December 04, 2007

Reissued German educational charts that were illustrated in the 1950s and 60s. via The Presurfer

Look like a Frank Zappa album cover from circa 1971.

posted by Hank Mabuse 17 years ago

They're awesome. Something for the wall, indeed. But why "surreal"?
posted 17 years ago by Nickdanger
Probably because a lot of surrealist cut-up art uses these kinds of images juxtaposed with other stuff. Viz illustrations for 'The Atrocity Exhibition' by J.G.Ballard, and aforementioned Zappa promotional material.
posted 17 years ago by Hank Mabuse
Very nice. Reminds me of the Haeckel charts.
posted 17 years ago by tellurian
Great stuff. I wonder if the artist who did this stuff is still around and knows that his charts are geting a second lease of life online?
posted 17 years ago by Plegmund
Probly not.
posted 17 years ago by Hank Mabuse
Absolutely beautiful.
posted 17 years ago by The Underpants Monster
OMG they dismantled an owl.
posted 17 years ago by Abiezer_Coppe
But you can use the diagrams to put it back together!
posted 17 years ago by The Underpants Monster
Sufficiently detailed anatomical charts of certain types of marine life almost always look surreal.
posted 17 years ago by verbminx
These are beautiful. Kinda spooky, but the attention to detail is incredible.
posted 17 years ago by ladyknight

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