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[click images for much enlarged versions : some of the baby-in-womb images have had the surrounding snips of text removed] I had half-drafted a sarcasto amusing spiel involving placenta boom boxes, liver umbrellas and the vagaries of horizontal folk dancing but then I discovered the illustrations from one of the 3 books above are actually available elsewhere and I lost the urge to continue. So this becomes the half-hearted post instead. 'De Conceptu et Generatione Hominis' by Jacob Rueff (1554) has just been posted to the University of Strasbourg . I think it's the only complete copy online. 2 of the images above (2nd pregnant woman anatomy and midwife delivering baby) are from a 1580 edition ( source ). This is the first textbook on midwifery.
"I take him to be wholly a Brute, tho' in the formation of the Body, and in the Sensitive or Brutal Soul, it may be, more resembling a Man, than any other Animal; so that in this Chain of the Creation, as an intermediate Link between an Ape and a Man, I would place our Pygmie." “one would be apt to think, that since there is so great a disparity between the Soul of a Man, and a Brute, the Organ likewise in which ’tis placed should be very different too.” [click for full size versions]
The Anatomy of a Pygmie
Photographed by Liang Su for the Taiwanese creative agency BlanQ , the “24 Xiao” editorial is pretty amazing, tapping into one of the cornerstones of Chinese folktales, and interpreting elements of classical Chinese culture in a contemporary manner. Art director and stylist Jeffrey Wang tried to give a face to the development of Chinese Fashion. And I think the result is pretty well executed!
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Of course they aren’t real. The writer never ever claimed that the pictures were 100% real. It clearly states that they “used a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras” Cammila you say “Fake, and I only say this because I have never known of any dog or cat to have a single pup in the womb.“
The work of Heather Jansch started from her two passions: drawing and horses. She has a very interesting and diverse biography , many exhibitions, one book published ( Heather Jansch’s Diary: A Year in the Life of….. ), and another one in progress. Share on Facebook
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