Fantastic in Art & Fiction - images of the grotesque, marvelous and macabre
November 16, 2003 7:16 AM Subscribe
The Fantastic in Art & Fiction - Cornell University's bank of nearly 300 images of the fantastic, the grotesque, the macabre, the marvelous and more "from works spanning a period from medieval manuscripts and printed incunabulae, to the early twentieth century."
Coolness. Beats the kapok out of the color comics, 'Meet the Press', the NFL, Church, or anything else on a Sunday Morning.
expecting the wrath of Christian MeFites and 'Fox Trot' fans...
Worth noting: "Fantastic Space" refers to architecture, not 19th century rocket ships (and I think I used to work in one of those buildings). And the front page picture in the Freaks section? I really expected the Elephant Man to be more 'elephantine' someplace other than his head... y'know? Haven't looked at the "Danse Macabre" section yet - I've already been to MetaTalk today...
posted by wendell at 8:39 AM on November 16, 2003
expecting the wrath of Christian MeFites and 'Fox Trot' fans...
Worth noting: "Fantastic Space" refers to architecture, not 19th century rocket ships (and I think I used to work in one of those buildings). And the front page picture in the Freaks section? I really expected the Elephant Man to be more 'elephantine' someplace other than his head... y'know? Haven't looked at the "Danse Macabre" section yet - I've already been to MetaTalk today...
posted by wendell at 8:39 AM on November 16, 2003
This is a great find - thank you, Madam JuJu! I've enjoyed flipping through all of it, but I am absolutely intoxicated by this one man's work - Manuel Orazi .
I've been searching for any reprints of this beautiful book. I see so much of Mignola in there, it's not even funny. I'm going to keep searching though. Looks like there are some originals on display in a Virginia museum... Nothing from this book though, the "Calendrier Magique"
/rave
posted by kahboom at 12:35 PM on November 16, 2003
I've been searching for any reprints of this beautiful book. I see so much of Mignola in there, it's not even funny. I'm going to keep searching though. Looks like there are some originals on display in a Virginia museum... Nothing from this book though, the "Calendrier Magique"
/rave
posted by kahboom at 12:35 PM on November 16, 2003
Great link. I agree with kahboom, Orazi is amazing. My personal favorite tho has to be this image.
posted by atom128 at 3:00 PM on November 16, 2003
posted by atom128 at 3:00 PM on November 16, 2003
I like this--and its tricked out presentation, too-- very much.
posted by y2karl at 10:05 PM on November 16, 2003
posted by y2karl at 10:05 PM on November 16, 2003
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