Author Archives: corvusfugit

1920: Robe

Posted on May 10, 2019 by corvusfugit

James White Calf (attrib): Elkskin Robe (ca. 1920); the robe is a record of the war honors of Mountain Chief, a Blackfeet chief.

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1943: Balloon Site

Posted on May 8, 2019 by corvusfugit

Laura Knight: A Balloon Site, Coventry (1943)

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1899: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord

Posted on May 7, 2019 by corvusfugit

Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne: O ye whales and all that move on the waters bless ye the Lord (1899); from the Prayer of Azariah, a passage that appears in the book of Daniel in some versions of the Christian Bible: … Continue reading →

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1919: At the Back of the North Wind

Posted on May 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Jessie Willcox Smith: illustration for George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind (1919)

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1828: Sala Dante

Posted on May 5, 2019 by corvusfugit

Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading →

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1675: Lightning

Posted on May 4, 2019 by corvusfugit

Francisque Millet: Mountain Landscape with Lightning (c. 1675)

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1883: Quiet Seascape

Posted on May 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Quiet Seascape (1883)

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1907: Landscape with Sign

Posted on May 2, 2019 by corvusfugit

Léon Spilliaert: Landscape with Sign, Nocturne (circa 1907)

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1943: Self-Portrait

Posted on May 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Heinz Geiringer was a Jewish teenager in Amsterdam when the Nazis invaded the city in 1940. For two years, the family lived in hiding, with Heinz’s sister and mother separating from him and … Continue reading →

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1891: May Day

Posted on May 1, 2019 by corvusfugit

Happy May Day! Walter Crane: The Triumph of Labour (1891)

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