Insects Larousse Collage-Modern The vintage palette of muted

The vintage palette of muted blues

while precise proportions keep the overall structure balanced and orderly

colour used as both anchor and disruption

the very city Moholy-Nagy looked down upon

and Bodart photographs it with a respect for that weight

Insects Larousse Collage-Modern The vintage palette of mutedThis insect plate from the Larousse encyclopaedia presents a collection of specimens arranged with the confident organisation of a natural history cabinet. Beetles, flies, and winged insects of striking variety are rendered in meticulous engraved detail carapace texture, leg articulation, and wing geometry resolved with the patience of a craftsman working at the edge of what etching could achieve. The composition sits between pure science and