Drownout France

Unusually Colorful Frenchman

Unusually Colorful Frenchman

Illustration of L'Homme. 14 Juin.

Browsing at a discount art book shop, I decided to take some pictures. (When the vendeuse asked me to respect the rights of the ecrivant, I had to stop.)

But I captured this gripping illustration of the human anatomy. Look at his beautifully waxed moustache, pointed beard, aristocratic eyes and expression, carefully kept hair. He is an ideal human specimen. Reminds me of Descartes (without the hat that Renee usually seems to be wearing).

A close-up of this anatomically correct Frenchman. (I think it's evident at this point that, for this blog, I'm not going to be doing any "click on the thumbnail" stuff en generale. I'm just going to stick pics on here at a decent resolution. I mean, the page will take some time to load, but that's why I've written all this interesting commentary for you to read.)

The Smile of a Dissected Man. 14 Juin.

Also, here we see the skeleton of a philosopher (homme de pensees, generalment). This photo from Diderot and Dalambert's Encylopedie (marked down to 7 euros).

Hamlet, on the inside. 14 Juin.

Posted by amol at June 15, 2002 11:33 AM