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hauntedbystorytelling · 6 months

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Carl Risberg ~ Mount Ngauruhoe in eruption, 9 December 1934, Chateau Tongariro. Tongariro National Park

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#volcanic activity #eruption #carl risberg #volcano #te papa tongarewa #new zealand #landscape #Landschaft #paysage #paisaje #1930s #pictorialism #Museum of New Zealand #Mount Ngauruhoe

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heaveninawildflower · 6 months

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'The Pomegranate Tree' (1907) embroidered by Lady Jane Cory (nee Lethbridge, 1866-1947). Designed by Nellie Whichelo possibly based on a 1904 design by Alexander Fisher called 'Rose Tree.'

Embroidered in woollen worsted and silk threads on linen.

Image and text information courtesy Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

#arts and crafts #embroidery #Nellie Whichelo #pomegranates #pomegranate tree #design

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sixth-extinction · 2 years

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A reconstruction of a female coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus), also called the broad-billed or stout-legged moa, built for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2006. [x]

Adult females of this species could be over twice the size of adult males. Individuals from the southern part of the country were larger and more robust than those from the north.

This moa species also had an elongated windpipe similar to some modern-day swans and cranes, suggesting it could make loud, resonating calls: "The windpipe included a loop up to one metre long that ran downwards inside the left side of the body, and across to the other side before it doubled back on itself to the breast and into the lungs." [x]

Simulated call of a coastal moa:

#coastal moa #moa bird #extinct animals #sound clip

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expressions-of-nature · 1 year

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Full moon at Nagome, Tokyo, 1930 by Kawase Hasui

shared by Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa

#art #nature #art history #landscape #japan #moon #woodcut #painting #night #curators on tumblr #uploads

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jstor · 2 months

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any recommendations/personal favourites from the image collections to print out and make a wall collage out of? (extra love if it’s not artstor, my uni doesnt have a subscription to that)

I love this question! It very much depends on your personal vibe, but here's a list of every collection designated as open to get you started:

Folger Shakespeare Library

Images from the History of Medicine

Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Science Museum Group

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Statens Museum for Kunst-National Gallery of Denmark

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wellcome Collection

#i am partial to the metropolitan museum of art but that's just me #jstor #ask #open access #open content #image collections

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digitalfashionmuseum · 7 months

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Red Silk Dress, 1885-1890, English.

By James Spence and Company.

Museum of New Zealand.

#James Spence and company #red #womenswear #extant garments #dress #silk #19th century #1880s #1885 #1880s dress #1880s extant garment #1880s England #1880s Britain #English #British #museum of New Zealand #London

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fashion-from-the-past · 10 days

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1770-1780s

#historical fashion #historical #fashion #history #historical clothing #historical dress #long dress #textiles #rococo #dress #fashion dress #1700s fashion #1770s fashion #18th century fashion #18th century #historical costume #high fashion #old fashioned

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daybringersol · 4 months

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aromantic wallpapers for your enjoyment

Photography by, in order, Florian Olivo [link], the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [link], William Warby [link] and Pawel Czerwinski [link].

Fun fact about this, the moth/butterfly was already the colors of the aromantic flag !

#aromantism #aromantic #aromance #lgbtq community #lgbt pride #queer #queer pride #lockcreens #lockscreens #pride wallpaper #wallpaper #wallpapers

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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For #WorldPenguinDay:

Eileen Mayo (1906-1994) Yellow-eyed Penguin, 1976 gouache on paper Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa

The Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), known also as hoiho or tarakaka, is a species of penguin endemic to New Zealand.

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art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament · 7 months

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Our Copyright Problem Submissions

The two Maori artworks (New Zealand does not have a fair use/fair dealing clause for parody/satire, and while this MIGHT qualify as review/criticism, this is tumblr. I am not comfortable saying this is NOT satire):

Kohatu by Selwyn Muru at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington

This Land is Ours by Buck Nin at the Auckland Art Gallery.

The other Indigenous artwork that hit a stumbling block (Kent Monkman's website requested we fill out a form, and Mod Salix couldn't make it load, and other mods didn't find the time, so we erred on the side of caution instead):

mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People by Kent Monkman on the artist's website, it is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. commentary: (Art) history as I used to learn it was very whitewashed seeing this large painting harking back to the so called 'canon' but focusing on native view point, gives me life. (anonymous)

The three tumblr artists who did not get back to us! No reposting here!

The Watcher by seamlessoo We've actually been unable to refind this one after the submission for some reason!

Untitled by petersolarz commentary: The colours are so bold and crisp, it reminds me of toothpaste and i get the urge to eat it. Would it be soft, like toothpaste? Or crunchy, like hard candy? I want to eat it to find out, but since I can’t, I can only stare at it again and again as I try and figure the answer. It also feels like tubes of neon illuminating the night, and like a zap of electricity. It’s something about those colours being so bold that draws me in. I want to touch it. I want to crunch it. I want to squeeze it. I can’t think of many paintings that intrigue me so much and draw such a strong emotion. (thegirlsinthecity)

Internet Cat by hannahlockillustration commentary: Look. At. Those. Colours. It’s so bright and vibrant and full of joy. I want to 1) hug the cat, he looks very fluffy, and 2) jump into the screen and live in this vibrant world. It almost hurts my eyes, in the best possible way. I keep zooming in to look at all the little details. I want to burn this image into my eyelids. (thegirlsinthecity)

and one artist who respectfully declined to have their art entered!

grendel-menz

#art that fucks you up tournament #bonus content #we've had this drafted since august 3rd and just kept forgetting to post it #here you are though

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endlingmusings · 1 year

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Although huia likely persisted into the 1920s, this otherwise unassuming mount of a female individual holds the unfortunate distinction of representing the last reliable record of the species. Shot by William Willson on the north side of Manawatū Gorge, near Saddle Hill, in 1906, the mounted remains were purchased by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2017, where they remain today. [ x ]

#Huia #Bird #EX #Taxidermy #Photo #Upload

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uncharismatic-fauna · 1 year

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Glow Up with the New Zealand Glow Worm

Not technically a worm, the New Zealand Glow worm, or titiwai (Arachnocampa luminosa), is a species of fungus gnat found only in New Zealand. The distinctive larvae are only found in caves, particularly those with pools of water, while adults are more commonly found near the entrance of the caves in open, brush areas and wetlands; anywhere dim and moist.

The New Zealand glow worm begins its life as one of about a hundred eggs in a clutch. They hatch about 20 days after being laid and emerge in their larval form, between 3-5 mm (0.11-0.19 in) long. They immedietly begin to build 'nests' on the cave wall or roof. These nests are made of dozens of droplets of mucus strung together into long, sticky strands. The titiwai worm then produces a series of bioluminescent chemicals in its rear end. The lights, refracted off the strings of mucus, attract insects including adults of their own species and ensnares them for the glow worm to haul in and eat.

Individuals spend 6-12 months this way, growing until they're about 30-40mm (1.19-1.57 in). They then pupate for a period of several weeks, and females continue to emit light. This attracts males, who wait on the pupa for the female to emerge. Pupation takes several weeks and usually ends in the winter, when they emerge as sexually mature adults. The adult form is about 17 mm (0.66 in) long and resembles mosquitoes, with a dark, thin body. Their last 3 or 4 days are spent mating and, in the case of females, laying eggs. Most adults are eaten by predators like spiders, wasps, birds, bats, and larval A. luminosa, and those that don't eventually starve to death.

Conservation status: The IUCN has not rated A. luminosa, and no data is available on their populations. However, much of their habitats are protected as past of parks and tourist destinations.

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Victoria Dorrer

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato

George Gibbs

#new zealand glow worm #diptera #Keroplatidae #fungus gnats #gnats #flies #insects #arthropods #caves #wetlands #scrubland #oceania #new zealand #animal facts #biology #zoology

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heaveninawildflower · 6 months

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'Flora' embroidered in 1909 by Lady Cory (nee Lethbridge).

Embroidered in worsted wool and silk threads on linen.

'.....After an 1890s version of a woven tapestry - the original designed by the artist Edward Burne-Jones and designer William Morris in the mid 1880s. The tapestry design was reworked in the 1890s by Morris's head designer, John Henry Dearle, and it is his design which Lady Cory has copied.'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

#textiles #embroidery #Flora #arts and crafts #Morris & Co #Burne Jones #John Henry Dearle

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expressions-of-nature · 1 year

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