Tag Archives: Art

1970: Flaming Eyeballs from Space

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shonen Magazine, 1970 (source)

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1770: Trifacial Trinity

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Painted by an anonymous artist of Peru’s Cusco School in the mid-eighteenth century (c. 1750 – 1770), this work sought to represent the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Holy Trinity. The typology—known as a Trifacial Trinity—had been banned by the … Continue reading →

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1950: Atom Bomb Hits New York City

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chesley Bonestell: Atom Bomb Hits New York City; cover illustration for the August 5, 1950 issue of Collier’s magazine.

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1873: The Monk

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Inness: The Monk (1873)

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1607: Book of Kings

Posted on September 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Muhammad ibn Mulla mir al-Husaini al-Ustadi: Illustration from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Abu’l Qasim Firdausi (1605–7)

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1665: Fleas

Posted on September 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Gerard ter Borch: Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas (1665)

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1783: Stones and Broccoli

Posted on September 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Thomas Gainsborough: Pastoral Landscape (c. 1783) Gainsborough made his living painting commissioned portraits, and thus could not indulge his passion for landscapes during the day in the open air; instead, he painted them at night by candlelight, arranging stones, broccoli, … Continue reading →