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Sunday, August 8, 2021

MYTHS . . . by different artists, part 2

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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half-human centaurs from Greek mythology represented

barbarism and chaos ... Franz Von Stuck click twice

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a John Dickson Batten illustration

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a centaur by Heinrich Kley, 1919 click twice

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a Howard Pyle illustration of a mernaid and her lover

Wikipedia: "... 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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a dragon (from Asia and North Africa cultures) ornamented in mother of pearl

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Arthur Rackham fairies of 1912 ... from Celtic, Slavic,
German, English, and French folklore click twice

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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
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a 1970s Gene Colan story panel for "Dracula", by Marvel Comics

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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

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an Adolfo Hohenstein 1898 poster for Cinzano vermouth

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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 click twice

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a Hans Thoma painting of Mars, the Roman god of war

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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

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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

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Alexandre de Riquer

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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' click twice

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a Harry Rountree illustration

Myths 1 Myths 2

Sunday, June 20, 2021

R E T R O F U T U R E . . . part 2

an 1872 illustration from a Jules Verne book, rocket to the moon, retrofuture

an illustration from a Jules Verne book: 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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Albert Robida, 1883 click image twice for full size

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Albert Robida

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1887

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1887

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1899 click twice

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a 1930 future vision of 1980 click twice

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a 1932 future car "70 Miles Per Hour"

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a 1932 Norman Bel Geddes design

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1933 see full size

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'Futurama' by Norman Bel Geddes at the 1939 World's Fair click twice

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Norman Bel Geddes, 1939 see full size

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1943 Canada click twice

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1930s retro-future

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a 1943 future monorail

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"2000 Years On!"

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1943 future transit click twice

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1945 future television

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1947 future dinner delivery click twice

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1947

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1947 future radios

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1947 future radios

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a 1956 future vision of 1962 click twice

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a John Polgreen illustration, 1950s? click twice

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a Walter Molino illustration, 1962

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a Gray Morrow illustration, 1960s?

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a 1969 future home click twice

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an Andrei Sokolov 1976 illustration click twice

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John Berkey

Retro-future 1 Retro-future 2