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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Story of the Eye ...Andre Masson..book cover
Cover sketch for George Bataille's Story of the Eye - first edition 1928 - André Masson
"And it struck me that death was the sole outcome of my erection, and if Simone and I were killed, then the universe of our unbearable personal vision was certain to be replaced by the pure stars, fully unrelated to any external gazes and realizing in a cold state, without human delays or detours, something that strikes me as the goal of my sexual licentiousness: a geometric incandescence (among other things, the coinciding point of life and death, being and nothingness), perfectly fulgurating..."
George Bataille's Story of the Eye
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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)
Friday, July 15, 2011
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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.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
The Magickal art of Shannon Esmeralda...
"Unity comprises unity that is everything is contained in everything"
more at Shannons > OCCULTRIXX
and here
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" UZmore > Unica Zürn
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Fédor Rojankowsky (Rojan)... erotica
no other details with this, so if any one has any info on this one, would be glad of any!
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....
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.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) ... Symbolic Questions... 1574
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
Friday, June 17, 2011
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