Idee Fixe

This is the art blog of Calgarian artist Felicity Hart. Ideas, inspiration, references.

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Zhiyuan Cong aka 丛志远 (Chinese, b. 1955, Nantong, China) - Spring Of Life, 1991  Etching

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Andrew Crocker (British, b. 1962, North Yorkshire, England) - September Paintings: Oil on Panel 

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John Brosio, Paintings.

Astonishing paintings by John Brosio plucked directly from the haunting visions that permeate through the mind while one sleeps.

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FutureVisions. Sarah Zucker, 2018.

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Evil Demons, Devils & Imps from ‘The Infernal Dictionary’

A few lessons in French maybe required if you want to seriously study the Dictionnaire Infernal (Infernal Dictionary)—an A-Z on demonology and the occult—though Google translate may offer an easier option to access the histories of such demonic figures as the Azazel, Bael or Zabulon. Written and compiled by French occultist, demonologist and author Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy, the Dictionnaire Infernal was first published in 1818 to considerable success, and was reprinted several times before its most incarnation in 1863 in an edition that contained 69 illustrations by artist Louis Le Breton. Breton’s illustrations became the main source for nearly all future representations of demons, monsters and fantastical beasts. De Plancy filled his dictionary with detailed histories of the hierarchy of demons—-from lowly pot boilers (Ukobach) to the Seven Princes of Hell, the Demon Regent Asmodeus, Astaroth and Lucifer. He also included historical figures associated with the occult or free thought—from various kings and queens to Napoleon and Nostradamus and even the renowned author Sir Walter Scott. A title page from the 1826 edition described the book thus: Infernal Dictionary, or, a Universal Library on the beings, characters, books, deeds, and causes which pertain to the...

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Children’s Graveyard, Cimetière de La Salle

Tours, France, October 2017

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Cimetière de La Briandais, Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2017

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Cimetière Bouteillerie, Nantes, France, October 2017

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Cimetière de la Madeleine, Amiens, France, October 2017

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