Tag Archives: Printmaking

1633: Bird on a Camellia Bush

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Shi zhu zhai shu hua pu [Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting] (1633) “This is the earliest Chinese book printed by the technique of polychrome xylography known as douban invented and perfected by Hu Zhengyan 胡正言 (1584-1674). The … Continue reading →

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17th Centuty: Đám Cưới Chuộ

Posted on September 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

I think this Vietnamese woodcut painting is from the 17th century; it’s one of the most popular examples of Dong Ho painting, and researchers believe that the style originated during the rule of Lê Kính Tông (1600–1619) of the Lê … Continue reading →

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1855: Your Very Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor … Continue reading →

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1815: Wretched Forebodings

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Francisco Goya: Tristes Presentimientos de lo que ha de Acontecer [Wretched Forebodings of Things to Come] (1814-1815)

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1561: Something Else

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the morning of April 14, 1561, at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m., a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun, and then this was seen in Nuremberg in the city, before the gates and in the country – by … Continue reading →

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1773: Withered Shrubs

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock’s epic poem The Messiah, published from 1748 to 1773, Satan tricks Judas into betraying Jesus by appearing to him in a dream “in the form of his father…with disconsolate looks of grief and perturbation,” telling him … Continue reading →

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1784: First Woman to Fly

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleurant had been scheduled … Continue reading →

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1541: The Pig on Top of the World

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Cornelis Anthonisz: Pig on Top of the World (1541-1545)

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1883: Educate! Agitate! Organize!

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Educate! Agitate! Organize!” This slogan apparently first appeared in print in 1883—in a pamphlet produced by a British organization called the Democratic Federation. The artist and writer William Morris was the treasurer of the group and included the phrase on … Continue reading →

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1650: Horse

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustration from Il cavallo da maneggio [The Arena Horse] by Giovanni Battista di Galiberto (1650), showing the anatomy of the horse and sites of common ailments and wounds. The full title of the work is Il cavallo da maneggio. : Libro. Dove … Continue reading →

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