Thread: "Codex Seraphinianus" by Luigi Serafini

There is an old thread on this even - from 2009 - but with only one picture - and - necroposting is frowned upon - isn´t it?

I had to think of it, because of Sageous´ wife´s paintings - you can see some of these in here: http://www.dreamviews.com/artists-co...ml#post2060777
Do check this thread out peeps!

Okay - there:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

"Codex Seraphinianus", originally published in 1981 by the Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini.
The book is approximately 360 pages long - done in about 30 months.

It is an encyclopaedia in manuscript with copious hand-drawn coloured-pencil illustrations of bizarre and fantastical flora, fauna, anatomies, fashions, and foods.

The illustrations are often surreal parodies of things in the real world: bleeding fruit; a plant that grows into roughly the shape of a chair and is subsequently made into one; a lovemaking couple that metamorphoses into an alligator; etc. Others depict odd, apparently senseless machines, often with a delicate appearance, kept together by tiny filaments. There are also illustrations readily recognizable as maps or human faces. On the other hand, especially in the "physics" chapter, many images look almost completely abstract. Practically all figures are brightly coloured and rich in detail.

Some excerpts - I have the whole thing on my pc (soo hard to choose from..):

Some stuff from "Animals":







"Plants":





Don´t know - maybe "Sports":



"War"?




"Architecture":



Something from "Anatomy"



I believe, this is something from "Physics"




It´s all done in this fantasy-writing - lot of "pure text" as well...
Absolutely adorable, this guy!
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