Ancient Seasさんのイラストまとめ

A putto, a cherub-like child, holds a helmet before a sea monster.
1878 engraving by Giovanni Andrea Maglioli.

"In the Sea" (1883) by Swish symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin.
Oil on panel, 34 3/8 × 45 3/4 in. (86.5 × 115 cm)
Art Institute of Chicago

"Watson and the Shark"ca. 1778
John Singleton Copley
oil on canvas, 182.1 x 229.7 cm
Based on a true account of 14-year old cabin boy, Brook Watson, who lost his leg due to a shark attack that occurred in Havana's harbor in 1749.

Fantastical account of ancient marine reptiles and other odd creatures of the time.

"Ancient Dorset"(1830) by English paleontologist/geologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796-1855).

Great print for #mythologymonday featuring medieval depiction of mer-people--a merman and mermaid. The original was probably a woodblock illustration.

Pteranodon and tylosaurus by #Czech #paleoartist Zdeněk František Burian (1905-1981)

"The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
And wound the pebbly beaches far and wide
I heard the first wave of the rising tide..."
#poetry #poems #sea #ocean
--from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Sound of the Sea

Vintage #fish illustration from French dictionary, ca. 1948 "Nouveau Larousse Universel."

Quintessential #viking longship: #dragon prow, striped sail, flat but light body.
#vikings #ships #Scandinavian #art #seafearers #seas #explorers

Art from Wikimedia Commons

Sinbad made seven voyages throughout the seas around Africa and Asia. During these travels, he meets many beasts and monsters, some magical, including giant snakes, cannibals, and huge terrorizing birds. #FolkloreThursday

3rd Voyage in 'Arabian Nights' (1917) Charles Folkard