Tag Archives: 1890’s

1890: Three for Five

Posted on September 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

John George Brown: Three for Five (1890)

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1981: The Innocent Eye

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Tansey: The Innocent Eye Test (1981) The title of this painting is taken from a book by the artist John Ruskin, The Elements of Drawing (1857), where, in a footnote, Ruskin says that to see as an artist requires … Continue reading →

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1891: Wolf

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernest Thompson Seton: The Sleeping Wolf (1891)

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1891: After the Deluge

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Frederic Watts: After the Deluge (The Forty-First Day) (1886–1891)

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1898: The Keeper of the Threshold

Posted on August 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Elihu Vedder: The Keeper of the Threshold (1897-1898)

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1892: School

Posted on August 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Antonio Parreiras: Outdoor School (1892)

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1891: The Young Woman in Dress and Appearance Corresponded with the Visitor of the Dream

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

When living in Glasgow we had a neighbour, the Rev. Donald McKinnon, who resided in a villa next to ours, with whom we were on very friendly terms. His wife had been dead some time, and the old gentleman kept … Continue reading →

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1890: That Kind of Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gustave Moreau: A Dead Poet being Carried by a Centaur (c. 1890)

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1890: Castle

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

The castle, Hohenzollern, Germany; photochrom print published between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900 by the Detroit Publishing Co. (source)

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1895: Tentacles of the City

Posted on August 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

This is the beginning of “La plaine,” the poem that opens Emile Verhaeren’s 1895 book of poems, Les villes tentaculaires [The Tentacled Cities]. The cover is by Théo van Rysselberghe (source). I couldn’t find a translation online, so I did the … Continue reading →

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