Victorian Anarchy

On this blog I share some of the art/illustration and design works I found on the web.

[amare-habeo]

Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904 - 1989) 

Snail and the Angel, 1977

Bronze

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Dance of Death

Author: unidentified German artist Date: 16th century Medium: Pen and ink, brush and ink, watercolor, gouache, with touches of gold Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Translation of Latin inscription on the reverse:

A true friend is revealed in uncertain times. Theodosius Nervius wrote this for his dear friend, Hans.

[secretcinema1]

Outback, Queensland, 2003, Trent Parke

[trulyvincent]

Maria Sybilla Merian, aka Maria Sibylla Graff (German, 1647 - 1717)

[clawmarks]

Dancing mice. Illustration by Gerhard Heilmann in Dekorative Vorbilder - v.12 - 1900-1901 - via Hathi Trust

[nemfrog]

Diagnosing illness by examining eyes. Iridiagnosis and other diagnostic methods. 1922. 

[met-modern-art]

Printed Linen by Gilbert M. Fletcher, Modern and Contemporary Art

Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1925 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Linen

[met-cloisters]

Pax with the Crucifixion, The Cloisters

The Cloisters Collection, 1970 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Ivory and copper gilt

[tattoome]

Emmanuel Mendoza

[thunderstruck9]

Mircea Suciu (Romanian, b. 1978), Usual Suspects (2), 2018. Oil, acrylic and monoprint on linen, 53 x 36 in.

[yesterdaysprint]

 Drawing by R.E. Higgins, 1924

[amare-habeo]

Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789-1869)

A Swan among the Reeds, by Moonlight, 1852

Charcoal with white heightening on brownish paper, 22,8 x 19,1 cm

[heaveninawildflower]

Illustrations by  E. Lear, J. D.C. Sowerby, and Zeitter taken from ‘The Zoology of Captain Beechey’s Voyage’ by F. W. Beechey.

Published 1839 by H.G. Bohn.

Biodiversity Heritage Library 

archive.org

[ducissatenebrarum]

Ernst Fuchs ‘The destruction and promise of Adam’ Etching on paper, 1969/1970.

[yesterdaysprint]

Old French Fairy Tales, Countess of Segur, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1920

[artist-varo]

Star Catcher, Remedios Varo

[poboh]

[leserpente]

George Bellows

Outside the Big Tent, 1912.