Thursday, October 26, 2023

Anatomy

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Our theme today is photos with anatomical references.  I really like the way our first guy is looking straight at us.  I think the clock is ...
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Thomson

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I recently came across a "new" page set from Arthur Thomson's  Handbook Anatomy for Art Students.  

Profile

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We get a profile view here, and I'm obviously not talking about his head.  
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Dr. Charcot

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This is Dr. Charcot posing for his own text on the anatomy of motion. Gotta love the socks and garters.  
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1856

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This drawing is from an 1856 surgical textbook.  

Anatomy or Art Reference?

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I really like this set a lot, but I'm not sure exactly what it is.  
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Hard to believe

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It's hard to believe, but my reputable source says this is  from an anatomical text and not a handbook for contortionists.  
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Paul Richer

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These photos are part of a late 19th Century text by Paul Richer, whose work has appeared here on the blog before.  
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Davinci

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Davinci did an extensive number of anatomical drawings,  and this one of a male lower body has his original notes visible.  
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Thomson Again

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Our last image is a partial repost.  The right half of the picture appeared here earlier in a version with the yellowing digitally removed. ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Streakers Day

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It's streakers day, and as you'll see, there was something about cricket matches  that brought these guys out in droves.  We'll ...
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Strip or streak?

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This guy looks like he decided to strip at some demonstration. Does that count as streaking?  

Off to jail?

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I've always wondered if the police jailed these guys or jus escorted them out of the stadium. The guy at right looks like he might have ...

Lords

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The Lords Cricket Ground was the location for this 1975 photo.  
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College men

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These are American college students from 1974. Some of them have covered their heads.  
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Another leap

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I don't know what it was that made streakers want to jump over those things, but this is  the second of four in today's series.  I h...
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In the snow

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Sometimes they went steaking in the snow.  I like a guy with hairy shoulders.  
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All fours

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I think this is the same guy we saw getting hauled off to jail earlier.  
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Blonde

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I think that thing's called a wicket, but I know nothing about cricket  
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The End

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Another UK photo, our last streaker shot gets my vote for finest ass of the day. This was supposedly from Twickenham in 1974, and the audien...
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