Bees, Wasps and Ants (Hymenoptera, Plate 05) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 gerard mercator Parks stand out as destinations

Parks stand out as destinations and navigational anchors: Alum Rock Park to the east promises canyon drives

Linie (Line) (1929) by Wassily Kandinsky invites you into the silent music of form and color from the artist’s mature Bauhaus years

Al Ain Zoo

reflecting Vermont’s cultural identity

this fine art print makes a beautiful gift for Christmas

Bees, Wasps and Ants (Hymenoptera, Plate 05) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 gerard mercator Parks stand out as destinationsInsecta Hymenoptera Pl. 05 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a superb Victorian zoological illustration created at the height of nineteenthcentury natural science. Made for study rather than spectacle, the plate presents members of the order Hymenopterabees, wasps, ants, and their relativeswith the cool precision that defined the eras taxonomic ambition. Against a clean white ground, each specimen is rendered with fine linework and carefully