Chaos is Beautiful

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Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized By The Horns Of Her Own Chastity 1954

Salvador Dali

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psychedelic blog

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          — vincent van gogh

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Honey Is Sweeter Than Blood 1941

Salvador Dali

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This gif is comprised of the pages of a lithograph color separation proof book from the Louis Prang papers (Prang was one of the premier lithographers in Boston in the 19th century). This particular lithographic print is made out of 18 different color plates - the pages on the left show the individual plates and the pages on the right show how the print looks after each color is added. With apologies to houghtonlib for biting their style, but this was an excellent idea!

For more on the process of chromolithography, and this proof book in particular, see this blog post.

Color separation proof book, circa 1890. Louis Prang papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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caitlin burns

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On Lithographic Stone, Body Movement Rises to Form

Croatian artist Mia Stark practices a cross-disciplinary approach to printmaking in order to express her firm belief in the movement of our body as an identifier of our personality and even our identity. In lithography, the most direct printmaking technique that allows for easy, free mark-making with no resistance of the material matrix, Mia explores and pushes the boundaries between dance and visual arts.

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Fragmentations

Accordion Book 

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I’ve been focusing on making books lately... 

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Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

Salvador Dalí

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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to conceal the intensity of his obsession from all except those similarly afflicted.

Osbert Sitwell

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Even if you have never seen this movie, the scene is still hysterical!

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I love this movie! 

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Natural anomalies. Coded in Processing. 40 frames. _Related: Fractal, Pixel Flow

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