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Surreal mezzotints from Thomas Wright's "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe" (1750)
Wright (1711-86) explained the Milky Way as an optical effect caused by our immersion in a layer of stars
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@17thCenturyLady @cheapsellotape @ARebelHand @ElizStJohn @swiftstory @CryssaBazos @NicolaCornick @jdmccafferty @quintonjournals #StuartsSaturday👑! MEZZOTINTS #KeepItStuart
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg. The first known mezzotint, by Ludwig von Siegen, 1642. Worked from light to dark.
https://t.co/f8Ge7pCbNA, Public Domain, https://t.co/Xkgd7LaycL
NOW OPEN—"The Mezzotints of Hamanishi Katsunori"
Hamanishi Katsunori's images often feature forms that tie, twist, fold, or bind, such as steel rods bound with cloth, twigs tied with ropes, origami, and kimono.
EXPLORE—https://t.co/wrUNX6RFxs
Go see the amazing #mezzotints of #DoxThrash (1893–1965), pioneering printmaker and a noted participant in the New Negro movement of the 1930s and ’40s. @PalmerMuseum of Art on Penn State's University Park campus, Pennsylvania. Until 20 May 2018
4 more single #bombusqueens by Louise Bird #mezzotints #mezzotint #beekeeping https://t.co/Bp5C837mvw
....& these also #bumblebee #bees #bombus #mezzotints #collagraphs #etchings https://t.co/Bp5C82PLDY
@Windermereapp lots of #bees visiting us today, must be these mezzotints that are attracting them :-)