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Sunday, March 10, 2019

the "WORM'S EYE VIEW" in art

a photograph of a 1960s television studio RCA TK60 camera and operator
scenes in art that look upward are called  'worm's eye views' ... scenes that
look down from above are called  'bird's eye views'
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
         
Secret Hearts DC comics 1968 1972, cheating romance with a worms eye view
a romance comic book,  1969    "Isn't this cozy ... my man ... and my best friend!"
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
The Chicagoan magazine April 12 1930, a wormseye view
"The Chicagoan" magazine,  1930
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a 1964 supermarket aisle photograph with a worms eye view
a 1964 supermarket aisle
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
1940 vertical parking
1940 vertical parking
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a Joe Kubert Tarzan comic book cover 1973 No. 225, a pit of snakes
a Joe Kubert comic book cover,  1973
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
1928 German brick ornament on a building
1928 German ornament from regular bricks
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
an Arthur A. Johnson 1925 poster illustration with a worms eye view
an Arthur A. Johnson 1925 poster illustration       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
an Angie Lewin print       see full size
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a 1960 Rex Bison concept vehicle illustration
a 1960 "Rex Bison" concept vehicle       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a 1963 electric street pole with telephone wires
a 1963 electric street pole
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a 1950s illustration from an advertisement for Superflex tires
a 1950s illustration from an advertisement for 'Superflex' tires
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
1922 suction tires
1922 tires
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
an Edward Ruscha painting of a burning gas station
an Edward Ruscha painting       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a David Schnell painting
a David Schnell painting
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
Lyonel Feininger 1906 train illustration
Lyonel Feininger,  1906       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a Roger Duvoisin 1958 children's book, poor frog down a well
from a Roger Duvoisin 1958 children's book
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
architecture from the Bauhous school, a color illustration
architecture from the Bauhous school
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a 1951 home exterior detail
a 1951 exterior
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
art by Pushwagner
art by Pushwagner,  1960s?       see full size
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a 1939 Holland cruise poster
a 1939 Holland cruise poster
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
Stow Wengenroth art, an old gothic house
Stow Wengenroth art       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
Eric Drooker 1996 New Yorker magazine, business looking up
Eric Drooker,  1996
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
Robert Cottingham art 1980, a theater marquise
Robert Cottingham art,  1980       see full size
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a 1947 tobacco factory, detailed photograph
a 1947 tobacco factory       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a 1960s child's tricycle color photograph
a 1960s child's tricycle
         
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a 1940 poster demanding Dutch slave laborers for the invading Nazis, Nederlandsche Arbeidsdienst
a 1940 demand for Dutch slave labourers by the invading Nazis ...  When my mother was a girl with her brother and her father, they had to cross a German checkpoint. Her brother's papers were lost and he risked being arrested into forced labour. My grandfather showed his papers first and had a pleasant talk with the soldiers, sharing some cigars with them, and my family passed through. My mother also sold her father's cigars door-to-door as a young girl during the occupation.
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a Charles Sheeler 1955 painting of a bridge
a Charles Sheeler painting,  1955       see full size
          
WORM'S EYE VIEW
        
a Robert Williams painting
a Robert Williams painting       see full size
        
WORM'S EYE VIEW
      
a 1970s Rene Gruau poster, Lido, Champs-Elysees-Pars, Grand Jeu, showgirls
a 1970s Rene Gruau poster       see full size