Chicago Botanic Garden, June

when a song returns part of your soul to you

Ann Hais

Tuberosa taken from 'Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens floribus Amoenissimorum florum imagines' by Christopher Jacob Trew.

Published 1768-1786.

Bibliothèque nationale de France.

This bronze head, found on the island of Delos in 1912, represents one of the most extraordinary masterpieces of #Hellenistic art that has survived to this day.

It dates back to the 1st or 2nd century BC. and is known among Anglo-Saxon scholars as the "Worried Man of Delos" due to the incredible expressiveness of his features.

It is currently preserved in the Archaeological Museum of #Athens.

Why is this heat so hot 😩