Posts Tagged ‘Books’

“Lewd and Scandalous Books,” Monash University Library, Melbourne, Through September 30th

Posted on July 27th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

Above are some wonderful anatomical images from the exhibition “Lewd and Scandalous Books,” on view at Monash University library in Melbourne, Australia until September 30th. I especially love the top image, which brings to mind the Anatomical Venus trope.

You can visit the virtual exhibition–from which these images are drawn–by clicking here.

Images top to bottom:

1. Beach, W. (Wooster), 1794-1868. An improved system of midwifery, adapted to the reformed practice of medicine: illustrated by numerous plates … / / by W. Beach (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859).
2. Mauriceau, François, 1637–1709. Traité des maladies des femmes grosses … / Par François Mauriceau. 6th ed. (Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1721–28)
3. Crooke, Helkiah, 1576–1635. Mikrokosmographia: A description of the body of man … / By Helkiah Crooke … 2nd ed. (London: Printed for Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, 1631).

Found via Book Tryst.

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HEL Fucking VETICA

Posted on January 17th, 2010 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

A t-shirt for the type obsessed to wear with pride. HEL fuckin VETICA – yeah! Dig just a little deeper into the Wire & Twine site to find some wonderful one of a kind items by Kelly Deal of the band Breeders Digest.  If you knit and you tour with a band, or even if you don’t… tour, you might want to take a look at Kelly’s new book Bags That Rock, knitting on the road with Kelly Deal. If you do spend a lot of time on a tour bus you might also need to some some stretching, so pick up Barbara Templeton’s Complete Idiot’s Guide to Stretching at the same time you pick up Kelly Deal’s book on Amazon.

 

Sloane Crosley

Posted on September 16th, 2008 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

I thought there’d be Cake

Although I appreciate, and really love, her writing. What got my attention was the visual representation of her stories she did for her website. OMG, dioramas, and that wonderfully quirky video – it’s a must-see.

I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley from Book Videos on Vimeo.

http://sloanecrosley.com/

 

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Stretching

Posted on August 29th, 2008 • Filed under mediarosa • No Comments

This is a project that I am proud of, but glad is over. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t do it again, it’s an accomplishment to have a book published. Barbara did a great job researching and providing rational, practical advice and expertise. I submitted over 200 illustrations, and the final product was released at the end of 2007. It’s available on Amazon and I expect you to go an buy one right now!

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Stretching, Illustrated
by Barbara Templeton and Jamie Templeton

Publisher: Alpha (Penguin Publishing USA)
ISBN: 1592576214

Available on Amazon