Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!

thegetty:

Science and art have more in common than you might think. Here, lasers (!) are used to study pigment particles in illuminated manuscripts.

nevver:

Where is my mind?

(Artist?)

(via part-l-ypoison)

charlottledarwin:

Why Old Books Smell Good

“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge in all of us.

—From Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez’s Perfumes: the guide

(via loveyourchaos)

The Anatomy of an Artist (2007) by Lauren McCormick

“I explored a fascination with human anatomy and was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. I wanted to better understand the mechanics of the body and human nature, investigating philosophical and surrealist aspects, not only the scientific perspective. The images also express ideas of growth and human interaction with the world. I used a variety of media – pencil, paint, pastel, charcoal and pen – and a range of techniques to make the book look old, including using tea to stain pages, integrating yellowed paper and raffia into the paper pulp, and water-washing pages with brown inks.”