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!
This is a “See and Respond” day in our 30 Day Challenge, and I’ve been waiting a month for this. A month ago, John Oliver on Last Week Tonight shared some drawings from people just like you, imagining what the Pringles man looks like from the neck down. I would like to add to this …
Every January, the League sponsors a 30 day creative challenge open to all of you everywhere, working in any media. January 1-30 we’ll post a daily creative challenge to V. Notes on our website. V. Notes subscribers will receive this post in their inbox every day at 7am PST. To receive these challenges in your …
[image_with_animation image_url=”8262″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I asked Paul D. McKee who some inspirational painters were for his upcoming Unconventional Painting workshop. He sent me this: Robert Rauschenberg David Wojnarowicz Anselm Kiefer Lawrence Carroll I knew the first three names (V-Notes on the way), and thank you to Suzanne Walker for repeatedly saying the name “Wojnarowicz” in …
From my previous post: Daily painters are artists who start and finish a painting every day-ish. Sometimes they slow down a bit, or take holidays and sabbaticals, but the basic idea is they do small quick studies frequently. (…) Daily practice makes you more decisive, and improves your artwork fast. Notable daily painters are Duane Keiser, Julian Merrow-Smith, and Carol …
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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