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!
Not all sections of a surface are equal. Movement, space, and placement can be used to suggest time. Within the composition we can infer a sequence, a past, and a future. In part, this is due to how we read. Generally, we read top to bottom, and left to right. Within a scene in a …
Next on the list of Carlos San Millan’s inspiring painters: Yann Kebbi. Kebbi was born in Paris in 1987. After receiving a degree in illustration, he continued his studies in Paris, where he spent his time creating prints, monotypes, and pencil sketches. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, and …
I tell you Leaguers, it’s tough being the sole guardian of high culture, but someone’s gotta do it. [image_with_animation image_url=”6039″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Trouble reading the tiny text? Here’s the script: Calvin – “How unoriginal! How jejune! Stupid kid. If you don’t have anything to say, just keep quiet! Well, this is certainly shocking! Face …
Last weekend was our first annual Seattle Artist League Printmaker’s Show. On display were 30 pieces; beautiful displays of monotype, drypoint, linocut, woodcut and reductive woodcuts in black and white, and color. All of the prints were strong and interesting. Nikki has a way of getting good work out of people. We asked guests to compliment …
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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