Interesting things. Some relate to an interesting person named Athanasius Kircher, or to a book I wrote about him called A Man of Misconceptions. It came out in November of 2012 from Riverhead. Buy it from an independent bookstore. Download it from iTunes, Amazon, or Barnes & Noble. More about me here until I figure out the rest.Tumblr (3.0; @johnglassie)http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1f36ea7c329818e4752a6f2bcf03bea/tumblr_mo0n4qrG9n1qe866ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://speciesbarocus.tumblr.com/post/52371233547/joseph-zoller-conceptvs-chronographicvs-de">speciesbarocus</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Joseph Zoller - ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta saCra DeIpara (1712). [<a href="http://archive.org/details/conceptvschronog00zoll">x</a>]</p> <p>> Engraving by J.C. Banawiz.</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52908713671http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52908713671Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:41:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a3ec99efa38948d5e06898ec23fb25b/tumblr_ml0aph9HwK1r9j6pro1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://archives-dada.tumblr.com/post/49435569551/jean-arp-sans-titre-mur-de-latelier-andre">archives-dada</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="notice">Jean Arp, <em><span class="NoticeGI15BLACK">Sans titre </span></em><span class="NoticeI11BLACK"><em>(Mur de l’Atelier André Breton)</em>,</span>1920, Gouache et mine graphite sur papier, 23 x 31 cm, Paris Centre Pompidou.</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52907768011http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52907768011Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:27:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23f6c945711593f3f2f252f103c6f08b/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cce2cf311ec87f62d075637635b7bc75/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/facc78f03818c89f159f30dd63e625cb/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c4b862daed7525e6b4845ecb2e91c826/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2d0c1d35a820f5bc6b3315238cd596d/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3cd0be1d92e9f20598baad78bcc1fc24/tumblr_mmyj9jWfTV1ry3nado6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lindahall.tumblr.com/post/50668496816/a-selection-of-plates-from-athanasius-kirchers">lindahall</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A selection of plates from Athanasius Kircher’s 1675 <a href="http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/philsci/id/1227/rec/1" title="A selection of plates from Arca Noe"><em>Arca Noe</em></a>.</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52907164173http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52907164173Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:18:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b681bd82218a873a57f11562ec24de5/tumblr_mmv119ne7U1qixa76o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23914546153ee84fbd3a3add49b54da1/tumblr_mmv119ne7U1qixa76o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/055e3efbd26022ad31170994695e8499/tumblr_mmv119ne7U1qixa76o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/277d0e6c92cb9e7fa86c201056cb33eb/tumblr_mmv119ne7U1qixa76o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofgooglebooks.tumblr.com/post/50535374306/endpapers-four-different-ways-from-los-tres">theartofgooglebooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Endpapers, four different ways.</p> <p>From <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=aVvdmc0_WzEC&pg=PT3#v=onepage&q&f=false"><em>Los Tres Libros de Matheo Maria Boyardo</em></a> (1581). Original from the Complutense University of Madrid. Digitized December 5, 2008. </p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906881274http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906881274Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:14:07 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d90ab0b7dfd39ad6c8c7fe15904386d1/tumblr_mny9mlhucd1qixa76o1_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be8969fc0b4944721ada337e92ca13f2/tumblr_mny9mlhucd1qixa76o2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theartofgooglebooks.tumblr.com/post/52673383832/impossible-places-plates-left-folded">theartofgooglebooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Impossible places (plates left folded).</p> <p>Throughout <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=FSJWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP22#v=onepage&q&f=false"><em>A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem: at Easter, A.D. 1697</em></a> by Henry Maundrell (1749). Original from Princeton University. Digitized February 25, 2011.</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906767225http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906767225Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:12:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8c3d734c763510f3690bf1081b0809f1/tumblr_mi2cvrRGSC1qc7fm5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hallucigenesis.tumblr.com/post/42846741015/horizontal-section-of-the-tooth-of-a">hallucigenesis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Horizontal Section of the Tooth of a Labyrinthodont from Professor Richard Owen’s “Odontography”</span></p> <p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/108790147220676609/"><span>Vía</span></a></p> <p><br/><br/></p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906339457http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52906339457Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:05:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6908f8c63430a94f3130f8f189b7b89e/tumblr_mocv32oqb01r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by </span><span>Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.</span></p></p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904625316http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904625316Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:40:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7786dd620a439ca919b87c4836abeec7/tumblr_mocv2bc8721r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by </span><span>Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.</span></p></p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904594046http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904594046Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:39:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f861a11500af678fb0eb3d5c17328eee/tumblr_mocv1iWBOs1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by </span><span>Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.</span></p></p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904561544http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904561544Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:39:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e6671c9193757c766db648695d813bf3/tumblr_mocv0du0uD1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, by </span><span>Rudolf Erich Raspe [and others]; illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. London: Trubner & Co., 1859.</span></p></p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904513045http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52904513045Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:38:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/28fb76107cea658f1636174ec56dee86/tumblr_mnw67rdv2n1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>old cameraphone</p> </div>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52175189464http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52175189464Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:21:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be9991d95e2b33e412171b8fdda74eb5/tumblr_mnw5sih1YE1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>old cameraphone</p> </div>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174530732http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174530732Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:12:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/62435439971fa5161c8f96641e442d1e/tumblr_mnw5qxnoAz1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>old cameraphone</p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174463611http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174463611Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:11:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af6b8e76cd032b69004cde3034609963/tumblr_mnw5q6cltL1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>old cameraphone</p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174431386http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174431386Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:10:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1b7e8f27b0f2ac114e539fb8ea6f215c/tumblr_mnw5olFZGX1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>old cameraphone</p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174363433http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174363433Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:09:57 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ab81aeb05b32d4af55f8680d37b5c94/tumblr_mnw5ntD1RP1r98pcio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>old cameraphone</p>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174331239http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174331239Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:09:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d84d9c085c5850652dba57dc68b69d34/tumblr_mnr5ooO7UI1qzypppo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nickkahler.tumblr.com/post/52173659175">nickkahler</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Breton">Andre Breton</a> + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp">Marcel Duchamp</a>, </span><em>First Papers of Surrealism Exhibition</em>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</a>, NY, 1942 <span>(via </span><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://landscapearchitecture.tumblr.com/post/51948944326/1942-andre-breton-organised-a-retrospective">landscapearch</a><span>)</span></p> <p>“1942, Andre Breton organised a retrospective exhibition of Surrealist art in New York: <em>First Papers of Surrealism</em>. For the vernissage Marcel Duchamp created this installation – a gigantic web – called the <em>Mile of String</em>. He and Breton furthermore arranged for a number of children to ball in the room thereby making it very difficult for the guests to see the paintings.”</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174278030http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/52174278030Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:08:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12c1c48a837a34b4179d49e4055302a8/tumblr_mlv5yzQq8Q1qzk7t0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thingsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/48926650131/drawings-by-henry-fonda">thingsmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20984/lot/3262/">Drawings by Henry Fonda</a></p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50575948831http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50575948831Thu, 16 May 2013 09:46:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b52f4e276bfa91281af7fc0ae3f133d3/tumblr_mm4itopXEr1qzk7t0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thingsmagazine.tumblr.com/post/49359939721/massive-retaliatory-power-from-fortune-magazine">thingsmagazine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘Massive Retaliatory Power’, from <em><a href="http://www.fulltable.com/vts/f/fortune/menub.htm">Fortune</a></em> magazine</p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50575913854http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50575913854Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf5u9dZ5Gd1qe71zoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nends.tumblr.com/post/2792806669/petrus-apianus-astronomicum-caesareum">nends</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.atlascoelestis.com/ApianusPaginabase1.htm">Petrus Apianus - Astronomicum Caesareum - Ingolstadt, 1540 - volvelle</a></p> </blockquote>http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50444688631http://johnglassie.tumblr.com/post/50444688631Tue, 14 May 2013 17:21:20 -0400