'And in the silence followed the marvelous dialogue of the Chimera and the Sphinx; it was recited in deep guttural tones which were at first raucous, then turned shrill and unearthly.'

"... New perfumes I seek, stranger flowers I seek, pleasures not yet discovered."

JK Huysmans ~ from  A Rebours

Last Days of Chimera
© Breck Outland -2012

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Gustave Moreau

© Paul Rumsey https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Rumsey/246400918753282

Jacek Malczewski

Nikolai Kalmakoff

John Singer Sargent

Alexandre Seon

Jean Louis Desprez

Bernard Picart

Chimera of Arezzo

© Oleg Yahnin http://academart.com/yahnin.htm

Frantisek Dritkol

Franz Von Stuck

Valere Bernard

Felicien Rops

Elihu Vedder

Frantisek Bilek

Susan Seddon Boulet

Frantisek Kupka

Jan Toorop

Alfred Kubin

Francois Xavier Fabre

Gustave Dore

Gustav Adolf Mossa

Fernand Khnopff

© Santiago Caruso http://santiagocaruso.blogspot.com.ar/

Andy Paciorek

Featured below are a small selection of the 115+ illustrations produced by Andy Paciorek for the currently in progress manuscript 'The Human Chimaera : Sideshow Prodigies and Other Exceptional People' by Andy Paciorek and Dr Karl Shuker.

Portrait of Dick Hilburn ~ The Quarter Man

John Dougs ~ Nicodemus the Indescribable

The Chimaera Project - phase III. Chimera Carnivale 
Those who are not like others ...
To see the still images featured in this video with explanatory text visit -
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artwork © Andy Paciorek
music - "Í Gær" by Sigur Ros

(The original small project that has been adapted & developed into The Human Chimaera ms.)

Karl Shuker website - http://www.karlshuker.com/