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Tag Archives: Printmaking
1922: Seek the Kingdom of Heaven through Contempt of the World
Melchior Lechter’s frontispiece, title page, and first chapter title page for a 1922 edition of Thomas à Kempis’s Imitation of Christ. Written in the early 15th century, the work promotes piety, simplicity, and devotion as the key to a personal … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Christianity, Germany, Melchior Lechter, Netherlands, Printmaking, Religion, Thomas à Kempis
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1655: Remedies
Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Eels, Fish, Frogs, Great Britain, Mammals, Medicine, Mice, Printmaking, Snakes, Thomas Lupton, Wasps, Weasels
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1750: Estimate
In 1750, astronomer Thomas Wright estimated the number of inhabited planets in the observable universe: Of…habitable Worlds, such as the Earth, all which we may suppose to be also of a terrestrial or terraqueous Nature, and filled with Beings of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Astronomy, Books, Great Britain, Printmaking, Science, Thomas Wright
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1899: The Fools
František Kupka: Les Fous (1899)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Czechoslovakia, František Kupka, Printmaking
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1918: Young Crow
Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Jan Mankes, Netherlands, Printmaking
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1865: The Storm Cloud
Félix Bracquemond: The Storm Cloud (1860-1870)
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Félix Bracquemond, France, Geese, Printmaking, The Sky, Weather
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1792: A Serious Social Menace
One afternoon in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock and a certain Mrs. Elphinstone were having tea when the following exchange occurred: Mrs Elphinstone: “You have been a very beautiful woman.” Lady Almeria: “Have been? What do you mean by ‘have been’?” … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Art, Duelling, Great Britain, History, Illustration, Printmaking, Sociology, Women
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