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Showing posts with label Style & fashion of the past. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Style & fashion of the past. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2022

LOW FASHION STYLES OF THE PAST

everyday common clothes in 1539 Europe
everyday drudge clothes in 1539
Europe ... we always see old pictures of ideal period fashions or stately buildings instead of shack homes,  but the ordinary details of daily life are more interesting
      
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illustrations of common shoes in 1600
common shoes,  1600
     
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1928 low fashion, a photograph of a course man
1928
      
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an old book illustration by Dan Beard, for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
"The Iron Dude"     an old book illustration by Dan Beard 
      
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a MAD cartoon, With heavy black eyeglasses loutish looking clod becomes intelligent looking clod
"With heavy black eyeglasses,  loutish looking clod becomes intelligent looking clod." 
1950s MAD
   
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men's 1970s white shoes, a color photograph advertisement
1974 plastics   "for office wear as well as your weekend and vacation dress-up occasions."
     
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1928 course man smiling, a photograph
1928
      
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1897 fashion don'ts from critics
1897   "A throat like a ten-stringed instrument,  surmounting square shoulders that end in knobs"
      
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a 1909 school boy with freaky gloves, from a clothing catalog
a 1909 school boy
    
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common 1890 boys' caps, illustrated in an advertisement
common 1890 boys' caps
     
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Comic Shop Clerks Of North America by Drew Friedman
"Comic Shop Clerks Of North America"  by Drew Friedman 
click image twice for full size
       
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a W. Heath Robinson illustration of a simple common man of the past
a W. Heath Robinson illustration
      
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Simple Simon, a children's book illustrated rhyme
a young fool    "Simon he was sent to market,  to buy a joint of meat,
he tied it to his horse's tail,  to keep it clean and sweet."
Simple Simon, a children's book illustrated rhyme
"He went for water in a sieve,  but soon it all ran through;  And now poor Simple Simon.
Bids you all adieu."
     
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a Charles Addams cartoon  about a criminal choosing a crime accessory, no moving parts
"... and there are no moving parts to get out of order."    a Charles Addams cartoon
about a criminal buying a 'blackjack',  or bludgeoning device
     
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men's 1500s codpieces illustrated
men's 1500s codpieces      from Wikipedia ... "As time passed, codpieces became shaped and padded to emphasize rather than to conceal,  mostly the penis.  It even became fashionable to design the codpiece to hold the penis in a position that insinuated that it was erect constantly."    
      
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1916 wooden shoes USA, an illustrated advertisement
a 1916 wooden shoe,  USA ... wooden shoes were
used on farms all across northern Europe 
      
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a George Cruikshank drawing of a common man in 1831 England
a George Cruikshank drawing,  1831 England
     
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a George Cruikshank cartoon about science examining a fool
George Cruikshank      click image twice for full size
     
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1895 teen fashion, a girl side view
some women's clothes in 1895 looked like walking upholstered chairs,
 but this teenager looks okay
      
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1895 teen fashion, a girl from the back
1895 teen fashion
      
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a 1928 man sleeping on a public bench
a 1928 gentleman of leisure
      
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a 1928 woman speaking poorly with common errors, a photograph and words
a 1928 woman is speaking with poor grammar,  but he don't care
     
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a Harvey Dunn 1921 illustration of two scoundrels sneaking in a cemetary at night
a Harvey Dunn 1921 illustration
      
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a Reggie Oliver illustration of a beastly man wandering some ruins
a Reggie Oliver illustration
      
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a J.J. Grandville color illustration of a gentleman frog in 1800s clothing with walking cane
a J.J. Grandville illustration
     
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bachelor
     
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a Warner Bros. 1956 animation sketch of a lout bully criminal
Warner Bros. animation,  1956
      
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a Lynd Ward illustration of a collector of oddities
a Lynd Ward illustration
        

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a Dalziel Brothers etching of an 1800s man at the harbor dock
waterfront work clothes in a Dalziel Brothers etching
    

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
       
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Franz von Stuck centaurs
half-human centaurs from Greek mythology represented 
barbarism and chaos ... Franz Von Stuck       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a John Dickson Batten illustration of a centaur waving to a ship
a John Dickson Batten illustration
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a 1919 centaur by Heinrich Kley
a centaur by Heinrich Kley,  1919       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
     
 M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
an old mother of pearl dragon box
a dragon (from Asia and North Africa cultures) ornamented in mother of pearl
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham fairies of 1912 ... from Celtic,  Slavic,   
German,  English,  and French folklore       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Theodor Kittelsen's Norwegian trolls
a Theodor Kittelsen illustration of Norwegian folklore
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a 1923 Léon Spilliaert painting of the 1600s European story,
'Little Red Riding Hood'       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula the vampire in the 1931 film
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula the vampire in the 1931 film
click twice
       
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Gene Colan Dracula old house
a 1970s Gene Colan story panel for "Dracula",  by Marvel Comics
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
an Adolfo Hohenstein 1898 poster for Cinzano vermouth
an Adolfo Hohenstein 1898 poster for Cinzano vermouth
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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."
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Arthur Rackham seaside fairies
Arthur Rackham       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a Hans Thoma painting of Mars,  the Roman god of war
a Hans Thoma painting of Mars,  the Roman god of war
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Tinkerbell by Mary Blair for Disney
the fairy 'Tinkerbell' by Mary Blair,  for Disney       click twice 
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
Franz Wacik, an old woman walking with odd creatures
Franz Wacik       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a Dugald Stewart Walker illustration of a mythical bird
a Dugald Stewart Walker illustration       click twice
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a fairy by Alexandre de Riquer
Alexandre de Riquer
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
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
        
M Y T H S   I N   T H E   M I S T
        
a Harry Rountree illustration of a boy riding a giant white bird through a forest at night
a Harry Rountree illustration
       
Myths 1       Myths 2