The Nature of the Beast: Charles Le Brun's Human-Animal Hybrids (1806)

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31 points | by Petiver 6 days ago ago

3 comments

  • echelon 2 hours ago

    The title made me think of this:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ivanov

    • vee-kay 2 hours ago

      Title topic of "human animal hybrid" and fantastic artwork on the linked site reminded me of the shocking-but-thrilling classic book "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the 1896 science fiction novel, by famous English author H. G. Wells. Terrific and terrifying read for that era, and even later.

      • clort 2 hours ago

        Also, see "Moreau's Other Island" by Brian Aldiss, an updated version of the classic. I found H.G.Wells writing to be very dated, not that Aldiss is current (published 1980) but I think it is biologically more plausible..