Tag Archives: Printmaking

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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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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1534: Wild Horses Fighting

Posted on November 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hans Baldung Grien: Wild Horses Fighting (1534)

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1882: A Singular Event

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

I am obliged to record in my journal of this date (April 16, 1882) a singular event which I am forced to believe because of the overwhelming evidence. Yesterday, while engaged in the trial of Richard Mandel…I was brought to … Continue reading →

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1910: Brochure

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mihály Bíró: brochure for the National Union of Hungarian Construction Workers (c. 1910); text in Romanian.

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1894: La vitrioleuse

Posted on October 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

Eugène Samuel Grasset: La vitrioleuse [The Acid Thrower] (1894)

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1881: By the Sea

Posted on October 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Max Klinger: By the Sea – Plate II from Intermezzos, Opus IV (1881) (source)

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1865: The Master Is Dead, the Master Is Dead

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the Beehive, knock, and repeat these words: “The master is dead, the master is dead,” else the Bees will fly … Continue reading →

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1880: Rainy Moon with Steamboats

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kobayashi Kiyochika: Rainy Moon at Gohonmatsu (1880)

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1551: The Harrowing of Hell

Posted on September 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pieter van der Heyden: The Descent of Christ into Limbo (1551) In the Christian tradition, between his death on the cross and the resurrection Christ descended into Hell to rescue the souls of the righteous who lived before him and … Continue reading →

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