Blemmyes are mythical creatures without a head, with their facial features on their chest. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. Epiphagi, a variant name for the headless people of the Brisone, is sometimes used as a term referring strictly to the eyes-on-the-shoulders type.
Below are some images of Blemmyes. I believe some of these illustrations are medieval but they were floating around on the internet without info, so if you know when/where something is from please let me know.
Alexander encounters the headless people —Hisotria de preliis in French, BL Royal MS 15 E vi, c. 1445.1460 Livres des Merveilles du Monde1377 manuscript of Secrets de l’histoire naturelle 13th-century bestiary
Hereford Mappa Mundi
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Today, draw/paint/sculpt/collage/sew a blemmyes, or a family of blemmyes. Make blemmyes until you don’t want to make blemmyes any more. Enjoy!
Laia was a groundbreaking female artist in a male-dominated era. Born in Cyzicus (present-day Turkey) in the 1st century BCE, she earned her place in history with her exceptional portraits of women, a rarity at that time. Pliny the Elder praised her quick and high-quality work, noting she could crush her male peers in both …
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You may have heard about Japonisme – the influence Japanese art had on Western art in the 19th century, after Japanese ports reopened in 1854, having been closed to the West for over 200 years. I posted about 8 Great Artists Inspired by Japanese Art a while back. Artists like Van Gogh, Degas, and Toulouse Lautrec …
30SAL Challenge: Blemmyes
Blemmyes are mythical creatures without a head, with their facial features on their chest. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. Epiphagi, a variant name for the headless people of the Brisone, is sometimes used as a term referring strictly to the eyes-on-the-shoulders type.
Below are some images of Blemmyes. I believe some of these illustrations are medieval but they were floating around on the internet without info, so if you know when/where something is from please let me know.
Today, draw/paint/sculpt/collage/sew a blemmyes, or a family of blemmyes. Make blemmyes until you don’t want to make blemmyes any more. Enjoy!
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