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Sunday, October 11, 2015

D E S C E N D I N G . . . by different artists

a Bernie Fuchs illustration of wolves descending on a snowy hill
a Bernie Fuchs illustration
           
D E S C E N D I N G
    
a Bob Peak illustration of an olympic diver
a Bob Peak illustration
           
D E S C E N D I N G
           
Anima by John Dickson Batten Jungian theory
"Anima Goes down the Hole"  a John Dickson Batten book illustration
... in Jungian theory Anima is the 'woman in all men'
see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
       
George Crukshank cartoon 1878 the latest thing
1878 English fun by cartoonist  George Crukshank       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Peter Helck illustration of a dockside accident
a Peter Helck illustration
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Gustave Doré illustration of dark angel demon descending to Earth
a Gustave Doré illustration
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Heinrich Kley illustration,  1915
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
John Berkey painting
a John Berkey illustration       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
from a 1963 Russia children's book
from a 1963 Russia children's book
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Jack Delano photograph man on stairs
a Jack Delano photograph       see full size
            
D E S C E N D I N G
      
1901 workplace safety cartoon
1901 workplace safety
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Walter Joseph Phillips print
a Walter Joseph Phillips print,  Canada       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
the Wackeltopf amusement ride 1910
lurching,  heaving,  swerving on the Wackeltopf  (loose pot) in 1910
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Anton Otto Fischer captain go down with ship
Anton Otto Fischer       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Busby Berkeley stage design
a Busby Berkeley film stage design       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a 1972 Carnival Amusement Ride, The Toboggan
a 1972 carnival amusement ride,
  from an equipment sales catalogue
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Milton Caniff story panel, falling man on a cargo ship
a Milton Caniff story panel
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Earth Mars gravity comparison 1884, Camille Flammarion
descending on the left with Earth gravity,  and on the right with Mars gravity in 1884
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Cyril Power print, the escalator
a Cyril Power print
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Virgil Finlay illustration, Icharus
a Virgil Finlay illustration
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
1837 Royal Nassau Balloon
see full size       in 1837 the Royal Nassau balloon lifted Mr. Cocking's 
 parachute experiment ... Cocking tragically fell 5000 feet
1837 Royal Nassau Balloon
          
D E S C E N D I N G
      
1939 Futurism painting by Tullio Crali
a 1939 painting by Tullio Crali       see full size
            
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Ed Emshwiller illustration of astronaut
an Ed Emshwiller illustration       see full size
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Herbert Bayer poster National Ski Association
a Herbert Bayer illustration       see full size 
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
Norman Rockwell boy on high diving board
a Norman Rockwell illustration       see full size
     
D E S C E N D I N G
      
1899 store window display, an illustration of vintage special effects
a shower of packets on strings in an 1899 store window display
from a book on retail advertising
           
D E S C E N D I N G
      
a Frank C. Pape illustration of a young man falling in hell with demons
a Frank C. Pape illustration