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Sunday, August 8, 2021

MYTHS . . . by different artists, part 2

Medusa by Franz von Stuck
the Medusa by Franz von Stuck ... those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone
     
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Franz von Stuck, Perseus beheaded Medusa
Perseus beheaded Medusa as she slept.  He then rescued his mother by
turning her captors to stone at the sight of Medusa's head
... a painting by Franz von Stuck 
-click image twice for full size
       
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Franz von Stuck centaurs
half-human centaurs from Greek mythology represented 
barbarism and chaos ... Franz Von Stuck       click twice
        
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a John Dickson Batten illustration of a centaur waving to a ship
a John Dickson Batten illustration
        
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a 1919 centaur by Heinrich Kley
a centaur by Heinrich Kley,  1919       click twice
        
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a Howard Pyle illustration of a mernaid and her loverWikipedia:  "... a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.  Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide,  including the Near East,  Europe,  Asia,  and Africa"    a Howard Pyle illustration
     
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an old mother of pearl dragon box
a dragon (from Asia and North Africa cultures) ornamented in mother of pearl
        
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Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham fairies of 1912 ... from Celtic,  Slavic,   
German,  English,  and French folklore       click twice
        
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Theodor Kittelsen's Norwegian trolls
a Theodor Kittelsen illustration of Norwegian folklore
        
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a 1923 Léon Spilliaert painting of the 1600s European story,
'Little Red Riding Hood'       click twice
        
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Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula the vampire in the 1931 film
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula the vampire in the 1931 film
click twice
       
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Gene Colan Dracula old house
a 1970s Gene Colan story panel for "Dracula",  by Marvel Comics
        
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Life Magazine Mythical grapes and Pan
a B. Cory Kilvert illustration for Life magazine ... two characters based on Pan, 
 Greek god of shepherds flocks and the wild
        
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a Karl Alexander Wilke illustration of Icarus who flew too near the sun
a Karl Alexander Wilke illustration of Icarus who flew too near the sun
        
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an Adolfo Hohenstein 1898 poster for Cinzano vermouth
an Adolfo Hohenstein 1898 poster for Cinzano vermouth
        
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1400s superstition
1400s    "... there was a tree formerly in Scotland, which growing by the margin of a stream produced fruit of the shape of ducks;  that such fruit,  when nearly ripe,  fell,  some into the water and some on land.  Such as fell on land decayed,  but such as fell into the water quickly became animated,  swimming below,  and then flying into the air with feathers and wings."
        
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Arthur Rackham seaside fairies
Arthur Rackham       click twice
        
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a Hans Thoma painting of Mars,  the Roman god of war
a Hans Thoma painting of Mars,  the Roman god of war
        
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Tinkerbell by Mary Blair for Disney
the fairy 'Tinkerbell' by Mary Blair,  for Disney       click twice 
        
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she loves me...she loves me not, picking petals from a 1957 flower
'she loves me ... she loves me not'     picking petals from a 1957 flower
        
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Franz Wacik, an old woman walking with odd creatures
Franz Wacik       click twice
        
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a Dugald Stewart Walker illustration of a mythical bird
a Dugald Stewart Walker illustration       click twice
        
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The 1600s Flying Dutchman with a kln airline poster
the 1600s "Flying Dutchman" is a legendary ghost ship that can never
make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever
        
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a giant cyclops from the 1960s USA television production Lost In Space
from the 1960s USA television production 'Lost In Space',
based on a Cyclops of Greek mythology
click twice
        
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an Utagawa Kuniyoshi print of a character from an 1804 Japanese theater play riding a giant toad
an Utagawa Kuniyoshi print of a character from an 1804 Japanese theater play,  riding a giant toad
        
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a fairy by Alexandre de Riquer
Alexandre de Riquer
        
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Notre Dame cathedral gargoyles
an 1866 illustration of middle-ages Notre Dame cathedral in France ... these 'gargoyles'
act as both waterspouts and protectors of the building
        
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Haddon H. Sundblom Coca Cola Santa Clause
illustrator Haddon H. Sundblom designed the modern 
version of Santa Claus in the 1940s for the
Coca-Cola company       click twice
        
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The Killing Trees, a Gustave Dore illustration for Dante's  1300s poem Divine Comedy
The Killing Trees,  a Gustave Dore illustration for Dante's 
1300s poem 'Divine Comedy'       click twice
        
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a Harry Rountree illustration of a boy riding a giant white bird through a forest at night
a Harry Rountree illustration
      

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