 1856 paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/first-paper-to-link-co2-and-global-warming-by-eunice-foote-1856 #earthday #climatechange

Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1882. Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, who died on this day in 1895.

More on his life and stunning astronomical art here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-trouvelot-astronomical-drawings-1882

“As if an angel dropped down from the clouds”, William Blake’s 1809 illustration to Henry IV by a certain William Shakespeare whose birthday is celebrated #onthisday in 1564 (also his death day in 1616).

See our collection of art inspired by his plays: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/shakespeare-in-art

Operas Nihil (9-11) by Paulo Leodrákon

Night Stories: Leah Dorion ~ Métis

Ancient Roman mosaic floor at Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy, depicts mythical creatures and characters from Greek mythology.

sometimes it's very easy to deceive.

A few of the 28 spectacular “pattern poems” produced by the Frankish Benedictine monk Rabanus Maurus in his 9th-century work De laudibus sanctae crucis (In Praise of the Holy Cross). More examples, and an explanation of how they work, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/medieval-pattern-poems-of-rabanus-maurus-9th-century

Jaroslav Serpan (1922-1976) — Borcomiagtool [oil on canvas, 1963]

Yvonne: Unknown Pleasures

Bathhouse Blues by David Dubnitskiy

The Outlaw: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

The Coy Mistress Series

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Milo Manara - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Filipino artist, Gregory Halili, carves intricate skulls into mother of pearl shells.