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Sunday, July 17, 2022

FLOATING THINGS . . . by different artists

a Mattias Adolfsson drawing of a complex hot air balloon
Mattias Adolfsson
       
F L O A T I N G
      
1912 Victoria Amazonica Lilies in an old photograph
1912 giant  'Victoria Amazonica'  Lilies       click image twice for full size
       
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1962 Russian retro-future
1962 Russian retro-future

       
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an early Joseph Christian Leyendecker illustration 1900, for Ivory Soap
"Ivory Soap,  it floats"    an early Joseph Christian Leyendecker illustration,  1900  
       
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the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale, flight display
at the 1937 Paris Exposition Internationale       click twice
       
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a Bruce McCall illustration, family vacation in the Arctic
a Bruce McCall illustration       click twice
       
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a Gustav Klimt painting
a Gustav Klimt painting
       
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a Giant Log Raft 1925
"Giant Log Raft"    1925 USA       click twice
       
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Ivan Aivazovsky art, a ship in rough seas
Ivan Aivazovsky art       click twice
       
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a sky cloud from a Camille Flammarion science book
from a Camille Flammarion science book       click twice
       
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Moebius, relaxing in a floating sky
Moebius
       
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Warner Bros. 1944  Bugs Bunny, mesmerized by aroma
Warner Bros. 1944 ... 'Bugs Bunny'       click twice
       
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Frederic Church 1861 art, iceburgs
Frederic Church 1861 art       click twice
       
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a Dan Adkins illustration of a dead man floating in space, suffocation
a Dan Adkins illustration
       
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Harry Townsend 1918 art, First World War air battle with planes and a dirigible
Harry Townsend art,  1918       click twice
       
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a Charles Green illustration of a drowning man at night
a Charles Green illustration       click twice
       
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N.N. Dubovskoy art, moody low clouds over a lake
N.N. Dubovskoy art
       click twice
       
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a Curtiss Wright Hover Car
the 1959 Curtiss-Wright Air Car was powered by two Lycoming
engines rated at 180 horsepower that ran fans located in the fore
and aft of the car ... one of the vehicles tested by the Army is still
intact, has been restored, and is currently sitting in the US Army
Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia       click twice
       
F L O A T I N G
      
1965 retro-future, a flying saucer for highways and commuting
1965 retro-future       click twice
       
F L O A T I N G
      
an Arthur Rackham children's book illustration of faeries or fairies
an Arthur Rackham children's book illustration       click twice
       
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a Victor Hugo illustration of a flying tree over water
a Victor Hugo illustration from one of his novels       click twice
       
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David Thorpe art, floating buildings at night
David Thorpe art       click twice
       
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1600s Funeral China, floating on water
a 1600s funeral,  China       click twice
       
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a 1946 George Shepherd retro-future illustration with a giant water plane
a 1946 George Shepherd illustration       click twice
       
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1852 Floating Marine Church
1852    "Floating church for seamen and boatmen"
       
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Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth 1962, animals compete for a log in a flood
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth,  1962       click twice
       
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an 1843 retro-future balloon airship
an 1843 retro-future airship       see full size
       
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an Andrei Sokolov 1976 illustration of a large satellite
an Andrei Sokolov 1976 illustration       click twice
       
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Franz Sedlacek art, a floating corpse in the sky
Franz Sedlacek art       click twice
       
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Japan old embroidery
Japan,  old embroidery