Tag Archives: Art

1905: Geographische Liebes-Räthsel

Posted on November 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Geographische Liebes-Räthsel (1905); this map by an unknown artist uses the words from a Heinrich Heine poem as its locations: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh, So schwindet all mein Leid und Weh; Doch wenn ich küsse deinen Mund, So … Continue reading →

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1899: Rocky Surf

Posted on November 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Rocky Surf off Rhode Island (1899)

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1903: Little Red Riding Hood and Friends

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustrations from W. W. Denslow’s 1903 series of picture books: Little Red Riding Hood, Denslow’s Humpty Dumpty, The Three Bears, Old Mother Hubbard, and House that Jack Built. Denslow is best known as the illustrator of L. Frank Baum’s The … Continue reading →

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2000 BC: Two-headed Goddess

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Two-headed goddess figure from Kültepe, Turkey (c. 2000 BC)

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1475: Battle of the Nudes

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Antonio del Pollaiuolo: Battle of the Nudes (c. 1470-1475)

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650 AD: Censer Lid

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Teotihuacan cencer lid (c. 450-650)  

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1895: Twilight

Posted on November 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Alexander Harrison: Twilight on the Shore; I made up the date. Harrison was the inspiration for the character Elstir in Proust’s  Remembrance of Things Past.

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1842: Behold the Beast with the Sharpened Tail!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

In cantos XVI and XVII of the Inferno, Dante and his guide Virgil meet the monster Geryon, who alights on the edge of the abyss after Virgil has summoned him. In front, he has the face of an innocent man, … Continue reading →

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1902: Sunset

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Sunset at Cape Ann, Massachusetts (1902)

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1672: The Golden Bend in the Herengracht

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde: View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht (1671-72)

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