RETRO-FUTURE, by different artists part 3

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

      

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1958 ... most scenes were of fantastic cities and odd looking vehicles

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previous futures were mostly optimistic, but now days are dark ...

'The Jetsons',  Hanna Barbera 1962       see full size

      

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an Ed Emshwiller illustration, 1960

      

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public transit will never change       Albert Robida      see full size

      

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Richard Arbib's 1956 Astra-Gnome ... it had wheels and burned gasoline

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listening to poetry in the 20th Century,  by 1800s Albert Robida

      

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a Frank R. Paul 1931 illustration of future construction

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Andrey Sokolov,  1950s Russia       see full size

      

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an old Arthur Radebaugh illustration       see full size

      

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a William Robinson Leigh illustration,  1908

      

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a Syd Mead illustration       see full size

    

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1940s

      

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a John Berkey illustration       see full size

      

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John Berkey

      

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1961 Soviet Russia future transit       see full size

      

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a Frank R. Paul illustration

      

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an Ed Emshwiller illustration ... and of course,  long live glorious Zarkon

      

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future transit       see full size

     

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André Devambez       see full size

      

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1960s Disney's 'Gyro Gearloose' the inventor, and 'Helper' sitting on his knee

      

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an Alexander Leydenfrost illustration,  1951       see full size

      

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a Yevgeni Voishvillo children's book illustration,  1965 Russia

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Yevgeni Voishvillo,  1965       see full size

      

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1922 ... 10,000 years in the future

       

MYTHS by different artists, part 3

'The Vampire' ... a Pablo Volta photograph,  1962       see full size

      

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an Arnold Böcklin painting,  1875

      

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a 1600s dragon in lace       see full size

      

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1888 Physiognomy judged moral character by the shape of a face    "The Devil's Eye ... cunning,  deceipt,  trickery,  guile ... as licentious and lustful as that of the ape"

      

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an André Devambez illustration       see full size

      

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1822 zoological description of a reported mermaid     "The skin was harsh, the ears very large, and the back parts and tail were covered with scales"

      

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a Paul Rieth illustration,  1910       see full size

      

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Felician Rops art,  1800s

      

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a modern reprint of a 1960s Frank Frazetta illustration for

 Eerie Magazine's contributing artists ... back then with my 

news paper route I bought every used Eerie and Creepy 

 magazine I could find        see full size

      

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'Medusa'    Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys,  1875

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Carl Spitzweg art

      

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a Walter Molino illustration       see full size

      

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Franz von Stuck ... a satyr is a creature from Greek mythology

      

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Robert Williams art       see full size

      

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a Hans Christiansen illustration for 1895 Jugend Magazine

      

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'Struwwelpeter' is an 1845 German children's cautionary tale

in an 1879 book       see full size

                    

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1965 television comedic character Herman Munster

      

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an Adolfo Hohenstein poster for Cinzano Vermouth

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"Gateway To The Garden Of The Gods"   1887 USA

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a Buddhist mythical 'Garuda'       see full size

      

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Buddhist Vischnu on a Garuda

      

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Greek god of the sea 'Poseiden' sees political change in 

Simplicissimus magazine,  1936

      

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the ancient Greek 'Medusa' by Karl Alexander Wilke,  1906

      

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a female satyr on Jugend magazine number 6, 1903

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killing a vampire ... a Harry Borgman 1970 horror illustration

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a Rea Irvin 1920 cartoon about cinematic heroes

      

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a sea creature       see full size

      

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a Howard Pyle 1903 illustration

      

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Franz von Stuck

      

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Margaret Hamilton as a witch in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz'

from BBC on 1500s & 1600s Europe:  "Why was there such a proliferation of witches? Everybody assumed it was because the world had got so foul that it was coming to an end. As a result there was an outpouring of brutally misogynistic witchcraft imagery, with artists taking advantage of the invention of the printing press to disseminate material rapidly and widely."

         

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