Tag Archives: Art

1960’s: Totem

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chief Henry Speck: Totem: Eagle (1960’s) (source)

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1884: Marine

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: Marine (1884) (source)

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1850: The Veil

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giovanni Strazza: The Veiled Virgin (c. 1850)

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1883: You are Wheat and Belong in the Wheatfield

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pages from a letter from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, 28 October 1883: to cause despondency for six months, until one eventually sees after all that one shouldn’t have let oneself be disoriented. There are two people whose intense … Continue reading →

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1885: Explain Yourself!

Posted on July 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Unattributed frontispiece for an 1885 edition of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass (source) —from the University of Florida’s “Afterlife of Alice” collection, part of the extensive Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (here). The Caterpillar and Alice … Continue reading →