April 29, 2012
ghostorballoon: costume sketches for a court masque by Inigo Jones (1573-1652)

ghostorballoon:

costume sketches for a court masque by Inigo Jones (1573-1652)

(via centuriespast)

4:06pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyKXuHdp
(Notes: 363)
  
Filed under: renaissance english stage inigo jones 
January 29, 2012
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is unique in Britain’s heritage; an outstanding treasure of the medieval world, it records how thirteenth-century scholars interpreted the world in spiritual as well as geographical terms. The map bears the name of its author ‘Richard of Haldingham or Lafford’ (Holdingham and Sleaford in Lincolnshire). Recent research suggests a date of about 1300 for the creation of the map. Mappa Mundi is drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calf skin) measuring 64” by 52” (1.58 x 1.33 metres), tapering towards the top with a rounded apex. The geographical material of the map is contained within a circle measuring 52” in diameter and reflects the thinking of the medieval church with Jerusalem at the centre of the world. Superimposed on to the continents are drawings of the history of humankind and the marvels of the natural world. These 500 or so drawings include of around 420 cities and towns, 15 Biblical events, 33 plants, animals, birds and strange creatures, 32 images of the peoples of the world and 8 pictures from classical mythology. (via The Hereford Cathedral)

The Hereford Mappa Mundi is unique in Britain’s heritage; an outstanding treasure of the medieval world, it records how thirteenth-century scholars interpreted the world in spiritual as well as geographical terms.

The map bears the name of its author ‘Richard of Haldingham or Lafford’ (Holdingham and Sleaford in Lincolnshire). Recent research suggests a date of about 1300 for the creation of the map.

Mappa Mundi is drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calf skin) measuring 64” by 52” (1.58 x 1.33 metres), tapering towards the top with a rounded apex. The geographical material of the map is contained within a circle measuring 52” in diameter and reflects the thinking of the medieval church with Jerusalem at the centre of the world.

Superimposed on to the continents are drawings of the history of humankind and the marvels of the natural world. These 500 or so drawings include of around 420 cities and towns, 15 Biblical events, 33 plants, animals, birds and strange creatures, 32 images of the peoples of the world and 8 pictures from classical mythology.

(via The Hereford Cathedral)

(Source: wine-loving-vagabond)

3:18am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyFXIIre
(Notes: 16)
  
Filed under: maps medieval english 
November 13, 2011
loquaciousconnoisseur: James Gillray Political Dreaming! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors (1801) The war minister William Windham (1750-1810) is shown in bed, sleepless, and surrounded by the terrible parade of monstrosity and perversion which he feared would accompany the proposed peace with France. To the left, a skeleton on stilts straddles a pile of discarded British trophies, wearing the revolutionary bonnet rouge. In the background, we can see St Paul’s Cathedral in flames and Britannia in chains.

loquaciousconnoisseur:

James Gillray

Political Dreaming! - Visions of Peace! - Perspective Horrors (1801)

The war minister William Windham (1750-1810) is shown in bed, sleepless, and surrounded by the terrible parade of monstrosity and perversion which he feared would accompany the proposed peace with France. To the left, a skeleton on stilts straddles a pile of discarded British trophies, wearing the revolutionary bonnet rouge. In the background, we can see St Paul’s Cathedral in flames and Britannia in chains.

2:20am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyBrXvt9
(Notes: 130)
  
Filed under: political illustration war gillray 1801 english 
October 27, 2011
cavetocanvas: Pillar and Moon - Paul Nash, 1932-42 From the Tate: Paul Nash was deeply affected by his experiences as a soldier and an artist during the First World War. This picture was based around ‘the mystical association of two objects which inhabit different elements and have no apparent relation in life… The pale stone sphere on top of a ruined pillar faces its counterpart the moon, cold and pale and solid as stone.’Though not explicitly about mourning, the deep, unpopulated space and ghostly lighting gives the scene a melancholy air. Rather than depict a real landscape, Nash said that his intention had been ‘to call up memories and stir emotions in the spectator’.

cavetocanvas:

Pillar and Moon - Paul Nash, 1932-42

From the Tate:

Paul Nash was deeply affected by his experiences as a soldier and an artist during the First World War. This picture was based around ‘the mystical association of two objects which inhabit different elements and have no apparent relation in life… The pale stone sphere on top of a ruined pillar faces its counterpart the moon, cold and pale and solid as stone.’Though not explicitly about mourning, the deep, unpopulated space and ghostly lighting gives the scene a melancholy air. Rather than depict a real landscape, Nash said that his intention had been ‘to call up memories and stir emotions in the spectator’.

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(Notes: 34)
  
Filed under: paul nash modernism 1932 landscape english 
September 7, 2011
petitpoulailler: missfolly: ca 1550 William Scrots (active 1537–1553) ~ King Edward VI

petitpoulailler:

missfolly: ca 1550 William Scrots (active 1537–1553) ~ King Edward VI

(via cassandra879)

6:14am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRy9EH9pA
(Notes: 91)
  
Filed under: 1550 William Scrots art renaissance english 
July 27, 2011
tuktek: Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775[1]–19 December 1851)  Chichester Canal’s vivid colours may have been influenced by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.

tuktek:

Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775[1]–19 December 1851)

 Chichester Canal’s vivid colours may have been influenced by the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.

(via cavetocanvas)

5:51am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRy7ZPkRf
(Notes: 127)
  
Filed under: turner 1815 history romanticism impressionism english 
July 12, 2011
1879. Endymion on Mount Latmos John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a “remarkable and imaginative painter”[1] known for his city night-scenes and landscapes

1879. Endymion on Mount Latmos

John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was a Victorian-era artist, a “remarkable and imaginative painter”[1] known for his city night-scenes and landscapes

4:16am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRy6-oVi3
(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: endymion grimshaw 1879 romanticism english 
June 9, 2011
mediumaevum: St Laurence’s Church, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, is one of relatively few surviving Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding. The church is dedicated to St Laurence and may have been founded by Saint Aldhelm around 700, although the architectural style suggests a 10th or 11th century date. It could have been a temporary burial site for King Edward the Martyr. more on wikipedia (and a photo with better coloring, but I chose this one because it’s more…personal, inviting…)

mediumaevum:

St Laurence’s Church, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, is one of relatively few surviving Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.

The church is dedicated to St Laurence and may have been founded by Saint Aldhelm around 700, although the architectural style suggests a 10th or 11th century date. It could have been a temporary burial site for King Edward the Martyr.

more on wikipedia (and a photo with better coloring, but I chose this one because it’s more…personal, inviting…)

(via cassandra879)

7:44am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRy5w3yqr
(Notes: 40)
  
Filed under: cathedral 600 900 english medieval romanesque saxon 
April 5, 2011
theshipthatflew: Philip Henry Delamotte, Interior view: Crystal Palace, 1854, Albumen print, V&A

theshipthatflew:

Philip Henry Delamotte, Interior view: Crystal Palace, 1854, Albumen print, V&A

7:09pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRy44G02u
(Notes: 21)
  
Filed under: history 1854 english photography delamotte 
March 31, 2011
Sarah Lucas (born 1962) is a British artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged during the 1990s. Her works frequently employ visual puns and bawdy humour, and include photography, collage and found objects.

Sarah Lucas (born 1962) is a British artist. She is part of the generation of Young British Artists who emerged during the 1990s. Her works frequently employ visual puns and bawdy humour, and include photography, collage and found objects.

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(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: contemporary sarah lucas english portrait 
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