Shrine of Sorrow

Plate XIII from <n>William Saville-Kent</n>'s 1893 book, <n>The Great Barrier Reef of Australia</n>.

A plate from <n>Karl Blossfeldt</n>'s 1928 work, <n>Urformen der Kunst</n>.

<n>Diffraction Patterns For Natural And Synthetic Fibers</n> from the <n>Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology</n>, 1967.

A collage of <n>Southwestern Native American</n> shells, bone beads, and turquoise, c. 1200 BCE.

<n>X-ray Diffraction Pattern of Beryl</n>. Photo by <n>Lane</n>, <n>Eastman Kodak Company</n>.

<n>Étienne Léopold Trouvelot</n>'s illustration, <n>Étoiles multiples colorées</n>, 1881.

An 1868 illustration by <n>R.H. Digeon</n> after <n>Jean-Thiébaut Silbermann</n> for <n>Amédée Guillemin</n>'s textbook.