The importance of anatomical models cannot be overstated in the education of medical professionals, but these learning tools have not always been so… clinical. Behold, the “Anatomical Venus,” idealized female forms first popularized in 18th century Europe, intended for the education of both medical students and a curious public (men and women were most often… Continue reading The Alure Of The Disembowled
I've had a long-term obsession with the poles, but it's only recently that I learned about Antarctica's Blood Falls. My heart loves new knowledge, just as much as my brain does. Don't worry, what you're seeing in the photo below isn't the blood of a hundred thousand penguins, sacrificed in some gristly ritual. It's water… Continue reading Antarctica’s Blood Falls
Tonight (US time) something dark and wonderful will open in Brooklyn, New York City. The Morbid Anatomy Museum includes a library, a classroom, cafe, gift shop and gallery for temporary exhibitions. The exhibition they're opening with tonight is entitled 'The Art of Mourning.' My heart jumps just thinking of all the gloriously morbid artifacts and images… Continue reading The Morbid Anatomy Museum
English teenager Mitch Glover was on a school trip to the Neauville-St Vaast German war cemetery in France, when he caught a spectre on his Iphone. The ghost you can see in the image (to the left) appears to be wearing the uniform of the Seaforth Highlander regiment - a kilt and a tam o'… Continue reading Seaforth Highlander
Art installation in St George's Church in the Czech village of Lukova. Installation by Jakub Hadrava.
Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Kai Uwe Faust
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 