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Tag Archives: Printmaking
1863: Dictionary of Hell
Entries from the 1863 edition of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal: Amduscias: Grand-duc aux enfers. Il a la forme d’une licorne; mais lors-qu’il est évoqué, il se montre sous une figure humaine. Il donne des concerts, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Art, Books, Demons, Dictionaries, Drawing, France, Hell, Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, Louis Breton, M. Jarrault, Printmaking
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1617: Atalanta Fugiens
Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens is an alchemical “emblem book” consisting of 50 illustrations by Matthias Merian, each of which is accompanied by a epigrammatic verse, a philosophical discourse, and a musical fugue. This first emblem shows Boreas, the North Wind, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Alchemy, Books, Germany, Matthias Merian, Michael Maier, Printmaking
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1929: From a Paris Plane
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: From a Paris Plane (1929)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Art, Aviation, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, France, Great Britain, Paris, Printmaking
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1936: Gold Were His Limbs where He Was Bird
In 1921, the Istituto nazionale dantesco in Milan commissioned a lavish edition of the Divine Comedy to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Dante’s death; the edition was to include an original color plate for each of the 100 canti of … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, 1930's, 20th Century, Amos Nattini, Art, Books, Cryptids, Dante, Italy, Poetry, Printmaking
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1990: Monte Carlo
Robert Bechtle: Working Proof 2 for Albany Monte Carlo (1990)
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, Architecture, Art, Cars, Printmaking, Robert Bechtle, USA
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1894: Versions
Kobayashi Kiyochika: Our Naval Forces in the Yellow Sea Firing at and Sinking Chinese Warships (1894) Josh Cochran: Tritons (c. 2006) Kiyochika’s print is propaganda celebrating Japan’s military superiority in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Sources here and here. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Asian-Americans, China, Cryptids, Drawing, Japan, Josh Cochran, Kobayashi Kiyochika, Printmaking, Ships & Sailing, USA, War
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1815: Three Crows
Totoya Hokkei: 「三ひらの内」日輪に烏 [Three Crows against the Rising Sun] (mid 1810’s)
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Tagged 1810's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Japan, Printmaking, The Sun, Totoya Hokkei
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