Art meets mathematics in Oliver Byrne's 1847 books on Euclid's Elements
Byrne uses vivid primary colours to create a work celebrated for both its mathematical precision and its artistic ingenuity
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Colourful illustrations from the 1935 Cuala Press Broadsides, edited by W.B. Yeats and F.R. Higgins
Cuala Press was a private Irish printing and publishing company founded in 1908 by Elizabeth and Lily Yeats
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Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis
This 1717 book explores the origin, nutrition and transformation of caterpillars and the life cycle of various moth species, with vibrant drawings of insects in their natural habitats
For today's #EYAColourful + #WellingtonWednesday we've found a coloured pen and ink sketch plan of the former Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin and the surrounding area
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In Derbyshire we are very used to seeing wells covered in flowers during well dressing season, but lorries?! This is Fairfield well dressing festival of 1989 and on the back of this beautifully decorated truck is festival Queen, Helen.
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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections
University of Galway Library Heritage Collections
Despite its vibrant colour, this painting by Ehigbor Osagie-Bruce Jude lyoghiojie highlights his concerns for the difficulties that confront ordinary people. #EYAColourful https://ow.ly/YKWw50YYRcp
The @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social theme for June is #EYAColourful, so we share a rather colourful decoration from the Montse Stanley textile and object collection buff.ly/oAsAkGl
#PhotographyMonth + #EYAColourful for our BOTM. From The Photographers’ Gallery collection, Color & Consent by Wong Wo-Bik brings #Polaroid #photography into focus. Blog: buff.ly/j4Aoe77
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This fabulous image shows the Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Convalescent Home at Skegness, which was opened in 1929. You can even see the yellow sand of the beach in the very bottom right of the picture.
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