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“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human #happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does #art color life.”
— Sir John Lubbock: banker, politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath
#Sadequain was a polymath, a confluence of Picasso,and calligrapher Yakoot. Likes of him are not born for centuries. His work was unique like none other, innovative, and by all measures, difficult to duplicate. The only book which has documented the mural is Treasures of Time.
Al-Razi, 9th-century polymath, known as:
👉"Hippocrates of the Arabs"
⚗️He made one of earliest serious attempts to classify the chemical elements🧪,
⚗️was an early proponent of the scientific method,
⚗️and even carried out one of the first clinical trials.
@oormilaprahlad is a polymath and has art and poems across social media.
This week's #ThursdayTheme is William Morris!
Born #OTD in 1834. Self-portrait (1856), a rare oil painting 'La Belle Iseult' (1858, @Tate), an early design for wallpaper- 'Trellis' (1862) & 'Snakeshead' textile (1876). This short post cannot do this brilliant polymath justice!
György Kepes was a Hungarian-born polymath who taught design at the New Bauhaus in Chicago after arriving in the US in 1937, later founding Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT. Here's a small sampling of his work.
Born 458 years ago #Today, Galileo Galilei was a polymath & a central figure in the transition from natural philosophy to modern science and in the transformation of the scientific Renaissance into a scientific revolution https://t.co/ZygiA3BuZF [gif: https://t.co/afOzFVbN9N]
Al-Razi, 9th-century polymath, known as:
👉"Hippocrates of the Arabs"
⚗️He made one of earliest serious attempts to classify the chemical elements🧪,
⚗️was an early proponent of the scientific method,
⚗️and even carried out one of the first clinical trials.
Digital illustrations of some of the giant polymaths of Khorasan: Biruni, Farabi, Ibn Sina and Khwarizmi.
Via Dream Stime.
【お知らせ】12/10発売のTCG「Forece of Will」“GAME OF GODS”にて[Galileo,Polymath]を描きました。海外版のみになりますがよろしくお願いします。
#fowtcg
https://t.co/VjJ5lCpLsb
Gainsborough’s 18thc portraits of Georgiana Cavendish, “Gee”, the Duchess of Devonshire reveal her beauty, wit, & charm. At 17, she married one of the highest ranked nobleman in the peerage. But he was a cold philanderer. Her life was sad, but her legacy as a polymath endures 🖋
#Daedalus: The Legacy Of The Mythical Polymath Who Built The Labyrinth - HistoryExtra
https://t.co/KrLBBP4HCH
Happy birthday and deathday to 17th-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). See our Browne related content here, including essays by @HoooAW and Claire Preston: https://t.co/JuvT5YOnY3 #OnThisDay #OTD
Did you know polymath Sir Thomas Browne was not only born #OnThisDay 1605 but actually died on his 77th birthday in 1682?
Browne lived in Norwich from 1637 until his death. His home is depicted in this watercolour ‘The Residence of Sir Thomas Browne’ by A.W. Howlings (1900).
Brace yourselves!
The Polymaths are now on their way together with their cosmic energy of expressing themselves! 🌌
Al-Razi, 9th-century polymath, known as:
👉"Hippocrates of the Arabs"
⚗️He made one of earliest serious attempts to classify the chemical elements🧪,
⚗️was an early proponent of the scientific method,
⚗️and even carried out one of the first clinical trials.
"Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things."
Happy birthday to Alexander von #Humboldt. The naturalist, geographer, polymath, and explorer was born #OnThisDay 252 years ago.