iskender's Defter

May 6, 2012

(Source: funeral-wreaths)

6:42pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyK_5ur9

(Notes: 51)

February 29, 2012

aleyma:

Harry Clarke, Illustration for Goethe’s Faust, 1925 (source).

3:04am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyHCUxUy

(Notes: 11)

Filed under: bookd faust harry clark illustration 1925

February 27, 2012

centuriespast:

JORDAENS, Jacob

(b. 1593, Antwerpen, d. 1678, Antwerpen)

Martyrdom of St Quentin
c. 1650
Watercolor, gouache, 406 x 293 mm
Biblioteca, Turin

2:38am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyH5XCfJ

(Notes: 26)

Filed under: jordaens baroque illustration 1850 saint

February 26, 2012

christopher le brun (I believe)

(Source: dialogues, via funeral-wreaths)

7:20pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyH3uK81

(Notes: 611)

Filed under: le brun contemporary illustration

February 23, 2012

2headedsnake:

flickr.com:photos:damianmi

Frans Masereel, (1889 – 1972), Untitled, woodcut print from the 1920s

check the site for an interesting collection of contemporary crucifixion renditions.

4:28am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyGt1oYX

(Notes: 118)

Filed under: work engraving illustration modernism Masereel

February 20, 2012

speciesbarocus:

Bey Samuel Apiario - Pandora (1582).

3:20am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyGhmtlQ

(Notes: 40)

Filed under: illustration pandora mythology renaissance Apiario 1582

February 11, 2012

iwanderaimlessly:

Ernst Fay / In’s weite Wunderland / Bild 06 by micky the pixel on Flickr.

(via moncabinetdecuriosites)

9:13pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyGFFkkZ

(Notes: 25)

Filed under: books illustration 1955 ernst fay

February 6, 2012

oldbookillustrations:

Cirage Jaquot & Cie (Jaquot & Co. shoe polish)

Lucien Lefevre, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

(Source: archive.org)

6:29am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyFzMxuO

(Notes: 111)

Filed under: poster french illustration carnival 1896

January 28, 2012

centuriespast:

GHEYN, Jacob de II

(b. 1565, Antwerp, d. 1629, The Hague)

Four Studies of a Woman
1602-03
Chalk on paper, 261 x 322 mm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

2:51am | URL: http://tmblr.co/ZshkRyFTenwx

(Notes: 127)

Filed under: nude dutch 1602 illustration

January 27, 2012