Crazy Horse Monument, South Dakota

From my trip a couple of months ago with my dad to Deadwood, South Dakota.  On the way home we stopped by Mount Rushmore.  Only a short drive from there is the Crazy Horse Memorial which I knew nothing about before this trip.  Here is a story from NPR.

A Human Brain in God's Neck?

Telegraph.co.uk reports that Michaelangelo may have concealed anatomical drawings in his paintings in the Sistine Chappel. I want to believe, and I certainly believe that he was capable, but I am not convinced......... I don't know...... why not? He was a genius, thats nothing compared to some of the feats of Leonardo da Vinci.

Even the Lions love the BlackHawks

Chitown arts love the Hawks !!!!

Some New Artwork

From my 5 y/o yesterday. Not bad for the decorator turned artist.

Albrecht Dürer's Rhinoceros

This woodcut was on a recent cover of JAMA. Durer is (as you know) THE most famous woodcut artist of all times. Interesting he never saw a rhino. So the armor plates are not real nor is the "Durer horn" on the back. A rhino did make it to Lisbon in 1515 not seen in Europe since Roman times. It is believable that people supposed that this was a unicorn(the possible sire of the methicorn).

Even though Durer's inaccuracies were obvious his woodcut remained in natural history texts for 200 years.