Jan Konůpek (1883–1950)...Etchings...

Battle 1932

Shot 1930

Idea (Fleeing Soul) 1929

Diego Rivera... The Popol Vuh... illustrations 1930-33

In 1930, while in San Francisco, Mexican artist Diego Rivera began a series of illustration for 

a translation of the Popol Vuh by North American writer John Weatherwax. Both men shared

 a fascination with the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica. The Popol Vuh, or council book, 

recounts the ideas and traditions, origins and dynastic chronology up to the year 1550 of 

the ancient Quiché Maya inhabitants of the highlands of present-day Guatemala.

Beginning as oral tradition, the Popol Vuh was set down in hieroglyphic form, then into what 

Popol Vuh scholar Dennis Tedlock has called an “alphabetic substitute,” before being 

transcribed and translated into Spanish by the Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez in the eighteenth century.

The Creation

Illustration for Popol Vuh, 1930–1933.

Watercolor and gouache on paper. 48 × 64 cm. (19 × 25¼ in.)

The Trials of Hero Twins 

Illustration for Popol Vuh, 1930–1933.

Watercolor and gouache on paper. 

31 × 48 cm. (12¼ × 18¾ in.)

Human Sacrifice Before Tohil 

Illustration for Popol Vuh, 1930–1933.

Gouache on paper. 

31 × 48 cm. (12¼ × 18¾ in.)

Bali...The witch Rangda ... painted wood sculpture...1800/1900

Leon Kelly (1901-1982)...painting and drawings...

LE POÈTE ZOOLOGISTE, 1946

THE SIENESE REPTILE, 1946

THE POET OF THE MOUNTAIN, 1946

CATALONIAN FABLE SALTAMONTÉS Y RANA, 1946

EMBRYONIC PORTRAITS, 1946

COCOONS, 1946

CAVE OF THE LIMPID POOL, 1944

Edward Topsell ...The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents ... woodcuts 1658

Published in 1658, The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents depicts both real and fantastical creatures in detailed woodcuts. A wide swath of the animal kingdom is represented, including mammals, reptiles,amphibians, insects, and marine life, as well as an array of mythical beasts. 

MORE woodcuts HERE

Stultifera navis (Ship of Fools) ... Sebastian Brant... woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer... 1498

Woodcuts attributed to  Albrecht Durer. Illustrations from the book

Stulifera navis (Ship of fools) by Sebastian Brant, published by

Johann Bergmann in Basel in 1498

Five Foolish Virgins

The Ship of Sight

Fools far, near and Forever

He Who Judges Others

Of Gods Plagues and Punishments

The Ship of Touch

Of Dancing

Of Luck

Of Scorned Joy

Of Wooing

Teaching Dhamma by Pictures...Siamese Traditional Buddhist Manuscript ...Ven. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

from the book “Teaching Dhamma by Pictures”
Explanation of a Siamese Traditional Buddhist Manuscript
by Ven. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

Published by 
Sathirakoses-Nagaparadi Foundation & Ministry of Education, Thailand
On the occassion of the Centenary Celebration of the Bith of the Ven. Buddhadasa Bhikku

The illustrated manuscript reproduced here was, in the original, a traditional Thai 
manuscript called Samut Khoi which is a long roll of paper folded concertina-wise into 
leaves and then written on both sides. In this form, the illustration was presented first, 
followed by a few lines of explanation on a particular aspect of Dhamma such as 
Meditation and so forth. Cambodian script was used in those days for all religious work 
thought the language is Siamese. 
The pigments used were produced locally, most of them derived from native trees. 

Teaching Dhamma by Pictures

John Bingley Garland...Victorian Blood Book... Sept 1854

Assembled from several hundred engravings, many taken from books of etchings by William Blake, as well as other illustrations from early nineteenth-century books. The principal motifs are natural (birds, animals, and especially snakes) and Christian (images of the crucifixion, scenes from the Bible, and crusaders). Drops of red india ink and extensive religious commentary have been added to many of the images.

inscribed "To Amy Lester Garland--A legacy left in his lifetime for her future examination by her affectionate father" September 1st 1854

André Masson... Mythologie de la nature ...1938

Yanagawa Shigenobu (1787–1832)... Satyr and nymph... Shunga...1825

Austin Osman Spare... self portraits...

published in The Focus of Life (Redux) by Fulgur

François-Nicolas Chifflart (St. Omer, 1825 - Parigi, 1901)... Perseo...1865