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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 9h

Beatrice explaining to Dante that the universe is a hierarchy of being (1444–1450), from Divine Comedy.

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1ee31d66-be1e-43d0-80f3-67c803ea06c2

#astrology #animals #astronomy #paradise #dante #heaven #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 11h

Illustration by Katsushika Hokusai, from Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836).

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7f243022-bd49-4b40-98ec-29e30214cad4

#warriors #combat #ukiyo-e #japan #samurai #legend #folklore #mythology

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 13h

Striped Flints (*Silex quartzum*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cb64b3fe-2c80-4fe7-b6cc-53681eba0f1b

#minerals #geology #stones #patterns #rocks #mineralogy #art

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 16h

Thomas Smillie, 1890–1913.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Flickr: The Commons

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8bb4f66d-0d19-40a9-a3a3-f7f36fbc908e

#furnishings #museums #blueprints #cyanotype #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 1d

Illustration by Owen Jones, from Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1e926d13-18a6-404f-a1d3-5f10f316d2a6

#decorative #botanical #patterns #floral #foliage #decorations

Illustration from a book showing chinese design

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 1d

Scene from Macbeth (1785) by Herny Fuseli.

Source: Yale Center for British Art / Wikimedia Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/44a2774e-8ab6-4d76-a315-c474b038eccd

#shakespeare #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 1d

Northern lights phenomenon that moved toward Plassenburg in Vogtland on December 28, 1560. (1560).

Source: Zentralbibliothek Zürich / e-manuscripta

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/e9509eba-10e7-4030-b167-bbd53795bcc3

#eclipses #astronomy #angels #germany

16th-century broadside showing strange sky phenomena

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 1d

From Sammlung geometrischer und perspectivischer, in Farben ausgeführter Zeichnungen, 36 Blätter umfassend (Cod. Guelf. 74.1 Aug. 2°; Heinemann-Nr. 2708) (16th century).

Source: Herzog August Bibliothek

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4a2115d3-01f4-47e3-95c9-cbb08fa9ab97

#perspective #shapes

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 2d

Eight Shadow Figures (ca. 1842) by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cbef4d7d-8dcf-435b-b9f4-4d1566bad9ac

#animals #shadows #hands #ukiyo-e #japan #hiroshige #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 2d

Playful-decorative Work (Watercolour) (1922) by August Klotz, from Bildnerei der Geisteskranken.

Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/151abe08-08e6-4a9a-a219-914c56b7f297

#art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 2d

Blackwork print of concave lozenge-shaped panel and grotesque figures (ca. 1620–30) by Noël Rouillard.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6323c6aa-79a0-4ad3-9225-b76aba1bb1cc

#decorative #jewelry #black #ink #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 2d

Blackwork design for goldsmith work featuring a hunter and a fisherman (1612) by Mathais Beitler.

Source: @metmuseum.org

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5ad72413-a919-46f9-9282-639ec281c0e4

#animals #decorative #jewelry #black #bridges #ink #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 3d

Illustration by M. F. Lewis, from Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods (1860–1902).

Source: @cornelluniversity.bsky.social‬ / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7e2a2b8f-5e4b-42fa-bc3f-de235d31920f

#nature #botanical #mushrooms #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 3d

From Kitāb al-jāmiʿ bayn al-ʿilm wa-al-ʿamal al-nāfiʿ fī ṣināʿat al-ḥiyal, Staatsbibliothek Ms or Fol 3306 (ca. 17th century).

Source: Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/484558fd-ebc3-438b-822b-deb3cf98be5c

#charts #diagrams #schematics #machinery #pulleys

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 3d

From Joga Pradīpikā (19th century).

Source: @britishlibrary.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/77884a5a-6f3d-472b-8739-1a06238244c3

#posture #yoga #spirituality #india #exercise #hinduism #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 6d

Novveav Mexiqve Et Californie (1684) by Allain Manesson-Mallet.

Source: @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b663f0b1-16fd-4888-83d2-259e32aa4e59

#maps #calexit #decorative #california #geography #cartouches #territories #labeling #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 7d

Illustration by Raoul-Auger Feuillet , from Choregraphie (1701).

Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/44d93096-100c-4d8f-9237-464fda6af36a

#music #notation #dance #calligraphy #choreography #ballet #dancing #movement #art

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 7d

Cicogna (1904) by Edith Wharton, from Italian Villas and their Gardens.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bf919c85-f26c-4735-bc7c-92b915fc8c27

#grottoes #gardens #mountains #trees #landscapes #italy #architecture #art

Maxfield Parrish illustration of Italian villa

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 7d

Tsuba made of iron, braided with yellow and red copper wire and studded with silver and bronze nails. (1916) by Georg Oeder, from Japanische Stichblätter und Schwertzieraten.

Source: @bpl.boston.gov‬ / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3d0a216f-58f9-40a5-9983-c99909e655c6

#japan

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 7d

Radula of Whelk (1909) by Arthur E Smith, from Nature through Microscope & Camera.

Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fd3038fb-3097-49cc-8712-7f836eb369e1

#radula #feeding #teeth #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 8d

A solar eclipse viewed from a colony (1970s) by Don Davis.

Source: NASA

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c52503cb-57a7-4475-a081-df398943cd9e

#technology #utopias #architecture #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 8d

From Spalding Collection (ca. 1880).

Source: @nypl.bsky.social / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/14613aa9-eb6e-445c-955f-6e73d2bf7d27

#athletes #philadelphia #uniforms #throwing #movement #baseball #sport #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 8d

Sodium chloride, magnified 60 times (1887–88) by Marinus Pieter Filbri.

Source: @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8803d5f9-5e3a-45f2-bc93-eddc18c2813c

#micrography #micrographia #photo-micrography #crystals #art #publicdomain

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 8d

Illustration by Wilhelm Dilich, from Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen (1598).

Source: @bsbmuenchen.bsky.social‬

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/6e32e1e0-eeb7-482f-ad01-34f0388f5c05

#watercolours #royalty #botanical-art

Illustration of the commemorative events held for Elisabeth of Hessen’s christening.

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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 9d

From Kitāb al-jāmiʿ bayn al-ʿilm wa-al-ʿamal al-nāfiʿ fī ṣināʿat al-ḥiyal, Staatsbibliothek Ms or Fol 3306 (ca. 17th century).

Source: Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/310c6a7c-1e5d-45d7-93a5-0753d4674579

#charts #diagrams #schematics #machinery #arabic

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