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Friday, July 22, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Christoph Krieger ... Woodcut 1590
from
De gli habiti antichi et moderni di diverse parti del mondo libri due . . . (Of Ancient and Modern Dress of Diverse Parts of the World in Two Books . . .), 1590
Cesare Vecellio (Italian, ca. 1521–1601)
Cesare Vecellio (Italian, ca. 1521–1601)
Labels:
1500's,
books,
Christoph Krieger,
woodcuts
Friday, July 15, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Jan Svankmajer... Collage
from one of my favourite filmakers a surrealist collage from 1973
Labels:
artist,
director,
Jan Svankmajer,
surrealism
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Boetius Adams Bolswert. (ca. 1580-1633).. emblem..
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What is mine in heaven and so what should I want on earth from Thee?
from the Pia Desideria Emblematis Elegiis by Hugo Hermann one of the most popular spiritual love emblem book ever published, illustrated with the beautiful emblematic designs of the great baroque artist Boetius Adams Bolswert.
Labels:
1600s,
Boetius Adams Bolswert,
books,
emblems
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