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Sunday, January 26, 2025

BIRDS-EYE VIEW in art part 6

Adolph K. Kronengold 1936 June 1936 New Yorker, a birds-eye view
a BIRD'S-EYE VIEW is an elevated view of an object from above,  with a perspective as though 
the observer were a bird ... Adolph K. Kronengold,  June 1936 New Yorker Magazine
            
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Edward Burtynsky photograph, a 2011 birds-eye view of Car Terminal
Edward Burtynsky,  2011    'Car Terminal'       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Edward Burtynsky photograph 2004 China Recycling #10
Edward Burtynsky,  2004     'China Recycling #10'
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B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
an Alfred S. Mole aerial photograph of Woodrow Wilson at Camp Sherman
an Alfred S. Mole aerial photograph of USA President Woodrow Wilson at Camp Sherman
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
1921 Main 13 Chicago Police Magazine, a policeman directs Santa Claus in traffic
1921 Chicago Police Magazine       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
               
Christoph Niemann art, urban birds-eye in yellow
 Christoph Niemann art       see full size
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
R. Buckminster Fuller Earth drawing
R. Buckminster Fuller      see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a Georg Gerster aerial photograph for a 1996 Swissair to Middle East poster
a Georg Gerster aerial photograph for a 1996 Swissair to Middle East poster
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
an Arthur Getz illustration, urban sunset
an Arthur Getz illustration       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Georg Gerster 1971 Swissair USA poster, an aerial view of tangled highways
a Georg Gerster 1971 Swissair poster
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a Swissair poster by either Hans Frei Georg Gerster or Emil Schulthess
a Swissair poster
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
               
a 1944 Bell Telephone cartoon illustration
a 1944 Bell Telephone illustration       see full size
    
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Charles Pears art
Charles Pears art       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Chris Ballantyne art, a birds-eye view of cliff-edge houses
Chris Ballantyne art       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Maurits Cornelis Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a 1959 GM 'Firebird!' concept car
a 1959 GM 'Firebird!' concept car       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Ray (Rei) Morimura art, roof tops
Ray (Rei) Morimura art       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
               
part of the 1964 World's Fair, a birds-eye or aerial view
part of the 1964 World's Fair       see full size
     
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a Fritz Eichenberg illustration
a Fritz Eichenberg illustration
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
André Devambez World War 1 art, trenches
André Devambez World War 1 art       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
1940s bomb ruins Europe, a dramatic photograph
1940s Europe       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Chris Ballantyne art, pastel suburban rooftops in an aerial view
Chris Ballantyne art       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a Hans Hillmann 1960s poster for Pierre und Paul
a Hans Hillmann 1960s poster for the film "Pierre und Paul"
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
               
a 1967 Rio de Janeiro poster illustration
a 1967 Rio de Janeiro poster illustration       see full size
       
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a 1967 Hovercraft ferry
a 1967 Hovercraft ferry       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
a W. Heath Robinson children's book illustration
a W. Heath Robinson children's book illustration
see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
the Chicagoan Magazine May 1928, a sight-seeing bus with tourists
the Chicagoan Magazine,  May 1928
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Frank Frazetta, an airplane strikes a cliff
Frank Frazetta       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
              
Rocío Espín Piñar art, ancient London
Rocío Espín Piñar art,  ancient London       see full size
      
B I R D S E Y E   V I E W
               
Busby Berkley
Busby Berkley
       
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Sunday, January 12, 2025

RETRO-FUTURE, by different artists part 3

1930s Soviet retrofuture transit, soviet future city
a 1930s Soviet Russian future ... past predictions of the future are
called RETROFUTURE.  They commonly showed a bright wonderful
tomorrow,  and always in the style of the illustrator's own times
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a 1958 future city, retrofuture
1958 ... most scenes were of fantastic cities and odd looking vehicles
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R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Jetsons Hanna Barbera 1962, Rosie the Robot
previous futures were mostly optimistic, but now days are dark ...
'The Jetsons',  Hanna Barbera 1962       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Ed Emshwiller illustration 1960, Jenny's Junk
an Ed Emshwiller illustration, 1960
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Albert Robida retrofuture, public transit
public transit will never change       Albert Robida      see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
Richard Arbib 1956 Astra-Gnome concept car
Richard Arbib's 1956 Astra-Gnome ... it had wheels and burned gasoline
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R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Albert Robida retrofuture
listening to poetry in the 20th Century,  by 1800s Albert Robida
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Frank R. Paul 1931 future construction
a Frank R. Paul 1931 illustration of future construction
see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
an Andrey Sokolov 1950s Russian future
Andrey Sokolov,  1950s Russia       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
Arthur Radebaugh illustration, a giant road creating machine
an old Arthur Radebaugh illustration       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a William Robinson Leigh retrofuture illustration 1908
a William Robinson Leigh illustration,  1908
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
a Syd Mead illustration of the future or retrofuture
a Syd Mead illustration       see full size
    
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Syd Mead retrofuture transportation
Syd Mead       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Syd Mead retrofuture illustration
Syd Mead       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
1940s retrofuture
1940s
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a John Berkey illustration of a space ship
a John Berkey illustration       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a John Berkey illustration, a future sports stadium
John Berkey       see full size 
            
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
John Berkey neighborhood retrofuture
John Berkey       see full size
     
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
John Berkey illustration of a future city
John Berkey
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Soviet Russia retro-future transit
1961 Soviet Russia future transit       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a Frank R. Paul illustration
a Frank R. Paul illustration
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
an Ed Emshwiller illustration
an Ed Emshwiller illustration ... and of course,  long live glorious Zarkon
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
retrofuture urban giant elevator
no information on this       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
retrofuture transit
future transit       see full size
     
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
André Devambez illustration
André Devambez       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Disney Gyro Gearloose with Helper, Dell comics
1960s Disney's 'Gyro Gearloose' the inventor, and 'Helper' sitting on his knee
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Alexander Leydenfrost 1951 retrofuture
an Alexander Leydenfrost illustration,  1951       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
a Yevgeni Voishvillo children's book illustration, 1965 Russia space exploration
a Yevgeni Voishvillo children's book illustration,  1965 Russia
see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
              
Yevgeni Voishvillo 1965 Russia retro-future
Yevgeni Voishvillo,  1965       see full size
      
R E T R O - F U T U R E
               
1922 retro-future, 10,000 years in the future
1922 ... 10,000 years in the future
       
    
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