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Ink, Mediums
It’s easy to take a medium like ink for granted, until a pen runs dry. But ink as an art medium has been around since humans painted cave walls. Early ink mixed soot with water or oil, but in 2500 BCE the Egyptians took it to the next level, grinding down charcoal into a fine carbon powder called ‘lamp black’ and using gum or glue as a bonding agent. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider

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