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From the site: "An English curate and the author of several books on religious subjects, Edward Topsell is best remembered for The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. Born in 1572, Topsell attended Cambridge before becoming a clergyman in the Church of England. He published The Reward of Religion in 1596, and Time's Lamentation in 1599. In 1604 Topsell became curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a position he held until his death. In 1607, Topsell published his magnificent illustrated work Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast. The book was closely based on the Historiae Animalium of Swiss author Conrad Gesner. In 1608 he followed it with The Historie of Serpents; Or the Second Booke of Living Creatures, which also drew on Gesner's Historiae. The woodcuts for both of Topsell's books came directly from Gesner's pages. Topsell authored one more religious work in 1610 called The Householder. He served as vicar and chaplain in various areas of England until his death in about 1638."

A brief but detailed description on how to take slides of your work for entering shows. While the use of slides may be on the way out - there is still some good info here for lighting your work and using a camera.

The city is a fantastic source of beauty and inspiration, with all the glitz and glamour glistening beneath the city lights. But there is another side of the city altogether, one rife with its own kind of allure. Across the tracks, away from the dazzle of downtown, lies a darker imagination, this one looking to grunge-ridden, dilapidated architecture for inspiration. There is a beauty that pervades this kind of urban decay and captured wonderfully through a photographer's well-trained eye. These industrial city scenes are wonderfully dark and offer a glimpse of the weathered face beneath the city facade.

Etruscan bronze statue of the Chimera of Arezzo, with explanatory text on the statue and myth. If you click on "digital images of the Chimaera" you'll go to another page with a lot of detail images of the statue.

An unconventional representation of a vampire. There are no fangs, no wide-open eyes, no crosses and no blood. Just two figures hunched over in the darkness, one with it's mouth apparently at the neck of the other. More is implied than described.

Vampire, a painting by Edvard Munch, with woodcut variations.

I believe someone picked this piece out as one of their favorites in an art magazine on the first day of class! (Erin, maybe?)

Articles by Paul Rand on design from 1949 to 2008.

A blog entry on Kurt Schwitters in Spanish with some very nice illustrations - later stuff.

Wildlife photography is consider as one of the most challenging forms of photography. Today I want to share some stunning & attractive photographs of wild animals.

The new documentary by the director of Helvetica (follow the link on the top left for Helvetica).

A brief article on Kasimir Malevich, Suprematism and his painting, Black Square.

A description of the Froebel Gifts and their relationship to play and early development. These were developed by Friedrich Froebel, who also gave us Kindergarten. Frank Lloyd Wright cited his play with Froebel Gifts in childhood as a major influence on his aesthetic.

From Wikipedia: "Tipu's Tiger (a.k.a. Tippoo's Tiger) is an automaton, representing a tiger savaging a European soldier, or employee of the British East India Company. It is currently on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu%27s_Tiger

Linked to my Deviantart upload of the cave-thing I showed in class

You're right - Wal-Mart did royally screw it up. But - in that screwing up may have made it even more sinister than you had planned. Another thing - when I was looking at it in class - for some reason I was viewing it as the light being on the right side - whereas your intended orientation locates that light on top. Have you looked at it in different orientations? If so - how do those orientations affect your judgment or interpretation of the work?

A student drawing that concentrates on design more than description. Shape, form is primary. Rhythm. Organization.

A walk-through on InDesign master pages

Great video on right that explains some of Guston's imagery and personal history.

A slideshow, in chronological order, showing Khan's growth as an architect and his concentration on the relationship between people and the buildings they live/work in.

A great collection of images focusing on death.

Photographs of the Maunsell Sea Forts on the Thames Estuary.  Some black and white some color.