Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Lothar Schreyer... works on paper


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Coloured lithograph on tissue paper 1921



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"Mother Earth". Woodcut and watercolor on thin Japan dated twice 1920 -66




Saturday, August 3, 2013

Lucas Cranach the Elder...Freiberger Monk Calf... woodcut...c1523





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Monstra fabulosa...the "Monster of Florence"...c1506




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Myths of Hindus and Buddhists...illustrations... 1913



Book illustration from ''Myths of Hindus and Buddhists'' by Ananda K Coomearaswamy and Sister Nivedita, 1913


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Garuda by Nandalal Bose


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Dhruva by Asit Kumar Haldar
Dhruva, a young devotee of Vishnu, was blessed with eternal existence and glory as the Pole Star.


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Pururavas by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar
Pururavas was the first king of the Aila dynasty and a mythological entity associated with the sun and the dawn. 


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The asceticism of Uma by Nandalal Bose



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Kaliya Damana by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar

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