Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Magickal art of Shannon Esmeralda...




"Unity comprises unity that is everything is contained in everything"

from Ophidian Pathways & Heart of Blood by Shannon Esmeralda's essay in 
Atua



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more at  Shannons > OCCULTRIXX



Felicien Rops (1833-1898)... erotic print...



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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Unica Zürn... Happy Birthday! ...painting...



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Tempera on board 1957



"If only nobody would block my view. This was what bothered me the most.
My new viewpoint was of great importance to me. I would defend it
against all comers, however weary I might be" UZ





Thursday, June 30, 2011

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Mahlon Blaine ... illustrator... Nova Venus

from another favourite illustrator, a few images from the stunning illustrated poem Nova Venus...



INFINITELY GRACIOUS, radiantly beautiful,
Aphrodite rose from the foam. 
All life loved and laughed, and begot new life in tender play....
 



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In 1923 Mahlon Blaine burst upon the art scene with striking works of imagination and vision. Within a short time his work was published in everything ranging from children's books and mainstream magazines to erotic portfolios. The body of work he produced between 1926 and 1930 was nothing short of phenomenal but after 1931 his output became increasingly sporadic. Sadly like so many artists before him who have given us so much, Blaine died penniless and mostly forgotten in January of 1969.

 More wonders >  HERE and HERE





Ex libris... Arpadvon Ratsay 1925...



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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) ... Symbolic Questions... 1574





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Prospero Fontana's designs are often obscure in their iconography, their significance as reflections of quattrocento symbols and hieroglyphics have been analysed by Edgar Wind in several sections of Pagan Mysteries in the Renaissance. These striking illustrations have been shown to have influenced Blake and Samuel Palmer after two centuries of neglect.


Achille Bocchi's Symbolicarum Quaestionum, the full book of wonders
with more of Fontanas illustrations  here





R Delvaux...etching...1800's



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