Tag Archives: Ships & Sailing

1889: On the Banks

Posted on October 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hans Thoma: On the Banks of the River Main (1889)

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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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1994: Selected Works

Posted on September 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

cho Kcho: Obras Escogidas (Selected Works) (1994) (source)

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1941: Degenerate Art

Posted on September 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Emil Nolde: Meer bei Abenddämmerung [Sea at Dusk] An anti-Semite who believed in the cultural superiority of “Germanic” art and supported the Nazi Party beginning in the 1920’s, Emil Nolde was surprised when his own paintings were targeted in the … Continue reading →

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2016: Adrift

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sam Yeats: Adrift (2016)

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1932: from the “Penaglis M. Hadoulis”

Posted on August 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Everett: Seascape from the “Penaglis M. Hadoulis” (1931-32)

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1877: Lights

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Atkinson Grimshaw: Scarborough Lights (1877)

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2.2 mya: Matsya and the Asura Hayagriva

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Hindu mythology, there are four historical eras, yugas, that repeat in a cycle; the first of these is the Satya Yuga, followed by the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and, finally, the Kali Yuga. We are presently in a … Continue reading →

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1887: Lake

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Olson Hammerstad: Lake Michigan (c. 1887)

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1850: The Ninth Wave

Posted on July 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ivan Aivazovsky: The Ninth Wave (1850) The title is a reference to a traditional belief among sailors that waves grow larger and larger in a sequence up to the ninth wave—the largest—and then the sequence begins again.

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