img { max-width: 100%; display: block; }

Sunday, December 31, 2017

A N X I E T Y

where's a towel? A 1940s color illustration of a wet faced man in a bathroom
"Where's a towel"   indeed!
    
A N X I E T Y
          
a Dan Adkins story illustration of an anxious woman
a Dan Adkins story illustration
   
A N X I E T Y
         
Karina Mendreczky 1988 art, iceburg
the strange object startles ... for an instant we think it could be alive  ...
Karina Mendreczky,  1988       see full size
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a John Vassos 1931 illustration of Pantophobia, the fear of everything
a John Vassos 1931 illustration of Pantophobia,  the fear of everything
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a 1900 nature illustration, birds fighting a snake in the nest
a nature illustration,  1900?
   
A N X I E T Y
         
an illustration from a Camille Flammarion science journal, ballooning with no oxygen
an illustration from a Camille Flammarion science journal
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a child's bad dream by Franz Wacik
Franz Wacik       see full size
   
A N X I E T Y
         
an Ellen Stratton illustration of an unhappy girl hiding in a tree
an Ellen Stratton illustration    "Sat there all through the long day"
   
A N X I E T Y
         
an Edvard Munch painting of waves in a bay
an Edvard Munch painting
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a Virgil Finley illustratio of hikers in a scary landscape of rocks and faces
a Virgil Finley illustration
   
A N X I E T Y
         
Dell Comics Mickey Mouse on Spook's Island, Mickey and Goofy are afraid
Dell Comics, 1960s
   
A N X I E T Y
         
Sigismond De Ivanowski
Sigismond De Ivanowski
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a Robert Williams painting of a family preying at the dinner table
a Robert Williams painting       see full size
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a George Du Maurier drawing of a hypochondriac in bed, 1898
a George Du Maurier drawing,  1898
   
A N X I E T Y
         
Three Stooges frightened, Larry Fine, Curly Howard and Moe Howard
Larry Fine, Curly Howard and Moe Howard
   
A N X I E T Y
         
a Carlos Marchiori 1969 illustration of a cat and mouse
Carlos Marchiori,  1969       see full size
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a 1600s illustration of fear by Charles Le Brun
a 1600s illustration of fear by Charles Le Brun
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a photograph of film comedian Mack Swain overacting for laughs, shock, fear, surprise
film comedian Mack Swain overacting for laughs
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a Cyril Power print of an amusement park rollercoaster
a Cyril Power print       see full size
    
A N X I E T Y
         
an Ellen Stratton illustration of a frightened woman
an Ellen Stratton illustration
    
A N X I E T Y
         
from an advertisement, anxiety
"Doubt-Inhibitions-Ignorance-Misgivings"
from an advertisement
    
A N X I E T Y
         
an Ed Emshwiller illustration for FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
an Ed Emshwiller illustration       see full size
     
A N X I E T Y
         
Rene Georges Hermann-Paul, a 1919 woodcut of death
Rene Georges Hermann-Paul,  1919
    
A N X I E T Y
         
fear of the dentist chair, an illustration
fear of the dentist chair?
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a Henri-Gustave Jossot 1903 illustration of an anxious skeleton awakening in a coffin
Henri-Gustave Jossot,  1903
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a headless child's doll by Barry Moser
a Barry Moser illustration
    
A N X I E T Y
         
a Franco Grignani 1969 graphic from a rubbed Polaroid, a woman in fear, Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
a Franco Grignani 1969 image from an Polaroid instant camera photograph ... as the photograph quickly develops in it's sealed sleeve, it's placed on a flat surface and rubbed with a hard object
          
A N X I E T Y
         
Ponds Extract 1800s advertisement, for insomnia
1800s:  "On restless nights when you can't sleep,  bathe the temples,
eyes and face with Pond's Extract"
    
A N X I E T Y
         
Wladyslaw Theodor Benda, an anxious woman
Wladyslaw Theodor Benda       see full size
    
A N X I E T Y
         
nerve tonic, from a Warner Bros. film animation, a cat with bad nerves
"Nerve tonic"  from a Warner Bros. film animation       see full size
           

Anxiety 1       Anxiety 2       Anxiety 3       Anxiety 4

 
Posted by at No comments:
Labels:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)