Tag Archives: Printmaking

1920s: Fast • Reliable

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Posters commissioned by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in the 1920’s to encourage Chicagoans to use mass transit to explore the city, not just for getting to and from work. Click to see full-size. (source)

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1940: Central Park

Posted on July 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Louis Lozowick: Central Park (1940)

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1789: Gifts from the Ebb Tide

Posted on June 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kitagawa Utamaro: Pages from Gifts of the Ebb Tide (probably 1789) (source)

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1830: What Color is Your Face Type?

Posted on June 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Joannes Bemme, after David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville: Drie gezichtstypen met bijbehorende kleuren [Three Face Types with Corresponding Colors], an illustration from Essai sur les signes inconditionnels dans l’art [Essay on Universal Symbols in Art] (1827-1830) (source)

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1627: Because Obviously

Posted on June 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Werner van den Valckert: A Fool with a Smaller Fool in his Sleeve (1600 – 1627) (source)

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1932: Island Palaces

Posted on June 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Yoshida Hiroshi: Island Palaces in Udaipur (1932) Udaipur (1931) El Capitan, from the series The United States (1925) Glittering Sea, from the series Inland Sea (1926) Deer in Kasuga (1928)

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1871: A Sound Like the Humming of Bees

Posted on June 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

In order to prove that almost any kind of dream can, with tolerable certainty, be excited by special classes of stimulants, M. Maury caused a series of experiments to be performed on himself when asleep, which afforded very satisfactory results. … Continue reading →

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1635: And Drinking Cocktails Too, Apparently

Posted on May 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Quirin Boel: Two Monkeys Playing Backgammon (1635 – 1690) (source) “Twee apen spelen triktrak” in Dutch; “triktrak” is a nice onomatopoeia.

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