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Sunday, June 13, 2021

STRANGE DOORS . . . part 2

a giant fantasy door at the 1939 San Fancisco World's Fair

at the 1939 San Fancisco World's Fair

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a giant ornamented door at the 1915 San Fancisco World's Fairat the 1915 San Fancisco World's Fair

at the earlier 1915 San Fancisco World's Fair

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stylish modern door hardware 1959

1959 click image twice for full size

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Leopold Baur 1904 fantasy architecture

Leopold Baur, 1904

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German 1890 Fantasy Architecture, a fantastic giant door

German, 1890

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a fluted glass door by Peter Caspari 1952 Toronto

a fluted glass door in Peter Caspari architecture, 1952 click twice

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Léon Spilliaert

Léon Spilliaert

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1898 Art Door, a photograph

1898

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a Richard Estes Painting of a glass door in blues

a Richard Estes Painting click twice

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an 1868 cartoon of a small dog attacking a frightened child

1868

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1930s door handles, a photograph

1930s door handles

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a Disney animation Background of an open door

a Disney animation background click twice

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1948 Lucite door hardware display, a demonstration model

1948 hardware in Lucite as a demonstration model

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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen 1883 illustration

a Peter Christen Asbjørnsen illustration, 1883

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Hanna Barbera Flintstones, a promotional image from the closing credits scene

Hanna Barbera television animation, 'The Flintstones' click twice

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Otto Rieth 1891 fantasy architecture

Otto Rieth, 1891

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a 1948 glass block and mirror lobby, photograph

a 1948 glass-block and mirror lobby click twice

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a Garth Williams children's book illustration 1964

a Garth Williams children's book illustration, 1964

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a Roy Krenkel illustration of the Emerald City in the land of Oz

a Roy Krenkel illustration of the Emerald City in the land of Oz

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1890 Fantasy Door Egypt

an 1890 illustration

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a René Gruau fashion illustration, 1947

a René Gruau fashion illustration, 1947

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Pirro Ligorio garden

Pirro Ligorio, 1500s

Sunday, December 6, 2020

C H E R U B S . . . winged babies of the past

1921 exterior ornate wall with radiating cherub

a 1921 exterior wall ... winged babies in artwork are called 'cherubs', used mostly in Christian Southern Europe in past centuries and later as ornament and cartoon

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a 1879 mirror frame of many cherubs

could a modern person look in this 1879 mirror and not laugh?

C H E R U B S

a Carlos Bady fashion illustration of a pretty woman with cherubs

a Carlos Bady fashion illustration

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a Carlos Bady fashion illustration of a woman with telephone and hovering cherubs

Carlos Bady

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Dorothy Lathrop 1968, a cherub in a glass snow globe

Dorothy Lathrop 1968

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a 1917 parade float car with flowers and cherubs

a 1917 parade float

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Noel Fontanet, Parasol Moderne, a color advertising poster with a pretty woman, a cherub, and a parasol

Noel Fontanet

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a Lucien Gaillard pendant 1890s, an anti-cherub

a Lucien Gaillard pendant, 1890s

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a 1889 World's Fair Paris, a molding of a cherub on a lion

at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris

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Otto Wagner 1906 architecture, a bridge

Otto Wagner architecture, 1906

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a 1886 German cherub in color ornament

1886 German ornament

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Franz von Stuck, a cherub riding a centaur

Franz von Stuck see full size

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Auguste Racinet 1877

Auguste Racinet ornament, 1877

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Valentine chocolate boxes with cupids, a 1910 advertising illustration

Valentine boxes of chocolates, 1910

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a 1909 penny arcade, detailed photograph

a 1909 penny arcade see full size

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Fritz Hegenbart illustration Jugend

a Fritz Hegenbart illustration for Jugend

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Walter Crane 1878 endpapers, cherubs in blue

Walter Crane 1878, the endpapers of a book see full size

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1851 Great Exhibition London Cage Of Cupids

"Porcelain Cage Of Cupids, at the Crystal Palace" The Great Exhibition of London, 1851

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Louis Moe, a cherub and two Rhinos

Louis Moe see full size

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a Linley Sambourne illustration at the end of a book, a cherub FINIS

a Linley Sambourne illustration at the end of an 1800s book, "FINIS"

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1500s cherubs ornament in a pen drawing

1500s

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an Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustration of death and birth

Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale

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M. Powolny 1914 design, a photograph

M. Powolny, 1914

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a Herbert Paus 1934 illustration for The American Magazine January, a modern cherub in industry

a Herbert Paus illustration, 1934

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1600s? cherubs with skull from a 1800s book

1600s? cherubs from an 1800s book

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1890 German illustration of a writer with a cherub

"The sure man. Drawing by M.v. Fade to the tale of Morikean"

an 1890 German illustration see full size

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1890 illustration, a woman standing beneath ornate pillars with cherubs, Lustschloss

an 1890 illustration of Hellbrunn Palace near Salzburg

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a Yan Dargent drawing of an anti-cherub

a Yan Dargent drawing of an anti-cherub

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1887 cherub baby in a snail shell

1887, is this a cherub?

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Julius Diez 1900? The Love Note, Cupid in a garden with a pretty woman

"The Love Note" Julius Diez, 1900

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