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The Imaginary (Sartre)

Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination''''' ({{lang-fr|L'Imaginaire}}) is a 1940 book by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] that propounds his concept of the...

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Young Hare

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Young Hare''''' ('''Feldhase''') is a 1502 [[watercolor painting|watercolour]] and [[gouache|bodycolour]] painting by German artist [[Albrecht Dürer]]. Painted in 1502 in his...

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Great Piece of Turf

Summary: {{Template}} The '''''Great Piece of Turf''''' ('''Das große Rasenstück''') is a [[watercolor painting]] by [[Albrecht Dürer]]. The painting was created at Dürer's workshop in [[Nuremberg]] in...

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Adam and Eve (Cranach)

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Adam and Eve''''' is a double painting by German Renaissance master [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]], dating from 1528, now housed in the [[Uffizi Gallery]] of [[Florence]],...

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Monsters, Inc.

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Monsters, Inc.''''' is a 2001 American [[computer-animated]] [[comedy film|comedy]]-[[adventure film]] directed by [[Pete Docter]], released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and...

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Scarab beetle

Summary: {{Template}} '''Scarab beetle''' may refer to these species: * A beetle of the family [[Scarabaeidae]] * ''[[Scarabaeus sacer]]'', the dung beetle species worshipped by the ancient Egyptians...

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Hatch

Summary: {{Template}} '''Hatch''' may refer to: * [[Hatch (surname)]] * [[Hatching]], also called "cross-hatching", an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects using closely spaced...

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Mosquito

Summary: {{Template}} The '''mosquitoes''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of small, [[midge]]-like [[Fly|flies]]: the '''Culicidae'''. Although a few species are harmless or even useful to humanity,...

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Diving bell spider

Summary: {{Template}} The '''diving bell spider''' or '''water spider''', ''Argyroneta aquatica'', is the only species of [[spider]] known to live entirely under water. ''Argyroneta aquatica'' is found...

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Pond

Summary: {{Template}} A '''pond''' is a [[body of water|body]] of [[Water stagnation|standing water]], either natural or man-made, that is usually smaller than a [[lake]]. They may arise naturally in...

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Diving bell

Summary: {{Template}} A '''diving bell''' is a rigid chamber used to transport divers to depth in the ocean. The most common types are the '''wet bell''' and the '''closed bell'''. The wet bell is a...

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Aqua-lung

Summary: {{Template}} '''Aqua-Lung''' was the original English name of the first open-circuit, [[scuba set|self-contained underwater breathing apparatus]] (or "SCUBA") to reach worldwide popularity and...

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January 21, 2013

Summary: {{Template}} Somebody seems to have posted[http://divers.tumblr.com/archive] the whole [[Codex Seraphinianus]] to Tumblr.<hr> [[Père Ubu (Dora Maar)]] [[Père Ubu]] by [[Dora Maar]], 1936...

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Courtship in the edible snail, Helix pomatia

Summary: {{Template}} [[Courtship]] in the edible snail, [[Helix pomatia]] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergschnecke_Paarung.jpg] ==See also== *[[Mating garden snails]]...

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Helix pomatia

Summary: {{Template}} :''[[Courtship in the edible snail, Helix pomatia]]'' '''''Helix pomatia''''', [[common name]]s the Burgundy snail, Roman snail, edible snail or ''escargot'', is a [[species]] of...

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Love dart

Summary: {{Template}} A '''love dart''' (also known as a '''gypsobelum''') is a sharp, [[calcium carbonate|calcareous]] or [[chitin]]ous [[Dart (missile)|dart]] which some [[hermaphroditic]] land...

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Dart (missile)

Summary: {{Template}} '''Darts''' are missile [[weapon]]s, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from [[Javelin (weapon)|javelin]]s by...

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Mating garden snails

Summary: {{Template}} [[Mating]] [[garden snail]]s [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snails_mating.jpg] {{GFDL}}

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McGill University

Summary: {{Template}} '''McGill University''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. Founded in 1821 during the [[Canada under...

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Scarab

Summary: {{Template}} '''Scarab''' may refer to: ;Beetles *[[Scarabaeus sacer]], the scarab beetle worshiped by Ancient Egyptians *A [[scarab (artifact)]] was an object symbolizing the holy beetle in...

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