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art history

nickyskye — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:27:05 -0800

All-Art.org provides an extensive image library, essays and information on art history, organized by date and movement, up to the 20th century, including photography, design and classical music with audio samples. A small selection of the encyclopedic range offered: Erotica in Art l Paintings that changed the world l The Origins of Typography and Graphic design l Russian Silver Age l Japanese Prints l African l Posters l A Brief History of Western Literature l An illustrated dictionary of art and artists. Bauhaus and Deco l Pre-Columbian l New Architecture and the Harlem Renaissance l Op, Pop and Performance l The New Avant Garde, Postmodernism and now. Examples of some of the hundreds of artists' histories: Arcimboldo l Francis Bacon l Beardsley l Matisse.

picturing childhood

nickyskye — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:33 -0800

FairyTaleFilter: SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations, 1,600 folktales & fairy tales from around the world in more than 40 full-text eBooks. Fairy Tale timeline. l Women Children's Book Illustrators l The Evolution of the Illustrated Children's Book l Some really beautiful free graphics and clipart from Grandma's Graphics. Rare 1923 edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren. Three More Early Tenggren Books Samples of images: exotic, dream-like, odd, fun, charming, cool, avatars. Previously

Digital Collection of the Etchings of Wenceslas Hollar

Rumple — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:44:33 -0800

Born in Bohemia, Wenceslas (Vaclav) Hollar (wikipedia; illustrated chronology of his life; essay on Hollar) was one of the leading etchers and illustrators of the middle 17th Century, working primarily in England and Belgium. The University of Toronto has placed almost his entire works online, including more than 4,000 images and some complete illustrated books. Some favorites: the man himself; simple, powerful Illustrations of Genesis; The Pack of Knaves; Elephants and Flowers; Shells; Fitting out a Hull; and Muffs (sfw). Most images are zoomable, and you can create marked lists and compare images side by side.

First 50 years of Fiat advertising

riffola — Sun, 08 Jun 2003 16:07:43 -0800

The first 50 years of Fiat advertising images. Fiat has been a pioneer in the development and management of its corporate image through advertising. Famous artists as Dudovich, Codognato, Casorati and De Chirico have created beautiful posters and designs for this Italian giant of which 100 from the 1899 to 1950 period have been selected for their online historial archive. The oldest being this fantastic “Fabbrica Italiana Di Automobili” poster from 1899.

taz — Sat, 22 Mar 2003 11:28:32 -0800

Something nice. In a refreshingly simple and visually appealing presentation, "Places" explores the synergy between artists and the locations that inspire them. From a virtual landscape created from the surface of an agate, to a 1787 map of Mecca included in the Dala'il al-Khayrat ("Guides to Good Things"), to an 1885 photograph of a single moment captured in the reflection of a gazing ball, these eight fascinating examples seem to suggest that places are nothing so much as what our own observation reveals of them at any given time.