Applause and Awkward Silence

[applauseandawkwardsilence]

Lucifer by Gustave Doré (1866) from John Milton’s ’Paradise Lost’

[thefugitivesaint]

John Gilbert (1817-1897), ‘The Demon Lover’, “The Book of British Ballads” by Samuel Carter Hall, 1842 Source

[mudwerks]

Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie Animation Drawing by Ub Iwerks (Walt Disney, 1928)

This partial image of Mickey Mouse showing only his lower half may not seem like much at first glance, but it's an original 12 field 2-peghole animation drawing from arguably the most important cartoon ever made

[casualist-tendency]

Julião Sarmento (Portuguese, 1948–2021), The House with the Upstairs in It, 1996, 110 x 87 cm

[nemfrog]

A four-year-old responds to a request to draw a man. Mental and scholastic tests. 1922. 

[belcimer]

[colonellickburger]

John Myers. Labour in Vain, England 1975

[semioticapocalypse]

Frank Horvat. City, London, England, for Realities. 1959

[motschoisis]

George Brecht, Water Yam, 1963.

[thefugitivesaint]

Max Feldbauer (1869-1948), ‘Die Frechen Seepferdchen’, “Jugend”, 1906 Source

[vurtual]

A COW ELK WITH MAGPIES (by Ron Linton)

[the-evil-clergyman]

L'Amour et Psyche by Eugène Médard (1878)

[mosertone]

A long-buried corpse, preserved by one of Earth's driest climates, Chile's Atacama Desert, where it has retained centuries-old skin, hair and clothing. Dated around 5020 BC.

[grooveland]

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[applauseandawkwardsilence]

Mary Pickford having her hair washed in 1922

[chanelbagsandcigarettedrags]

Alain Delon and Romy Schneider. March, 1961

[borzoidaily]