Revenge of the Fish.
More topsy-turvy 18th-century woodcuts here: https://t.co/RfHilLttgA pic.twitter.com/54ZCoVm44u
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) September 12, 2019
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Illustration by English artist Aubrey Beardsley — born #onthisday in 1872 — depicting a baby being born from the calf of a man, created for an 1894 edition of Lucian's moon fantasy True Story (written in the 2nd century AD) — https://t.co/j8kkxE3quV #otd pic.twitter.com/XDIDBNRS20
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) August 21, 2019
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We’ve spent the day picking highlights from the many centuries of artworks to feature #NotreDame — from its illuminated punctuation of medieval skylines to grainy detailed studies at the birth of photography. See the collection here: https://t.co/ErHSnJgBP3 #Notre_dame_de_Paris pic.twitter.com/BcC9cRhQRM
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) April 16, 2019
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A Way of Flying, from the series Los disparates (The Follies) by Francisco de Goya, who died #onthisday in 1828. Produced 1815–23, it would be the Spanish artist's last major series of prints. See more here: https://t.co/fMZ9XWmumr #OTD pic.twitter.com/BIcar0gRcf
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The Chart of the Inner Landscape (1886) guides Taoists in the creation of the internal elixir of life. It depicts the human body as a microcosm of the universe, where fundamental forces, ancient spirits and celestial bodies all have their place: https://t.co/SQywK06Xfn pic.twitter.com/sKjykZJPRZ
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) April 12, 2019
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Rocky landscape with ruins, forming the profile of a man’s face, by Dutch artist Herman Saftleven the Younger, circa 1650. More faces in hills here: https://t.co/3AkrLbfzar pic.twitter.com/wHyunK2FCm
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) March 27, 2019
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In many respects, the Victorian era — with its revelations of Darwin, dinosaurs, etc. — was not the simplest time to be a religiously-minded scientist: despair and doubt were rife. But then came the fourth dimension… https://t.co/bU9BbFtHq8 pic.twitter.com/FaKnWgpjqh
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) March 13, 2019
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The Dutch anatomist Frederik Ruysch, known as the "The Artist of Death", met his death #onthisday in 1731. Why the nickname? This engraving of one of his remarkable "still life" displays gives a clue. More in Luuc Koojimans' essay: https://t.co/i6LiTpVVAJ #OTD pic.twitter.com/EZy2ZXuXOi
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) February 22, 2019
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Caricature of Gustave Doré — who died #onthisday in 1883 — "GENIUS" rightfully spelt out in the paints of his palette. More famous "men of the day" in Frederick Watty's 1873 book of cartoon portraits: https://t.co/OqsHCIBeYv #OTD pic.twitter.com/nzMDNuHy5J
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 23, 2019
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First pages of a beautiful art nouveau edition of an essay on gardens by the Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon, who was born #onthisday in 1561: https://t.co/bLDnERHrnn #OTD pic.twitter.com/4dueFvI096
— Public Domain Review (@PublicDomainRev) January 22, 2019
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on: January 22, 2019 at 10:05AM